Triumphrat

maverick48 · 09-16-2009, 11:29 PM

Has anyone heard rumours about the next major update on our beloved Speedy? I have an 07 getting a bit long in the k's, so im beginning to wonder when the next model will come along? As I have already got this one just the way I like... no rush to upgrade... but if there is a new one on the horizon???? Well Id better start saving the pennies!

scotte549 · 09-16-2009, 11:51 PM

Mate

I just got a ltd ed anniversary triple and was told there was no changes for next year for the triple. I was waiting to see if there was one as well as i would have got the new model but the anniversary looked good with the red decals so i bit the bullet

SKANK · 09-17-2009, 01:26 AM

Start hoarding now! A new one is on the horizon in 2012 says Nostradamum.

blastap · 09-17-2009, 01:27 AM

you also got a different set of calipers. your lettering is recessed and painted where ours is raised and no color.

Oupy · 09-17-2009, 01:32 AM

With the big 4 jap companies holding off on model updates for 2010 due to the financial crisis i would highly doubt the S3 would be getting a makeover anytime soon.

jasonworthing · 09-17-2009, 04:05 PM

On of the big pluses for me with bikes like this is that you can quit being hooked on the addictive teet of the frenetic bi-yearly restyle and redo that has become the norm with the japanese rr's.

You can buy a speed triple, have it for 5 years and it doesnt 'feel' ancient.

with the financial shock of last/this year I suspect everyone will be in a kind of holding pattern and make little or no changes for the 2010 model year.

My gut tell's me to keep an eye out for 2012.

Greyboy · 09-17-2009, 09:32 PM

My bet for 2011. Since 1999 the Speed Triple has changed each three years.

maverick48 · 09-17-2009, 11:32 PM

Mmmm 2012 huh? Such a long wait

Im not in a rush to update... just always curious to hear whats on the horizon.

I have been looking at the change in opposition... and with the Streetfighter, Buell, and rumoured Tuono V4, 3 more years is a long time for a design that first appeared in 1050 form in 2005.

Im secretly hoping the new speedy can come out and reset the standards!

Perhaps a tuneboy will suffice... Not like my S3 is slow!

201050 · 09-18-2009, 12:09 AM

Considering I just upgraded from a 15-year-old version that I'd had for 11 years, I'm not even remotely concerned with that sort of stuff. I keep my bikes a long time. It's interesting to watch the changes, but I prefer to know a bike as opposed to worrying about keeping up. As JasonW pointed out, planned obsolescence is a headache. Glad I'm not hooked.