2011 S3 get new eyes. Could ST3 be next?

[faffi]

From the side, the new headlights looks like those cartoons where eyes are popping out from terror-surprise. It doesn't look good at all.

[swestenzweig]

Ugh, it looks like a Kawasaki er-6n... FAIL!

[MattSwain]

I think it's kind of like losing the bike's identity. I know if I see twin round lights coming towards me that it's quite probably either a speed or street triple. I think unless sales of the Speed Triple bomb with the new lights (and I certainly don't want Triumph to fail) then I think they're a certainty for the next Street Triple.

As others have said, the look of the bike was definitely a factor when I bought my Street (less than 6 months ago) and the lights are an important part of that. Give people options by all means but I think Triumph are making changes for the sake of change and are underestimating what people think of the current bike. Are they reading the press and believing it? I did read a road test earlier this year of the Street Triple that described the round chrome lights as dated - horse-s**t I thought and bought one anyway

Wonder how easy it would be to remove the slanty eyes and replace them with some round ones?

[trinityseven]

Woah, my first thoughts were "is that a Gladius"?

Not that I have anything against the Gladius, but yeah, very Japanese looking. So glad I have an 2010 model if that's the new look!

[2wheel_Ted]

Originally Posted by swestenzweig

Ugh, it looks like a Kawasaki er-6n... FAIL!

Originally Posted by trinityseven

Woah, my first thoughts were "is that a Gladius"?

Really? Gotta say...not really seeing the comparison:




Nope.

[MattSwain]

Just looking at that picture makes me think it's going to look like a giant bluebottle seen head on, or that it originally had round lights and they've melted! Perhaps it is a distinctive look after all, but doesn't mean I like it

[Aysee]

They look okay if they have the flyscreen sitting over the top. On their own they don't look right to me.