I finally got permission from my better half to get back into riding after a 10 year hiatus. Test-rode a Street Triple R a couple of weeks ago and fell in love.
Looking at the R and RS, I'd naturally lean towards the R as it's going to be used for commuting most of the time with odd weekend trips; I also have no real expectation of taking it out to a track day. That said, I did enjoy riding fast and whipping through the twisties back in the day.
So my question is: given that I plan to swap out the mirrors anyway, probably would add a belly-pan, and certainly wouldn't mind the quick-shifter, does the RS make sense? Once I've added the above, the price difference is going to be fairly marginal so I wonder whether it's worth simply pulling the trigger and spending a little more to get a bike that I might, perhaps, want to take out to the track sometime.
My other question relates to the engine tuning. I've read a number of reviews that refer to the RS as being a little twitchy compared to the R, resulting in the R being more suitable for somebody with my expected use-case. Does anybody know whether the Road mode on the RS is equivalent to that of the R? Or anything else I might not have thought of?
Ultimately, I guess all the above boils down to this: is the RS realistically just overkill that's going to be so eager to race that it compromises the fun of the commute and weekend excursions?
Looking at the R and RS, I'd naturally lean towards the R as it's going to be used for commuting most of the time with odd weekend trips; I also have no real expectation of taking it out to a track day. That said, I did enjoy riding fast and whipping through the twisties back in the day.
So my question is: given that I plan to swap out the mirrors anyway, probably would add a belly-pan, and certainly wouldn't mind the quick-shifter, does the RS make sense? Once I've added the above, the price difference is going to be fairly marginal so I wonder whether it's worth simply pulling the trigger and spending a little more to get a bike that I might, perhaps, want to take out to the track sometime.
My other question relates to the engine tuning. I've read a number of reviews that refer to the RS as being a little twitchy compared to the R, resulting in the R being more suitable for somebody with my expected use-case. Does anybody know whether the Road mode on the RS is equivalent to that of the R? Or anything else I might not have thought of?
Ultimately, I guess all the above boils down to this: is the RS realistically just overkill that's going to be so eager to race that it compromises the fun of the commute and weekend excursions?