Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR - Test Ride Review & Longterm Experiences 

It really looks like a piece of art!

After 2,000 km on the RR, I‘d summarize my experience as follows: stunning look, the details and the paint of the bike are gorgeous (I have it in red hopper). Engine very powerful, but annoying vibrations around 100-120 km/h. The brake is excellent, one finger brake. Suspension perfect balance between comfort and sport. Very confidence-inspiring. Seating position sucks after a while, a lot of pressure on your wrists. Compared to the Speed Triple 1050 RS (which was my previous bike), the 1200 RR has far more power at higher revs, but it kind of lacks emotions. The great sound between 2,000 and 6,000 revs is gone; what I do like is the sound of the intake. In a nutshell: great bike that is a little painful to drive and lacks emotions.

What a perfect combination in beauty - Juliane and the Speed Triple RR. Both in black an white. Insane! I really love this kind of new aestetics in your videos.

Awesome bike, awesome rider. I’m glad you overcame your fear of ridding and I am glad you post more often. Stay safe Juliane!🤟🤗✌️

You are so very talented Juliane 😊 loved this review especially! The videography is also exceptional!

Great review thanks. Also, love the 2160p video quality!!! Really adds to the viewing experience 👍🏻 And obviously you look amazing 😁👍🏻

This is so detailed Juliane! Keep going!

Waiting so long to see you on this, now I’m in love twice! 🤣♥️🤣 good review Juliane, love that your leathers match the bike 🏍👍🏽😁

Loved your video! Had my 1200 RR in Crystal White for 6 months. I love the bike!

Great review and fantastic picture quality 👍🏻

went from a 955 to a 1050 and just picked up the RS about a week ago. :)

Great video, great bike and rider! I drove the Speed Triple 1200 RR for 5 hours over some passes in the Swiss Alps. I am 173 cm tall and for me the seating position was comfortable, really ok. ... and I had such a blast. However, I will stick with my Thruxton 1200 RS, the Speed Triple would cost me my driving permit in no time. 🙂

Beautiful bike. Nice review. Your track suit is perfect matching color scheme.

Just picked mine up same colour biggest problem I think will be running it in ! I love it !!

Hello Julian from North Carolina. I loved the review and I think Triumph knocked this one out of the park, to use a baseball term. Its powerful, classy, has performance parts and its a triple! I would also like to see Triumph bring back the Daytona again. I looked at one of these about 5 months ago but just didn't want to pay that much for a bike, but I definitely liked all that I read about it! It matches you riding leathers and you look fantastic on the bike! You should keep it... You compliment a good looking bike which is meant as a compliment to you. Sweetest bike reviewer out there the world over.. Take care and look forward to all your future reviews! Ride safe as I know you will! Lots of love to your chanel.

all around review! thank you.

Great review!!! Very positive comments about this bike, and it is definitely a looker! ❤

Great review, beautiful bike. Your leathers match the bike perfectly.

Ein absoluter Traum die Speed Tripple RR! Und vielen Dank für das super Video Juliane! Informativ, kurzweilig und unterhaltsam! Und die Aufnahmen mit dem schicken Teil sind mal wieder überragend!

Einfach ein großartiger Review 🙏🏻

That is a stunningly gorgeous bike. And it matches your leathers. ;) Thanks for the review! 🤗

Beautiful machine and great presentation 😍

Haha that bike look big with you on it but that black and white looks so good! Awesome review! Loving my Speed Triple 😃

A great balanced and constructive review of the RR. I haven't ridden one, but have been riding a 1200 RS since October 2021 and it is getting better as I cover more miles. I agree about the stiff suspension of the RS and feedback by others regarding the difficulty in selecting neutral. After dialling back the compression and rebound settings (front and rear), I am finding I can easily live with the bike from a comfort perspective and ease of neutral selection is getting better as the miles on the bike increase. I really enjoy the style and structure of your reviews 👍

Great review, stunning looking motorcycle.

good investment on the camera, huge improvement on the video quality

Greetings from Australia Brisbane. Love your channel. I recently bought a BMW K1300R. Keep up the great content.

That's a nice bike 👍🏼🔥‼ Great video!

Great motor and amazing brakes.....good report

Seems bonkers that gearboxes are still suffering from issues. That key is HUGE. Thanks for a great review and video.

Great video and review, my friend!

This is the best review of this bike I've heard. Well, at least, it's the review that most arcuately reflects my own opinion. :) I have 5k miles on my white RR and it's just a blast to ride. I have trouble finding faults with this bike other than the initial price but all bikes are getting expensive and you do get a lot of bike for your money with the RR. The "trouble finding neutral issue" that some have experienced was never that bad on mine and completely went away after about 1k miles. It's the engine, suspension and chassis that set this thing apart. It's pretty terrific. Mine has a carbon SC Project slip on muffler and a tail tidy but I don't think I can improve this bike with add on bits. One note for potential buyers; I've had other bikes that people would comment on but this bike makes people ask questions, so if you get one, be prepared.

Very detailed and honest review as always :) Wow, looks beautiful in black and white, and a lovely stance but it doesn't look overly aggresive ('friendly' round headlight) - a great mix of retro/cafe looks and technology. I guess the no phone mount or taller windscreen option because, as you say, it's not a tourer, but I guess you could do a daily commute (30 minutes) very easily in Road Mode then let loose on weekends :)

The intro footage with Juliane on the bike looks even better than the original Triumph advertisement which made me want to trade in my TuonoV4 for a 1200RR...

Hallo Juliane, hast wieder ein super Review abgeliefert 👍 Ich kann diesen Retrobikes leider so garnix abgewinnen 🙈hoffe du siehst mir das nach 😉 Hätte es echt besser gefunden wenn Triumph die Daytona die ein superschönes Bike war neu Aufgelegt hätte! Trotzdem machst du einen super Job und ich freu mich schon auf dein nächstes Video 🙂👍 LG Jürgen 😊

The bike really suits you 😁👍🏻

Good review, I bought one in red 2 months ago and Ive done nearly 3000miles, it's a great bike and I'm always wanting to take it out, always draws onlookers and compliments at bike meets and it's so enjoyable to ride, love it!

Unfassbar gut geworden, den Edler zum Drehen und Schneiden heranziehen verstößt allerdings gegen die Creator-Ehre. Aber die Inhalte sind informativ und ehrlich, top top top.

Hi ein sehr cooles Video super und noch einen schönen Tag und gute Fahrt ✌️ 😎 😊

Beautiful bike. Great review.

It is a beautiful bike. Great review.

As always, very good review, covering all the necessary items. Great bike, one of my friends was on this for a weekend tour and it performed well for sport touring, however, not sure about the range but it seems that the bike did not have a very good range from how often we had to stop for refuel.

I struggled to find a good place on my old 02 Daytona to mount a phone, too. It's well and truly pre on-board navigation so the phone is a little more important. There was only one tiny place next to the clutch to attach my Quad Lock mount, but it came with the problem you saw with the phone hitting the cockpit. I eventually found I could connect it around the metal tube that the cockpit connects to and the mirrors bolt on to, then get an extender for the mount. With the vibration dampener and USB charger, it puts it in just about place the only place that works. It blocks me from seeing the first digit on the speedometer, but I'd hope I could tell the difference between 60 and 160km/h. I prefer it not moving with the bars, too.

For the thruxton (which has the same top yoke centre nut by looks of it) you can buy a replacement with a whole in it so you can mount a sat nav into it. This would be your best solution and pretty cheap.

Hopefully there will be middle weight version of it with the trident/tiger 660 engine. Awesome video btw💪

It looks better in certain color combos like black and white. Nice matching leathers too.

what a great review!

You can get a quad lock fit to the stem. I have bought something from Thornton hundred motorcycle, that replaces the steam nut and you then fit your quad lock. I have it on my Thruxton RS

Nice to watch a nice and gentle lady reviewing this wonderful bike!;) Good review! Agree to pretty much all of it!;) 😃 I have the same one in white!;)👆🏻👆🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻👏🏻 and I just love it!!! Even on a road mode, I love overtaking like balancing right to left and squeezing the throttle and the bike just take off its front wheel on the leaning angle this is just brilliant!!!! Ahah!:) so much thrill!!! And this is just in road mode! Anyway, it’s been now only 1.5 month, and about 1700 miles and I just love it 😃😃!!✊🏻💨💨 it’s an aspiration to Speed!! That triple engine is just marvelous! 👍🏻 Juliane, as another rider mate was leaving his comment right here and speaking about the EvoTech, I also got a few wonderful parts from them , as well as a great mount for your phone!! EvoTech are doing cool accessories and really nicely designed for the SpeedTriple 1200 RR/RS! And brilliant quality! I just got that phone mount from them, they designed a special bracket to be fixed on the front fuel tank mountings, and you’ll have your phone floating on top of the triple clamp’s nut/yoke, associated with a quad lock fixing! You should have a look!;) Otherwise you’re lucky your “my Triumph app navigation” is working well, cause mine always have struggle if I decide to take another route or miss a route, the TFT dashboard will not update and always show to turn back..😒🤦🏻‍♂️ apparently I have heard it has problems with iPhone.. but works fine with other androids.. what phone do you have just by curiosity please? Thanks for your video!! All the best!;) cheers!;)😃😉👍🏻✊🏻💨👋🏻🥂

Juliane Fabulous review Lady! I love your reviews. Very from the heart and accurate. Wonderful stuff Lady!!! I own the Bolt Red version right now. I LOVE this bike!! I have the only one until 2024 in my state because Triumph is limiting how many a dealer can get. The first things I did was put the EvoTech tail tidy on and the Triumph Exhaust hanger bracket to remove the ugly passenger pegs. Fantastic review Lady!! Ride SAFE and BE Safe Juliane!!🌹 🙌👏👏👏👏👏🖖✌👍👌🤙👋🙂🙂

Very charming test! Juliane what about the brakes? Beautiful bike but I prefer the red over white..

Great review thanks 🥰🥰🥰

Schöner Testbericht, vielen Dank. Für die Handyhalterung kann die Lenkkopfschraube durchbohrt werden um bspw. eine SP-Halterung anzubringen 👍

Super tolle Präsentation! 👍 🤗 Hab seit Anfang 2022 nun meine Speed Triple 1200 RR und bin inzwischen super zufrieden. Beim Einfahren musste ich mich noch an den Quickshifter gewöhnen und die hintere Bremse quiiiiiitschte unsinnig + meine war am Anfang eher eine Zicke, nun eine echt tolle britische Lady. Ev. brauchte der 1200er-Motor und ich einfach etwas Zeit (~4'500km) um sich anzugewöhnen. 😲 Die Federung war mir viel zu hart (stimmt für die Rennstrecke, aber NICHT für den Alltag!). Hab inzwischen die Gabelholme um ca. 5mm nach unten geschoben, die Feder-Vorspannung hinten um 3mm gelockert und die Druckstufe an der Gabel einfach in die Mitte (20 Klicks) gestellt. SO fühle ich mich nun mit dem Bike verbunden + hab auch keine Nackenschmerzen mehr. 🤔 Zudem hab die original "Selfi-Spiegel" abgeschraubt und durch schöne Triumpf RS-Lenkerspiegel ersetzt. Die hinteren Fussrasten + das Endschalldämpfer-"Ovenrohr" abgeschraubt + durch sexy Pro Race Endstücke ersetzt und einen DB-Killer eingebaut. Zu meiner Verwunderung Ist meine RR so nun kaum lauter, als mit dem Original-Teil. 😅 Ich finde meine RR sieht damit nun noch toller aus und wiegt rund 5kg weniger. www.pro-race.co.uk/#!/TRIUMPH-SPEED-TRIPLE-1200-RS-RR-2021-2022-TITANIUM-GP-S1-SLIP-ON-GP-EXHAUSTS/p/405399425/category=136868252 🤩

great explanation!

Tolles Video, tolles Bike (leider nicht meine Farbe) und super Juliane 👍

Would a Beeline gps system fit the steering wheel? you can set routes on your phone and just use the directions on the Beeline system. Great Review!

I had the Evotech Phone mount when I had the 1200RR. Like you said Juliane, there are really no good options for a phone mount on this model, but the Evotech was really good. I bought this on total "lack of impulse control" when I heard about it. Had it for just a few months last year before I traded it in for at R1250GS as I have a Z H2 that sort of totally overwhelms the 1200RR powerwise. Still I really liked the 1200RR and I have own a couple of Speed Triples before.

One year too late but for the phone you can make a hole (or change) the top stem nut and then use a quadlock fork stem mount, to have the phone centered. Also for comfort handlebars can be opened up a bit (in angle) or changed with higher ones :) fantastic bike and review :)

Es gibt für die RR eine Halterung von Evotech für SP Connect. Dabei werden die zwei kleinen Schrauben vor dem Tank genutzt (vor der Gabelbrücke). Grüße

On looks, I would go with the RR in a heartbeat. And based on how you review the riding, it's a lot like the first generation Aprilia RSV Mille. A bike I had for 10 years, and loved very much. So, please, everyone: buy this RR so I can get a second hand one in like 5 to 8 years😉 I promise I won't be picky about the colour. The white is beautiful, but the red looks stunning as well

Maybe if the steering stem nut can be replaced with a hollow one, a stem mount could be used. Or it may just be a cap that could be removed 🤷🏽‍♂️

... & the jacket looks good with the bike too.. I was into the Rnine T but I think this is a better bike.. Im shocked I missed this beautiful thing.

Wow, such a high-end piece, in every aspect! And the other one, with two wheels, look good also! ;)

It is such a beautiful bike. I have a Thruxton RS and I really want to ride one of these to see if I would prefer that to my Thruxy. I really can't stand that they don't have cruise control on the Thruxton.

Thornton Hundred make a custom top yolk nut that fits a Quad Lock mount (Quad Lock Stem Nut Mount) which would allow you to mount your phone for long trips.

Fantastic. Beautiful. Love your smile. The bike on the other hand looks a little to forward leaning and uncomfortable for me.

That bike looks STUNNING. Wow. Shame to hear the flaws though, would bother me.

Very good review lovely looking bike but not for me a too extreme riding position

To mount your phone you can get an open top yoke nut and use a ram mount. You’ll need to find out the pitch of the thread.

Great review. I test rode the bike, loved it and am playing on buying it. Did you have any problems with it in the 3 months?

Evotech makes a quadlock phone mount for this bike. I had to do the same for my Panigale as the generic items wouldn't work on it.

RS 😍

On amaont you can find 1 inch gas tank ball mount. Add a ram mount arm and a quadlock or sp connect. And you can mount your phone.

Juliane Use the Triumph connectivity that is on the bike. It shows turn by turn nav via Google maps from your phone. Peace Ed

Hallo Juliane, zur Befestigung meines Smartphones habe ich mir ein Gewinde in die Lenkkopfmutter schneiden lassen und dann die "Bar clamp mount pro" von SP-connect reingeschraubt.

I have a different bike but I had the same issue mounting my phone. I removed my steering stem cap and mounted my phone slightly to the side so that only the gear indicator is obscured.

Megaaaa🥰🥰

maybe a bit picky, but i think at that price it should have a bluetoothconnectivity/support for at least the known navigatorapps to be shown on the display or connected to the triumphnavi(which uses googlemaps btw.) 🥴 or just some in ears or helmetcom for some additional music 🤘 calimoto ftw

Ok, I decided. Thank you 🎉

7:47 stick square piece velcro on your tank , stick another piece back of your phone cover (spare would be better) , Sandwhich them.. voila. Solve , since u’ll leaning forward most the time, easier for check your navigation

Agreed! Such a good looking bike, especially in white - pure class! A very tempting proposition, but the limited long-distance ability (wind protection/riding position) concerns me, even when compared to superbikes. That said, there are plenty of options for that!

Use a Ram Mount for your phone. It works fabulously!

RR❤

Interessantes Bike, sehr informatives Video. Die RR ist schon was Besonderes, gibt nix direkt vergleichbares. Mich würde das Handling im Vergleich zu einem echten Supersportler interessieren. Würde denken, die RR ist weniger handlich und agil. Wäre für mich ausschlaggebend, für einen Fahrzeugwechsel...

Looks great, but just looking at the clip-ons, at 6'1" I wouldnt want to be sitting on it for more than 5 minutes! :)

Good reviews Juliane. Although i love listening to voice and looking at you, it would be more insight full to show yourself riding the bike, i mean illustrate what you are explaining combine with you talking.

Wann kommt dein Intermot-Video?

It's growing on me.

❤️✌️

Leather cover on your tank with a plastic window would take care of the phone problem.

You have to let the people know what year of model ? It is !

If I had a bike like that the last thing I would worry about is where to put my phone. Also I wonder how many people that consider buying this motorcycle actually know or are capable to use it to its full potential without killing themselves or others, a small percentage I guess...

Das Bike steht dir! 😍 Nur ne Kleinigkeit: im Englischen heißt es nicht PS sondern HP. 😉 Sonst sehr gutes Review. Top! Finde, du stellst deine männlichen Kollegen mittlerweile in den Schatten! Ich mag, wie du natürlich, geerdet und praxisnah bist und nicht auf die super-uargh-leiwand-awesome Schiene gehst. Intro hat mir gut gefallen, Kamera und Schnitt insgesamt sehr gut. Nimmt man oft einfach so hin, aber beim zweiten mal gucken fällts doch auf, dass da einiger Aufwand dahinter steckt. Da waren ein paar Profis am Werk (dich eingeschlossen). Ein paar mehr Fahr- und Soundaufnahmen wären noch schön gewesen. Und das Bike finde ich wirklich zum Niederknien. ❤ Triumph hat's mir aber auch angetan in letzter Zeit.

Would look cool with white wheels

😻👍🏽

Nice review. I have the same bike, but I am not convinced that this bike is less confortable than the RS. Here you can stay on the tank and traveling without any effort from the back and the neck. In the city, yes I agree the RR is not designed for the traffic. Ciao

"You have very beautiful body position, you have a very beautiful body not only the position." - Dario Marchetti

Just swapped my RS for the RR 🙂

Ouch my back is killing me her description of The Handlebar placement of this bike I definitely need handlebar risers and definitely have the handlebars come closer to me their way too far away I checked the RS version of that bike even that one is way too aggressive for me anybody make a riser kit for the RS version of the bike cuz I like the 2023 model I can't purchase it like it is my back wrist and neck would kill me.