2019 Triumph Street Twin | First Ride Review

What about the Speed Twin? I'd go Speed Twin over the Street Cup.

I traded my street twin for a used r nine t. I haven’t regretted my decision at all.

Great review. Well done.👍

Nice review as per. That can sound comes across your vid, must sound great in person! I would of never put the bike weight at that though, she needs to lay off the pies. :) Do you have another bike you own? I can't believe you're not riding anything!?

Sounding more and more seasoned & Clarkson-esqe with each review 😉 cept for 6mins 18secs... bouncy robot voice (or if you are a mighty boosh fan: the voice of 'the funk')

Can you have a ride on a Moto Guzzi V9 bobber and share it with us? Great video and review! Thanks!

You need the 1200.

Solid review! I’ve watched dozens of reviews on the street twin and nobody ever mentions the delay on the throttle or the riding position in regards to the rear brake. Appreciate the details 👍

Thks

Try the speed twin before buying..

I loooove mine.

The rear brake lever is adjustable heights.

Thanks, I hope to buy one this summer. I enjoy all your reviews!

Btw I;ll be selling my 2016 ST if you happen to be looking for one. Thought I'd mention it.

The bike has a great sound.Can’t wait to test ride one.I’d like it a bit better if it had dual clocks.Thank you for the excellent video.👏👏👏

If you were to buy a new retro bike would it be this or the z900rs? HONEST ANSWER PLZZZ

Street twin vs speed twin vs xsr900 for 32 y.o. noob?

Good job. Good review

Nothing wrong with being a fanboy! LOL! Triumph nailed it!

What do you think between the new 2019 street twin and the Moto Guzzi v7 iii? Looking for something a bit quicker and more comfortable than my Rebel 500.

If they can make the rev counter a bar graph it would be much easier to read. Just my thoughts 😀

How tall are you? I’m 6ft to 6ft 1in. Felt fine to sit on but I’m wondering if it’ll be a good long term bike.

Good honest stright forward review with no iritating catch phraseology or over acted personality . I shall be watching more of your content soon Sir.

real great bike ! I bought one in matt irone stone ! And love it !!

Im 5'8 will the seat height be a problem for me?

I bought a 2017 street twin and have put over 12000 miles on it so far. I could not be happier with this motorcycle. I took it cross country and did 4500 miles in 2weeks. The bike handled excellent. Rode through the Mojave desert and also did some highway cruising at 80-85 for hours on end with absolutely no problems. From the west to the east coast and all the mountains backroads and highways in between, this bike handled superbly and was a blast to ride.

Hi I've heard from more than one source that the brakes aren't great. Is the 2019 model a big step forward or are they still lacking? Thanks for any feedback

How is that heavy? my last bike was 844 lbs.

being over 6 foot sucks.

Thank you for your review and thoughts on the bike. I got the 2016 version slightly used. I road for three years on my scooter, which I LOVE and got the Twin for further distance. It's now my commuter bike, replacing the scooter for that chore. (The scooter is now used to hop on for local errands.) When I first got the Twin I almost dropped it twice. It took me a bit to understand it but my old lady legs were enough to hold it upright. (Ironically, my hubby did drop it and he rides a bike as heavy as this one.) 

I put about 5,000 miles on it and feel very comfortable on it now. I'm glad it wasn't my first bike, honestly. The PCX Honda 150cc scooter really helped me on the stuff new riders tend to mess up on like cornering. Learning to shift and cornering is a lot of CPU for an ancient rookie. I never road a clutch so learning on this wasn't bad and it does seem forgiving with the slipper clutch. The rear bike on mine is a bit ornamental. However, I think that the engineers are sometimes smarter than the riders who scream for sonic breaks in that they create a bike so if you do hit a break wrong in a corner you don't go down or if you do a fist full of break (has ABS) it doesn't send you end-o like a racer's breaks. 

I'm no motorcycle expert but I find the Twin awesome in horrible traffic. Very easy to balance. I can keep it upright without putting a foot down in slow traffic almost as easily as I can the scooter. And it's wonderfully satisfying on the open road.

I think needing more horsepower, talking revs, gear-head stuff is kinda a guy thing so Triumph added horsepower. They changed the gearing too from what I understand. Not sure why'd they'd do that if it's a ''Street Twin" and so you should be able to ride without shifting up constantly in heavy traffic. As far as even more horse power on the post 2016 versions, the truth is 90% of riders cannot push a 250cc to its limits. Ninety percent of us are limited by our talents, not the bike's capacity. That being said, I'd say to any new person, don't be intimidated by the 900CC's. Or weight if you're not a real small person. Its seat is low. I think a little small for larger folks. My hubby is about six feet and he finds it a little squeezed. And it's well balanced so it doesn't feel heavy.

I practice riding in parking lots. I try to slow-ride and do cones, the whole be a better rider thing. I watch a lot of helpful u-tube. So I take riding seriously because being out there is serious. Yet there is no more satisfying way to get around than on two wheels. And the Twin to me has been very fun and accessible. If it's accessible to me, I suspect it's probably more accessible than some who are a little intimidated by the weight and CC's might think. And, let's face it. It's a beautiful looking machine. Tell no one, but when I hop off it after a great ride I just stare at it for a few minutes in the driveway. I put saddle bags on it and crash bars and mine has a lot fly windscreen so I take it everywhere. 

My only gripe is the headlight. Compared to the PCX the lighting at night is terrible so I'm considering some additional lighting. And the mirrors are a bit fussy. You have to really play with them to get them right. That takes a while. I mean the whole way bike mirrors are engineered seems bazaar to me. The duel nuts going opposite ways to tighten is weird and causes them to spin on every bike. (Why doesn't some clever engineer fix that on all bikes?) So I have two wrenches on in my saddle bag incase the mirror flips around but I do that for the scooter too. My foot too hovers over the break as you describe but I don't find that bad and I can adjust to the ball of my foot on the peg if need be so I'm pretty comfortable. What I do love about the peg location is, unlike a lot of bikes, when you put your feet down the pegs don't stab you.

So I really love the Twin. I love my scooter too. I love two wheels. It's just fun. But it's especially great to ride something you are not afraid of and that you'll use every chance you get rather than getting some huge thing or too fast thing you're secretly terrified of and keep garaged. I think the Twin could be that for a lot of riders.

Are you sure those are stock pipes ❓

Great review, I'm torn between the T100 and the Street Twin, with only 27" inside leg this may be the one, coming from a Sprint 1050 ST, a big difference.

that bike is even prettier with you on it!

Had the pleasure of riding one of these for a couple hundred miles, triumph loaned me one as my triple was in the garage.
Lovely bike, but not my taste..
Sounds great chugging along at lower rpms, and plenty of power on tap, but the rev limiter kicks in a tad too early I found
Great headlight for night riding
Only problems I've found are the toggle highbeam (no flasher), very small fuel tank, and the hazard light button is miles away from your thumb
Very comfy seat
Happy bum

Loved this review! Please review the Yamaha Bolt Star 950 as well

Wait a minute. Top speed is 120? As in kilometers / hour?

Got one in lronstone, waited for the 2nd gen 2019 model. Glad I did, noticeably improved, doesn't run out of puff too early like the 1st gen. Its grunty, chunky and addictive. Have sprung for heated grips and bar end mirrors, kept the stock cans, as they sound nice. I, m just over 5ft 9in tall. And the bike is ideal. Flat foot at rest. Might be a little heavy when walking the bike for a smallish lady, but once moving its weight is low down and nicely balanced. This helps on windy days. Looked at Royal Enfield, which is a bargain, all things considered esp price. It's just that this triumph is so much more torque and substantial. I thought the 1st gen was overpriced, but the improvements on the 2019 and overall finish are spot on for the money. 2500 mls, and this bike has become my faithful all-rounder. Sun's out, let's go🏍️😁

Why on earth would you want to change the exhausts? I sat on both the Street Twin and Street Scrambler today at Triumph Chiang Rai. I'd rather have this bike.
Good video.

Do you prefer this or v7?

any street twin users here that can compare the older model and newer model exhaust? Ive been on a test ride today, and the sales person said to me that they`ve pretty much emptied the stock exhaust on the newer one. I had the feeling it was way louder than my older model. is that true?

It sounds lovely, and the long gears make it look effortless to ride.