First Ride Review: 2017 Triumph Street Cup

[DaveM]

Triumph’s Street Cup is the urban-sport member of the newly minted Street family, which also includes the Street Scrambler. Because the Street Cup shares the motor, frame, and several major parts with the Street Twin, it’s easy to assume this is merely a styling iteration. But, by adding, subtracting, and replacing key components, Triumph Motorcycles was able to transform the Street Twin into a sportier roadster while maintaining the base bike’s easy-to-ride demeanor and accessibility. For the record, Triumph insists that the Street Cup is a sportier version of the Street Twin and not a small version of the Thruxton.

The Street Cup gets its vintage cafe-racer appearance by incorporating period-correct proportions and details, like brushed-aluminum instruments, clubman-style handlebars (the precursor to today’s clip-ons), a mini fly screen, classically shaped tank with hand pinstriping, and a color-matched passenger-seat cowl complete with racy number-plate graphic. The rear cowl is easily removed to reveal the passenger portion of the “bullet” seat. Brushed-aluminum bits add class and fit and finish is really good. The Triumph accessory catalog lists 120 bolt-on parts for making the Street Cup your own.

The Street Cup’s silhouette is classic café racer.

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[Rocky]

It's a cool bike, but I'm more drawn to the Bonneville line.