2009 Triumph Sprint ST

We test the 2009 Sprint ST and find that while not a Sport Touring bike in the traditional "American" sense it does live up to it's name. For the full review visit www.2wf.com.

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[zagor1974]

is this a joke - minutes and minutes of blah-blah and music and absolutely no sound from the motorcycle!!!

[2WF]

@zagor1974 The motorcycle had stage fright and didn't want to speak on camera

[gixxerbones]

who would want to ride 500 mile on a freeway! how boring!!!!

[2WF]

@gixxerbones Boring yes....but if you absolutely, positively have to be somewhere in a certain amount of time it's a neccessary evil. Sometimes the question comes down to "Do I run up the freeway and make my destination that is 500+ miles away in one day (thereby having more time to spend doing whatever it is I'm going there for) or do I take all the back roads, put 250 extra miles on, and take two days?" Sometimes getting there in a timely matter is important.

[trossachs2003]

@2WF

Too right - I bought one of these yesterday because I want to do my fourth trip to the Alps from the UK at Easter. In the past I've done it on a 600 and it is a long trek before it gets interesting. This time I'm intending to get there in a single leg hence the bigger, more comfortable bike. Can't wait.

[2WF]

@trossachs2003 Sounds like a fun trip! Maybe you should take notes and pics and submit them to us as an article to publish. We always like getting articles from readers.

[MakeTheNoiseMTB]

Won't accommodate 2 people? Not enough power? Sure your not stuffing cheeseburgers in the fuel tank?

[atka]

not enough power ! you ain't riding it right , treat it like a sports bike and it sure goes

[greenangryman]

@zagor1974 So what are we listening to at 3:14 ??

[firealive1]

The Motorrad takes longterms test of bikes and aftre 50 000km they open the engin and messures everything.

The Sprint ST1050 came on the top ;)

I had the ST955i and now have a ZZR1400(ZX14), and to compare the ST to FJR,GTR14,K1300GT etc is just wrong.

It would be more right to compare it to XX1100,VFR800,FZ1 in what its designed for.

The ST is for peoples that wants somthing in betwen 1000RRR and a grandtourer like the FJR,GTR14 and K1300GT.

[monument4852]

What a COCK!

[TR5T]

45 yeas in the saddle, 40 or so bikes this one is far beyond the description given here. Perhaps it is what comes with riding a lot of bikes for short periods. You gotta live with it.

My Bonneville and Scrambler are both considered lightweights by this type of tester.

Fine, I know better.

Buy Triumph buy Triumph, keep them Hinckley guys in pork pies.

[1050ccTriumph]

@2WF

For what it's worth (for people reading this in 2011)... I bought an ST new in July 2008. I have travelled 22,000 miles on it and have had absolutely no problems with it. I have travelled to many places in hot and cold weather. I have carried camping equipment along the way. No problems. It has become a friend and I love it! Cheers Spint ST! Just counted up and in 23 years of biking and 15 different bikes, this is the besfriend I have had. I love this bike! Here's to 30,000 miles!