Part of me hates giving my Editor’s Choice award. Running through all the ridiculous vehicles and experiences that’ve helped me grow on my powersports journey—shoutout to the Stark Varg EX—and casting them aside to pick just one. Alas, this is the very difficult job of a ‘motorcycle journalist’, but thankfully, Triumph has made it somewhat easy for me by creating the Speed Triple 1200 RS.
The way Triumph’s engineers set up the geometry of the Speed Triple in combination with Öhlins’ latest EC3 semi-active suspension is nothing short of a giant step forward for motorcycling.
On my second day riding the bike, I hit 155+ mph, tearing down the Algarve International Circuit, also known as the Portimão Circuit, ripped wheelies over its famous blind hill section, and got my knee down a few times, all in the pissing rain. It was the wettest launch I’d ever attended, but arguably the most fun—that’s half the story behind why this bike is so good.
