I'm also an ex street triple rider - mine was the 2010 black round headlight version. Fantastic little bike. I haven't ridden the current crop of more electronic streets, but I'm sure there's very little to choose in reality! The triple is a classic engine - smooth & grunty, with a different character to the new KTM parralel twin. I'll give my definitive view after the service when I've used all the revs, but my feeling is that in this sort of bike I prefer KTM's solution, however I totally appreciate different people have different likes. I have also had a Tiger 800 - truly great middleweight allrounder, to which the (longer stroke) triple is ideally suited.
I don't know how they've done it. It's powerful & smooth, but has great torque - and when you consider the size & weight of the unit it's incredible. Let's hope it's not at the cost of longevity/reliability!
Keep it rubber side down!!

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