Triumph Street Triple RS versus Kawasaki Z 900 (bis 2019)
Triumph Street Triple RS
Kawasaki Z 900 (bis 2019)
Year of construction / RRP / Test report
Competitors
- High-torque engine
- Precise handling
- Gearbox gradation
- Performance
- Engine powerful and powerful
- Value for money
- Chassis
- Pillion operation
- Tyres in cold or wet conditions
- Pillion comfort
- no electronic driving aids
Dimensions & Weight
Length : 2.065 mm Height : 1.085 mm
Seat : 825 mm
Weight : 183 kg
Length : 2.070 mm Height : 1.065 mm
Seat : 795 mm
Weight : 210 kg
Engine
Displacement: 765 ccm
Hub: 53 mm
Hole: 78 mm
Cooling: flüssig
Drive: X-Ring Kette
Aisles: 6
Displacement: 948 ccm
Hub: 56 mm
Hole: 73 mm
Cooling: flüssigkeitsgekühlt
Drive: Kette
Aisles: 6
Performance
Performance: 123 HP at 11.700 U/Min
Torque: 77 NM bei 11.000 U/Min Tank contents: 17 Litre
Consumption: 5 l
Reach: 335 km
Performance: 125 HP at 9.500 U/Min
Torque: 99 NM bei 7.700 U/Min Tank contents: 17 Litre
Consumption: 6 l
Reach: 315 km
Chassis
Double loop frame (aluminum) Front suspension:
41 mm Showa "Big Piston" upside-down fork (travel 115 mm) Rear suspension:
Öhlins STX40 central strut with piggyback reservoir (travel 131 mm)
Rear suspension:
Light metal two-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 120/70ZR17
Rear tyres: 180/55ZR17
Double loop (steel) Front suspension:
41 mm upside-down fork (travel 120 mm) Rear suspension:
Mono strut (travel 140 mm)
Rear suspension:
Two-arm swingarm Tyres at the front: 120/70ZR17M/C (58W)
Rear tyres: 180/55ZR17M/C (73W)
Brakes
Two floating mounted 310 mm brake discs, Brembo M50 4-piston monobloc radial calipers, ABS can be switched off (∅ 310 mm) Rear brake
Rigid 220 mm brake disc, Brembo single-piston floating caliper, ABS can be switched off (∅ 220 mm)
Double disc (∅ 300 mm) Rear brake
Disc (∅ 250 mm)
Long live the sport
The Triumph Street Triple RS is a sharp sports motorcycle. Therefore, the initially questioned saying of the racing machine fits for the road. It sets the right accents for the sports driver with the foolproof Öhlins suspension, the appropriate knee closure and knee angle as well as this motor, which is always called to higher. But you have to be able to afford it. This is not even due to the entry price of 11,850 euros, where a Kawasaki Z 900 comparable in the data is available at the dealership with less than 10,000.
No, if you want to have the Triumph Street Triple RS and drive all year round, if you want to take a passenger further than to the dredging lake without listening to the suffering after the end of the journey – you will not be able to avoid the purchase of a second motorcycle. And this, despite the fact that it is actually present and suitable for everyday use.
The test bike was provided to us by Triumph-Hamburg.
Conclusion - what gets stuck
The Kawasaki Z900 is a power. The whole thing gets all the better if you get the approximately 9,000 euros (yes, it's so cheap!) cost price. The Kawa can effortlessly annoy far stronger machines on country roads, making the 9,000 even more fitting.However: On the other hand, this is quite a lot of money for a motorcycle, which can only be used to a very limited extent. The evening round around the block, even if it's a little bigger? Let's go, off for it. Or to the city for shopping? Join them, as long as you like to shop alone and a maximum of one backpack full.
Everything else is done by the second moped ... nevertheless: thumbs up!
Testbike -> Thanks to Heller & Soltau in St. Michaelisdonn.
