Excellent guide! You put a fair bit of time effort into this and it really shows. Interesting, clear and thought provoking. Thanks a lot man.

I really appreciate the meticulous make sure of your videos. I know it's very time-consuming to set the cameras up and to get them just right. But it makes for a super product. Well done you!

Hi. Found this a very useful video. Just bought a new rx and have used your guide to adjust my own suspension. Was a little firm as standard and now much better. Loving all your films, keep em coming.

Thank you for this and all your videos. I just bought a '11 street triple R in the same spec. Your videos are super helpful.

Thanks bud I'm going to be buying one hopefully next season so your vids are an education for me and your British and that means it's easier for me to understand what your talking about keep up the good vids cheers

I enjoyed the effort you put in flyer. I'm not sure if he has the same year, but I know Dave moss has videos on tuning the street triple suspension. It's very complicated interesting stuff.

Great information sir!!

When adjusting the compression and damping on my bike I found it beneficial the ride the same road after each as you stated noted adjustment. I used the B4011 from the A41 to Long Crendon passing through Oakley. This road has some nice fast flowing bends. I found too much and I had to wrestle the bike through the bends too little and it would wallow like over-steer. My bike now handles sweetly. Nice video on how simple things can transform your ride and make us all a little wiser and more knowledgeable about our rides keep up the good work many thanks for sharing

Perfect. I have exactly the same ride problem. Having taken the bar risers off I have to remove the bars to get to the top fork adjuster. Nuisance. Many thanks for the vid!

Thanks a lot my man. Simple, but clear and helpful video. Gonna try it sometime on my R.

Is very good to understand the system of the suspension but also to know about the physics of the oil and applied them right on the motorbike . What I mean is when the fork oil is getting old (it should be replaced 1 at 2 years) it will move heavily in the compression and rebond damping. This is also true on the temperature that you are riding. cold oil will move heavily in the system of the suspension. I like the video, most rides have no idea what all of the suspension screw s means ...

Still amazes me how many folks do not dare to touch the suspension settings for fear of getting it all wrong......obviously worth checking out the owners manual or service manual to get an idear on how to do this on your particular bike and finding out about just how the factory settings sit ....working from that it's a doddle most of the time to slightly adjust to your particular requirements. ...generally such are the factory settings .....most can in reality find this quite ample...but no harm in trying out adjustment either way according to how you prefer your ride... Great well produced vid ....

Really useful video! Nicely done!

I’ve been re-watching these excellent Street Triple videos with interest. “Stick around, stay tuned” and I’ll fill you in! I’ve been riding for a little over a year now and absolutely love it. My regular ride is a 50km each way commute to work, along roads that are probably equivalent to UK rural A roads plus a bit of motorway. Having covered 18,000km in the last 16 months I have recently gained my full motorbike licence which means I can move on from my current Honda CB300F - so I did heaps of research, read reviews, watched YT etc. and homed in on a few bikes that would suit my type of riding. The Tracer 700 you reviewed recently looked ideal (not too big a step up, reasonably light weight, some weather protection etc.) but Yamaha don’t want to tell me if or when it’s coming to New Zealand. Next up was the Kawasaki Versys 650 - a kind of older version of the Tracer. The Suzuki SV650 also made the shortlist. Perfectly sensible choices I hear you say? I thought so too, and then ignored all that and will be picking up my new Triumph Street Triple R later this week! It’s the outgoing 675cc model - the dealers are clearing the way for the new RS in a month or two - so I was able to get a pretty good deal plus the flyscreen, belly pan and seat cowl thrown in. Love watching your videos - always informative, well presented and very watchable! Keep up the great work sir!

Great video, well put together and succinctly put. Thanks! Only just got my 2013 STR, and being a bit of a scrawny person finding it a bit on the harsh side and not planted enough over less than silky smooth roads - so my plan is to soften it up and see how it feels. Otherwise it's just a sublime bike.

You forgot to mention the adjustment at the bottom of the rear suspension, thanks for the video it's got me tweaking mine too

Ill be doing my STR very shortly, 🙏

thanks dude,great info.....logged cuz my triples like riding a hardwood board!!

Thanks. This gave me the confidence to adjust my suspension as well, in preparation for a trip around Scotland next week. It was tuned quite hard by the first owner. On my 2014 R I had to loosen and rotate the handlebars out of the way to get to the screws, which is a bit annoying because it makes it harder to adjust on the road.

Was just looking over some of your older videos. You look slimmer and younger than you did 5 years ago

This is mega, I’ve just purchased a 2012 same colour as yours with the arrow cans and other bits

Fantastic! I'm picking up my 2014 R tomorrow from Latus Triumph Oregon (bought it two days ago but had to leave it there with a ABS/Eng light - they fixed it today) and I'm super-expected. I really appreciate you showing me these simple steps and reminding me to make notes. Is this where I'd say "I'm dead chuffed"?

Pity you didn't explain what the adjustments were on the yoke, ie compression, rebound etc

Hi mate is it true the street triple engine rattles the first minutes after a cold start? And that is not a problem?

nice video cheers

Has anyone ever gone beyond the comforts string from the manual? What are your thoughts on settings.

How about the rebound on the rear at the bottom of the spring ? That would need adjusting too.

Good little information vid...Thanks.

Always found it best to wind it back to the start and go out a number of clicks to the position you want to (just in case)... The manual is pretty good at telling you the Standard setup and I personally found a click or two between Standard and Soft made riding on todays roads (i.e. pits from hell) comfortable enough without sacrificing the sporty ride too much :)

There is another adjuster at the bottom of the rear suspension that should be adjusted similarly, the "rebound adjuster". At least it's on my 2010 STR, which appears identical to your bike. Cheers.

First off, thank you for this vid. Been trying to find it in my native language but no luck. You did a good job explaining it though and I think I’ll try to adjust mine by myself tomorrow. I guess my st3 has it’s adjusters set to stock and I’m really feeling it on bumpy streets. I was even thinking of replacing the bike for a smaller / more trail like one. Should I try setting the front and rear adjusters all the way to the soft side? Streets are a real mess here in Brazil and there are times it seems I’m gonna go flying over the handlebars. Will the preload of the rear suspension make the biggest difference from all of this adjusters? Thanks in advance.

Thanks good vid . You turned the rear compression down .Did you turn the rear rebond down too its at the bottom of the spring in line with the bottom of the chain. Ive just turn my street R down stock to hard just about sends you out the seat on every bump and pot hole and there is alot of pot holes after winter . Roads should be repaired in time for next winter lol

Question for you good sir: When you adjusted the compression and damping with the flat head, did you notice the adjustment screw sort of "chipping away?" I'm afraid to adjust my suspension again because I may not have that slit anymore >_> Edit - Yeah I actually see that the "slits" have kind of chipped away from using the flat head...I wonder if Triumph knows about this...

Great review as ever. If I was doing the review I would have bored the pants off the viewer covering loadsa useless detail. You strike a good balance. Well done.

Great video. Question: where did you get those mirrors? Would LOVE to know! PLEASE.

Does this affect ride height? My feet aren't quite flat on my 'R'and as a newbie I'd like to achieve that, ideally without a lowering kit.

@TheMissendenFlyer can you turn the fork adjusters all the way in then start setting them again? pls

i dont remember if i clicked two or one time on the front. ¿any ideas of what to do?

Love playing with all that stuff but getting fresh oil in them is just as important. your bass setting shod be in yore Manual.

nice to see this, i'm a bigger guy, 280ish pounds, wonder how i should adjust my StripleR

Did you consider adjusting one component at a time? I always like to keep the number of variables to a minimum. Takes more time of course. Great video!

simple ajustment Andy....I did not know how to ajust these forks...this is only for damping?in and out?thanks for you're education

does it work as well to reduce gears ?

I've got a 2017 TST R, can't see any adjustors on the front wheel...anyone? Cheers