Moto2 for the Road
TO CELEBRATE TRIUMPH’S RETURN TO MOTOGP as the engine suppliers to Moto2, Triumph have produced a road-going version of their race bike. Sort of...
Its engine proudly carries the same logo and is the same capacity as the Moto2 bikes, but, in fact, the bike has more in common with Triumph’s super-popular Street Triple RS naked.
Peak power is 130 hp at 12,250 rpm, up from the Street’s 123 hp at 11,700 rpm, thanks to a plethora of engine tweaks the team has carried over from the Moto2 engine. These include titanium inlet valves, stronger pistons, MotoGPspec DLC-coated gudgeon pins, new cam profiles, new intake trumpets, plus modified con rods, intake port, crank and barrels, and an increased compression ratio. Simply put, they have improved the flow, increased compression, and made the engine internals lighter to move faster. All of which allows the triple to sing, revving higher than the Street Triple RS engine by 600 rpm, with the red-line now at 13,250 rpm. Peak torque is also up slightly, to 80 Nm from
