in all fairness the speed triple has been around since 1995, in the first gen. they are now on the fifth. if i am right in thinking the b-1200 was not out in 95 was it? i know the 1200 came stateside in 97? by 97 the triple was on its 2nd gen already, the t509 speedtriple. they have had the t3 in 95, the t509 in 96 to 98. in 99 they came out with the 955i triple, which ran till 02 then they had a 955i that was redone from the ground up that ran from 03 till 05 when they came out with the 1050. if only suzuki would have done the like with the bandit. the triple started as a air oil cooled, carbs, heavy and not to high on the horses. after 10 years it now has state of the art brakes, suspension, uses f.i. and has lost about 40 pounds from the 95. oh and it picked up about 30 horses and 20 ft lbs. and the price from 95 to 06 has only gone up 1500 bucks? the first one sold for around 8500 i beleive, the new ones sell for 10k. think of a 450 pound wet bandit, with upside down forks, radial brakes with stainless lines, fuel injection, fully adjustable front and rear suspension. with almost 120 horse and near 80 ft lbs for 10k?! if they made one i would sell my triple and run to buy one. but if they did that think of all the gsxr's that wouldnt sell? thats why they never will build a great modern sport standard, they dont want to loose any squid sales on the gixxer 1000!
mike