Reader's Choice Best Standard of 2015: Triumph Street Triple R

In the field of Standard motorcycles on the market today, there’s quite an impressive field to choose from. For our 2015 Reader’s Choice awards, we gave you six: theBMWR NineT,TriumphStreet Triple R, BMWS1000R,HondaCB500F, and twoYamahasiblings – theFZ-09andFZ-07. Stiff competition indeed, but with 24.4% of the votes, you, our readers, picked the Triumph Street Triple R the winner. It was a close fight, asMO’spick for top Standard, the R NineT, was hot on the Triumph’s heels with 22.2% of the votes. The BMW S1000R came third, with 20.0% of the votes. Maybe more surprising was the last-place finisher. Despite earning runner-up status for Bike of the Year amongst theMOstaff, the Yamaha FZ-07 was stuck in the single digits, with only 7.9% of you giving it the nod.

We can’t say we blame you for picking the Street Triple R. In fact, we gave the STR our2009 Bike of the Yearhonors. What’s not to love? Its 675cc Triple never fails to get our hearts pumping, and the sound it emits is a symphony for the ears. Its taut suspension and chassis package is one we wouldn’t hesitate to take to a track, and its radial-mount brakes leave nothing to be desired. We love this bike, and apparently so do you.