A Daytona in a Street Triple Costume

Triumph's sales team isn't saying this out loud, but Chase figured it out in about 20 minutes: the 765 RX is a Daytona wearing a Street Triple jacket. Clip-ons instead of a bar. Raised rear-sets. Öhlins everywhere. Brembos everywhere. And a chassis that carries the Street Triple RS's reputation for being the most precise-handling naked on sale.

Chase's direct line from the saddle, after multiple brake checks, lean tests, and stoplight pulls: "This motorcycle might be the best handling motorcycle of any bike I have ridden as a street rider." That's a 1,800-video channel's worth of context backing a single sentence. Take it seriously.

Performance highlights

765cc inline triple, 128 horsepower, 59 lb-ft of torque, 414 lb wet. Throttle response is a 9 and the headline is what rain mode does. Chase, unprompted: "This might have the best rain mode I've ever experienced on a motorcycle. If I was going to create the way I want a bike to respond in rain mode, it would have responded in the way this bike just did." That's the engineering flex that tells you the whole bike has been tuned, not just specced.

Agility is a flat 10 and not close. This is where the RX earns its place. Chase talks about Triumph's precision the way people talk about vintage wine: it's the handling, the body position, the weight distribution, something invisible that makes the bike do exactly what you asked it to, exactly when you asked it, with a margin for error you didn't know you had. "The bike reads my mind of what I want and it gives me what I want, but in a better way than what I'm even asking for."

Brakes are a 10 and they deserve the breakdown: Brembos front AND rear, with a Brembo master cylinder, bolted to an Öhlins-damped chassis. The result isn't just stopping power. It's progressive, fine-tunable stopping power. Scrub a little speed with two fingers. Slam the front with your whole hand. Either one works. Either one feels like you're in control of a physical law rather than a machine.

Acceleration rates an 8 and the gearing rewards staying in the gear. Triples love revs, and 128 hp in 414 lb is plenty for any public road, any track day Chase might reasonably book, and exactly no liter-bike ego contests.

Suspension is a 10. Öhlins front and rear, fully adjustable, and set up so well Chase said it "felt freaking incredible" at his 215-lb riding weight right off the dealer floor. This is where the "Daytona in a Street Triple" comparison becomes real. You get super-sport cornering composure from a bike that looks like a commuter naked.

Rider experience & tech

Comfort is a 5 and it's the cost of admission. The RX's clip-ons put you in a sport position, not as extreme as a Daytona, not as relaxed as a handlebar-naked. The seat is sporty without being mean. There's zero wind protection, and on the highway at 80 you're using the tank and your torso to brace against the wind. The lack of cruise control is the other dagger, on a bike this capable of highway speed, leaving cruise off the spec sheet is baffling.

Tech earns an 8. Five-inch TFT display with five ride modes, full electronic aid suite (cornering ABS, traction control, up/down quickshifter with a brilliant just-visible feel at low speed that sharpens under hard use). The screen responsiveness has improved since the last generation, Chase specifically noted the reduced lag, but the UI design trails Ducati and BMW for layout and polish.

Ease of use is a 6 because the clip-ons require more physical effort to navigate tight spaces than a handlebar setup would, and the menu system takes time to learn. Once you know where everything is, it's fast. But there's a week-long onboarding curve.

Versatility is the honest 6. City and twisties: gold. Highway: survivable but unpleasant. Touring: no. This is a bike that's great at what it's great at, and unapologetically narrow beyond that.

Fun-for-the-money is 8 because at $14,495 you're getting Öhlins, Brembos, full electronics, and Triumph's signature billet finishes on the top triple clamp. Compare the spec sheet to anything else in this price bracket and the Street Triple RX starts looking like a pricing error.

The Chase Score & final thoughts

With a Chase Score of 80/100, Great Tier, the Street Triple 765 RX is Triumph's cleanest argument that "middleweight naked" and "weapons-grade street bike" aren't opposites. 47 ride points out of 50. That's the headline. Usability takes the hit because of the comfort and highway compromises, not because of any design failure.

Buy it if you ride streets aggressively, don't need a tourer, and want the best-handling motorcycle available at this price. Skip it if you need cruise control, a windscreen, or a one-bike solution. Chase's on-camera move at the end of this ride: text Triumph about doing more videos in exchange for keeping the bike. He was half-joking. You should be worried he was half-not.