2026-on Triumph Street Triple 765 RX review

Few would disagree the Triumph Street Triple 765 RS is one of the finest-handling road bikes money can buy, regardless of whether you’re talking sports nakeds or full-on race reps. But the RX takes its sharpness to another level.

With more of the rider’s weight shifted forward compared to a straight-barred Street Triple, there’s extra load on the front tyre and thanks to those plush and controlled Öhlins forks, set to perfection for spirited road riding, you feel every ounce of grip through your hands.

With such deliciously accurate steering, light weight (188kg with a 90% full tank), unwavering stability and superbike levels of poise, the RX continually invites you to let go of the brakes and tip into corners ever quicker.

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With its racier front end the RX has even more feel and crisper handling than the sublime 765 RS it is based on – and that’s saying something. It’s a wonderful creation that lives for corners and rails through them completely unruffled, no matter how hard you push.

Electronic rider aids are smooth and unobtrusive and the Triumph’s good-natured, but hard-hitting three-cylinder engine overflows with grunt, power and drama. Its clip-ons aren’t too extreme, which is good news for road comfort, but it does make the RX more niche than a regular Street Triple and you’re never far from questioning why Triumph didn’t go the whole hog and fit a fairing.

The RX will only be on sale for 2026 and with the Street Triple 765 R now discontinued and the 765 RS three years old, this could be the last hurrah for this Street Triple generation. If it is, what a great way to sign out.

Its clip-ons may be racier than the Street Triple’s traditional straight bars, but they sit above the yokes, not beneath like a race rep. They’re more café racer style than low wrist-crunchers and thanks to the RX’s short tank they’re not too far away, either, like those on the tortuous Yamaha XSR900GP or Triumph’s own ill-fated Speed Triple 1200RR.

Seat-to-peg dimensions are relatively roomy for a tall rider, too despite the RX’s compact, supersport-derived dimensions.

With its sporty riding position, the RX is slightly compromised as a practical all-rounder compared to the Street Triple 765 RS.

There’s no respite from windblast, either, which makes you wonder why Triumph continue to resist whacking a fairing on a Street Triple (the limited-edition Daytona 765 Moto2 excepted).

With its clip-ons the RX is crying out for one and the extra wind protection it would provide would make it more versatile, especially on track where slippery aero would be faster along the straights.

Elsewhere the RX gets all the 765 RS’s chassis goodies including a fully adjustable Öhlins rear shock, a pair of savagely powerful Brembo Stylema calipers and sticky Pirelli Diablo Supercorsa SP tyres.

There are few road bikes that will offer such a sublime blend of poise, agility, balance and grip on your favourite road as the RX. It’s a gleaming example of how clever Triumph’s chassis engineers can be, but its engine is also an integral part of what makes it so easy and exciting to ride.

Although it’s hard to fault the 765 RS’s Showa forks, the RX’s fully adjustable NIX30 Öhlins forks give sublime feedback and support as you dive into corners.

Clamped into a beautifully milled aluminium top yoke, it gives the RX an exotic feel. Dimensions across the bike have altered slightly with trail now coming in 1.6mm tighter (95.3mm) rake 0.2° steeper (23°) and the overall wheelbase 2mm shorter (1397mm) than the 765 RS.

The triple RX engine has the same 128bhp tune as the RS. Power is delivered smoothly and progressively with a wheelie-toting flourish and deep airbox stab at the top end, garnished with rasping, three-cylinder drama spurting from the exhaust.

Gear changes are crisp, accurate and the up/down quickshifter effortless. Elsewhere its refined lean-sensitive electronics stay nicely in the background. For normal road riding, the ABS never intrudes and the traction control will always have to wait a long time to chime in before grip runs out.

The anti-wheelie gets a workout in the first three gears under hard acceleration, though, but it’s so smooth it’s more help than hindrance... and you can always turn it off.

Think of Triumph’s new £12,895 RX as an all-singing Street Triple 765 RS (currently £11,999 as of March 2026) with a racier front end. That means you get fully adjustable NIX30 Öhlins forks, sharper steering geometry, a milled aluminium top yoke and clip-on handlebars.

It’s the same set-up we first saw lavished on the limited-run 2023 Street Triple 765 Moto2 Edition. Elsewhere you get an RX logo’d exhaust can and Alcantara-like seat.

Costing £12,895 in march 2026, below is a typical PCP finance option for the Triumph (subject to status):

• PCP per month x 36 £159.59
• Total deposit payable £3224
• APR 8.9%
• Mileage 4000
• Optional Final Payment £6008.75

Attention to detail is superb, you get goodies like a colour dash with connectivity and reliability is assured for the Street Triple after all these years - making it an easy buy if your pockets are deep enough.

But despite knocking on the door of 13 grand, you’ll need to dig a bit deeper for cruise control (£315) and heated grips (£245).

It comes in only one colour: grey and red, in homage to the original 2015 RX. There’s also a £14,495 Moto2 Edition which has the same engine and chassis spec as the RX but with extra carbon goodies and a black and lumo yellow paint job.