I’ll be honest with you: the Triumph Street Triple RS is one of the sharpest, most agile sportbikes I’ve ever owned. That bike felt like a scalpel on wheels: lightweight, flickable, and with just the right amount of grunt from Triumph’s legendary three-cylinder engine. For me, the Street Triple has always embodied what Triumph does best.
The brand has become practically synonymous with triples, and the Street Triple in particular carries that heritage like a badge of honor. Which is why this latest development is so exciting.
The folks over at Motorcycle.com recently reported that Triumph is preparing not one, but two new special editions for 2026: the Street Triple 765 RX and the return of the Moto2 Edition. Both were confirmed in a recently amended California Air Resources Board (CARB) filing, the kind of breadcrumb trail that often tips off what’s coming next in Hinckley’s lineup.
Now, RX isn’t a new suffix for Triumph. The most recent one we saw was on the Speed Triple 1200 RX, a bike that took the already bonkers Speed Triple RS and sharpened it even further. That machine got more aggressive ergonomics with clip-on bars and higher footpegs, an Akrapovič silencer, and a top-shelf Öhlins electronic steering damper. The 1200 RX wasn’t just about power. It was about feel. It brought riders closer to the experience of a proper race bike while keeping it (just barely) tolerable on the street.
So what does that mean for the new Street Triple RX? Given the formula Triumph applied to its bigger sibling, we can reasonably expect a similar treatment here. Picture the current RS, already one of the most precise middleweight nakeds in the game, but with even racier ergos. Think clip-ons instead of wide bars, perhaps a more aggressive rearset, maybe even a lightweight exhaust to shave a couple pounds and add some growl.
The Speed Triple RX came dressed in Triumph Performance Yellow with carbon accents, and so it wouldn’t surprise me if we saw that same vibe trickle down to the Street Triple. The result would be a bike that keeps the 765’s agility intact but gives it the edge of a supersport without the bodywork.
That’s where the Moto2 Edition comes in. Triumph already played this card back in 2023 and 2024 with the Street Triple 765 Moto2 Edition, and riders lapped it up. That bike came dripping with carbon fiber bodywork, Öhlins suspension, and the kind of aggressive ergonomics that screamed race replica. It was, for all intents and purposes, a Moto2 machine stripped of its fairings and blessed with mirrors and lights. You didn’t just feel like you were riding a naked sportbike, you felt like you were riding something developed by race engineers.
And so the 2026 Moto2 Edition could raise the stakes even further. It wouldn’t be far-fetched to expect Öhlins NIX30 forks paired with a TTX36 shock in the rear, which is essentially the same kind of hardware you’d find on full-blown superbikes. Carbon bits will almost certainly return, along with a numbered production run to add exclusivity. Whether it’ll carry the same vibrant yellow livery as before or something entirely new remains to be seen, but you can bet Triumph will make it stand out.
What’s especially badass about the Moto2 Edition is that it captures Triumph’s racing DNA in its purest form. Since becoming the official engine supplier for Moto2 in 2019, Triumph has built up a solid racing pedigree. Every Street Triple 765 you see today is cut from the same cloth as the engines that scream around GP circuits. The Moto2 Edition takes that connection and makes it tangible. It’s a naked supersport that doesn’t apologize for being uncompromising, and enthusiasts love it for that reason.
The bigger picture here is that Triumph is doubling down on what riders love about the brand. The Speed Triple RX proved that there’s a market for special-run, track-leaning streetfighters. By trickling the same concept down to the Street Triple, Triumph is giving middleweight riders the same chance to taste something raw and exclusive. The RX promises to be the sharper streetfighter. The Moto2 Edition, on the other hand, is basically Triumph handing you the keys to a race-bred weapon.
As for timing, EICMA in November feels like the obvious stage for a debut. Still, given how closely the Moto2 Edition is tied to racing, Triumph might save that reveal for the Valencia GP weekend in mid-November. Either way, we don’t have long to wait before we see what these new bikes look like.
The Street Triple has always been a darling of riders who crave precision without excess bulk. With the RX and Moto2 Edition on the horizon, Triumph looks set to give us two new flavors of one of its most iconic modern machines. And as someone who’s owned and loved a Street Triple RS, I can’t wait to see just how far they’ve pushed the envelope this time.
Sources: Motorcycle.com, California Air Resources Board
