The fuel tank holds 4.6 gallons of go juice and the fuel light came on between 140 and 160 miles, depending on how I was riding. The longest I went between fill-ups was 165 miles and the fuel light came on at 159. Every time I filled up the bike took right at 4 gallons giving me between 35 to 39 mpg. Unless you are riding it like a cruiser (for which you should be shot) you can expect to average about 35 mpg giving you approximatley 140 miles until the pretty little yellow light ruins all of your fun (at least until you get more gas).

Speaking of lights, the Street Triple has all the standard lights you would expect and more! The more part comes from the stack of little blue lights on the right side of the tach. Not only do these lights come on when you start the bike but they light up in sequential order as you rev the motor past 10k rpms; basically a fancy shift light set-up.

While we are on the topic of shifting (I do great segues don't I?) lets talk about the 6 speed transmission found in the Street Triple. Overall this was a very nice shifting trannmission; not as smooth as some but not nearly as bad as others. In reality the only issue I had was that I found a false neutral a couple of times between 2nd and 3rd gear but, oddly enough, that only happened when short shifting around town and never while I was running it hard. Triumph even put a gear indicator to let you know what gear you are in. I didn't realize I even paid attention to it until I after I took the bike back and started riding my FJR again. I started feeling lost because I couldn't tell what gear I was in; I felt like such a newbie.

Gearing on the Street was high, or low, depending on how you like to think about it. In 6th gear at 55mph the engine is revving at 4500 rpms. The rpms consistently are "10" lower than the mph so riding along the interstate at 80 mph will see the motor spinning at 7000 rpms. The bike never complained and passing was a breeze, but it just feels odd to see that many rpms showing on the tach while cruising along.