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Post by davidc on Feb 18, 2009 6:57:37 GMT -5
Got an e-mail from Triumph, as did some of you I guess, touting their new 675 triple. One area that was plugged in the message is weight reduction of the machine. Good selling point if speed is your need [hah, I rhymed]. It mentioned a "power shifter". Don't know what that is. Also mentioned is a gizmo to improve engine braking. I like engine braking, largely because I am too lazy to move my foot.
Looks like a cool machine. After we are all saved by the stimulus [although I feel nothing yet, but sense a tingle in my bowels] and if I have a hankering for a sporty machine, I'd buy a Triumph Triple. I think, though, that all that horsepower would largely remain idle.
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Capo
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Post by Capo on Feb 22, 2009 9:06:07 GMT -5
The Daytona is sweet, but I fear the results of owning one at 51 YO. I would love to see the big triple put into a modern vesion of the Trident, as an extension of the Modern Cassics line. Not a cruiser, not a sport bike, a standard. I've really had a hankering for the Tiger, but am put off by it's look and tall- ness. And the Sprint is great, but a touch too Sportbike for me.Trident now!!
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Post by oldscratcher on Feb 22, 2009 13:31:02 GMT -5
My back's too stuffed for a Daytona, & my licence is too close to death to own a sportsbike.
The back's unlikely to improve, but if/when I get all the points back on my licence I'm definitely buying another quick bike. It'll probably be a MV Brutale. But if Triumph ever slot a red-hot Daytona motor into a Street Triple R, at a decent price. I'd have a hard time keeping my cheque book closed.
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Post by 1087 on Feb 22, 2009 23:00:20 GMT -5
I have the opportunity to ride new Triumph's very often as part of the break in process( 1000 miles)for the Press Fleet bikes, before delivering bikes to US press for road test etc., etc.
The Daytona 875 is a Racing bike with street lights, plain and simple, for 09 they added a taller first gear with the intention to make wheelies a bit more difficult, at redline 72 MPH in first gear, then the normal close ratios from 2nd to 6th gear.
It has new monoblock calipers and a radial master cylinder, the power shifter is a factory option.
At 55 years of age the Daytona is a bit too intense for me, and too much machine for the youngsters that normally buy that bike.
Having said that, I fell in love with the Street Triple R, less power than the Daytona but with a different fuel mapping to increase torque.
An OUTSTANDING bike for the twisties or any kind of ride.
Since is a naked bike doesn't need the same peak power like the Daytona has ( 167 MPH+ top speed), still is good for 145 MPH+.
If I have to buy a third bike the Street Triple R is the one, no doubt about it.
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