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Triumph Daytona 675 sound off

Dude, its still an F4I, you are right apples and oranges. Are you trying to say that a brand new superbike should not be better than an old F4I with 25K on the clock?? Also I'm 190, I doubt my gear weighs 25 pounds, more like 10.

What I am saying is that the Triumph works really well, however I was suprised in the fact that it wasn't lightyears better than my old ass F4I. I thought I was never going to want to go back to my clunker after riding a new fandangled bike, but I was suprised to find out that even with all the new stuff they do etc, it still comes down to the rider and setup. I am very critical, don't take my post as bagging on the 675 at all. It does everything fairly well, I think the highlight of the bike is the engine, which is very smooth and has good power. I just wasn't "wowed" by anything else. Maybe its a testament to the time I've spent on the F4I.

BTW the K7 Gixxer 1000 comes with 1.0 springs stock. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that those can support my skinny ass any day of the week

PS "frodo bagins" :laughing :laughing
 
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I lost the front on my 675 two weeks ago and didn't save it this time. The bike is totalled and I'm not getting another one.
I liked a lot of things about the bike but the fact is ...I had a lot of problems with it. Also, I could run the same lap times with my modded 01 r6 as I did with the 675. The Triumph was a better street bike but I never could get the potential out of it on the track. My next bike will be made in Japan ;) .
 
kxmike said:
I lost the front on my 675 two weeks ago and didn't save it this time. The bike is totalled and I'm not getting another one.
I liked a lot of things about the bike but the fact is ...I had a lot of problems with it. Also, I could run the same lap times with my modded 01 r6 as I did with the 675. The Triumph was a better street bike but I never could get the potential out of it on the track. My next bike will be made in Japan ;) .
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how bad is it? pics? up for sale? :teeth
 
yody said:
Are you trying to say that a brand new superbike should not be better than an old F4I with 25K on the clock??
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if you're talking about both bikes being completely stock, then yeah. i'm sure the newer bike would be much better than the older one. i don't care if it's a 675, 600rr, zx-6r, gsx-r600... they'll all be better off the showroom floor than a stock 6 year old f4i. if not, stick with the old until somethin comes along and wows you.
 
Me at Streets of Willow.

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yody said:
ATTN ALL POSERS;

it is just a damn bike, GTF over it! Who cares what other people think of the bike already. Do you have stock in Triumph?? Just because you bought the bike does not mean that you should be offended by others opinions of it. I don't understand people and their feeling of the extension of themselves through their bike. Just ride it and enjoy it. If someone on the internet thinks that it sucks, good for them!

I rode urineboy's 675 at Buttonwillow on monday. Yes the track, not the street like some of you chickenstrip hero's on this thread. The stock springs might be .95's but whatever they are, they suck. I am about 190 w/o gear and was bottoming out the forks all day. The frontend felt really weird midcorner, felt like it wanted to tuck. I talked to Dave Moss the 675 god who also setup the bike for me, and he commented that the geometry of the bike is setup that a lot of the weight is on the frontend, making it easy to steer which is great. The problem with this is that if you go into a turn and treat the bike like a typical 600/750 sportbike, you are going to overload the frontend. Apparently you have to ride the bike like a 250 and keep the throttle open; into the turn, in the turn, and out of the turn. It helps take the weight off of the front and put in on the rear. The bike can take it too, it just plants nicely and holds its line. I would have to say that him telling me this sounded a lot easier than it was to do. But just merely "trying" to keep the throttle open did help some, but I can't say in the 1 day of riding this bike that I mastered that.

I come from an 01 F4I, yes thats right a old honda semi sportouring bike with under a 100 horsepower. It is setup very nicely and I have spent some time making sure everything is dialed in. I got comfortable on this bike very quickly. After about 2 sessions I started getting to know it and feeling it out. The motor had great torque way better than my F4I. I had never ridden Buttonwillow and on top of that I was on a bike I had never ridden either. After blowing a turn the torque of the motor let me become really good at mastering the art of corner parking. Blow the apex come out all out of whack, and just hit the throttle and blast off down the straight leaving whoever the poor guy behind me all irritated I'm sure.

The suspension was decent except for the turns where I had to trailbrake heavily. Everytime I trailbraked I bottomed out the front suspension(I believe) However on fast sweepers and such the suspension felt excellent. Easy to steer, could approach the limits of lean angle effortlessly, and very planted. I'm sure that I can't really exploit what the bike has to its full potential but I would say that I wasn't really super impressed, my F4I felt just as good if not better, but take that with a grain of salt because like previously mentioned, the stock front suspension wasn't really ideal for my weight.

The brakes worked good, but again the brakes on my F4I feel just as stable, and thats without upside down forks, and radial mount calipers, and big rotors. Pretty much all sportbikes have good brakes these days though and the triumph felt just as good as any other modern day bike.

All in all I enjoyed riding the bike, the ergos were good for track riding, midrange power was excellent, brakes inspired confidence, bike turned in fast and easy, held its line and planted the tires like a V-twin, and the yellow matched my ugly Vanson suit :teeth
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Jeez yody it's just a damn thread GTF over it:twofinger I have to agree with the other comment about highly modified older bike versus stock newer bike. It sounds like you like it (Daytona) but be aware that many articles have been written about this bike (by professional riders not weekend warriors like some here:laughing ) and it's serious twitchiness when it came to tayloring the suspension to a particular rider. Like any bike, if you've never rode it (especially in track conditions) you have to adjust everything for your riding style and human condition. Glad you got out and wrung it out though.

Just out of curiosity though yody. Did you like the power band or what?:teeth
 
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awesome. we all got labeled posers for debating issues on a bike. i think that statement belongs in a southbay or fremont meet thread.

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on the other hand, it WAS interesting to hear his thoughts on the bike out on the track. that's good commenting, from a solid experience on the bike.
 
Powerband was nice, but I had to get used to short shifting, seemed like 13K was the best shift point. As well I should point out that he had the bike geared down -1 tooth in front so the acceleration was faster.

What I noticed with the motor was pretty obvious, you have to take advantage of the midrange torque, you can't depend on the topend to keep up with faster bikes. I'm telling you though, I could pull out of a turn really fast and get up to speed quickly. I was pretty much just toying around all day but I hit 155(not speedo corrected) consistently which is realisitcally 140(which is not that fast for the huge straight away) The thing I noticed the most was how smooth and stable it was. Not revving so high and vibrating so bad like my old F4I which feels like warp speed at only 120mph.

Another thing I noticed is how nice the stock exhaust sounded, in terms of sound this bike does not need a slipon to sound good. What was weird though is that the bike would be really quite for the first 3 seconds of turning it on, and ten suddenly it got much louder? I'm assuming its the exhaust valve doing its thing.

I think the top best things about this bike, are its ability to lean and turn in on the drop of a dime, I'm sure with a more properly setup front end the bike would of been balanced much better. It would of had the quick turn in and easy lean angle that it has stock, but without the vague frontend and bottoming out forks. The motor as well was fantastic, I can't really say enough good things about it, except that it "could" use a little more topend, but of course I'm just used to the I4's
 
All 675 owners are either posers or gaRy. According to Fast Guy Yody. :teeth
 
My buddy just got a brand new gold 675.He's going to lend it to me to scrub off the tires on monday so I'm headed to Pt.Reyes & Tomales.WooHoo!:teeth
 
+1 for another reliable red one

TOR map
TBR slip-on, going back to stock for Laguna =(
Power Race PR1/PR4
GSG frame sliders
 
I had a question.
I have a 06 675 with about 5k miles on it.
It's salvaged with nicks and stuff on pretty much every part.
It still needs a VIN inspection to be re-registered.

I have the parts to make it look fairly mint again. New side plastics and brand new front and used rear wheel.

I'm thinking about selling it and wanted to know what 675 owners thought about it.

1. Should I sell the good parts separately and sell the bike as mainly a track bike?
2. Should I put all the good parts and restore the bike to good streetable condition (except for gas tank) and sell all the bad parts as spares?
3. What's a decent price for a salvaged 675 with or without spares?
 
Racinfrk said:
I have no idea, but I do know that you should sell me your wheels.:teeth
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PM me and make me an offer.

Brand new front rim and a complete rear wheel assembly.
 
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