16-01-13, 10:50 PM
The old Speed Triple is the same bike as the Daytona, just the Daytona has the barn door fairing.
I think the Daytona still looks cool in a kind dated way, but the speed triple has a certain almost timeless look to it.
A lot of Daytona's have become speed triples, and I've seen plenty of Tridents and Sprints trying to pass themselves off as Speed Triples too.
It's all wrong of course, trying to be a cafe racer with a big water cooled lump and spine frame. But I think it looks great. I just hope they ride as well as I remember.
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Oh there's a 150bhp Daytona 1200, that might tickle yer fancy. There's was a 120bhp gentleman's agreement that nobody would import a bike with more than 120bhp. Triumph decided that as they were making em here, well such nonsense didn't apply to them, so hence the monster 4 cylinder 150bhp Daytona 1200
I think the Daytona still looks cool in a kind dated way, but the speed triple has a certain almost timeless look to it.
A lot of Daytona's have become speed triples, and I've seen plenty of Tridents and Sprints trying to pass themselves off as Speed Triples too.
It's all wrong of course, trying to be a cafe racer with a big water cooled lump and spine frame. But I think it looks great. I just hope they ride as well as I remember.
Oh there's a 150bhp Daytona 1200, that might tickle yer fancy. There's was a 120bhp gentleman's agreement that nobody would import a bike with more than 120bhp. Triumph decided that as they were making em here, well such nonsense didn't apply to them, so hence the monster 4 cylinder 150bhp Daytona 1200