My new Daytona 675

[kwak zzr]

i dont mind sloppy seconds :)



see look what u started miss YC :)

[the_lone_wolf]

You usually settle for seconds do you Kwak? You mightn't want her when TLW's finished with her!

she's got three holes, if we can find another interested party we could have a ménage à quatre;)

[missyburd]

Filth, the lot of ya :-D

[Paws]

can i have a go on her :smt050

Mine not good enough for ya huh? [-X
And i was gonna say if you let me have keys to your gsxr you can play with me 675 :p

[Ed]

she's got three holes, if we can find another interested party we could have a ménage à quatre;)

Hmm. But one TOR hole is definitely better than three so you need to upgrade Mr Wolf;) Mate Ian has a Micron on his, it sounds fantastic - a bit more raucous than mone - but it doesn't quite fill up the space.

[the_lone_wolf]

Hmm. But one TOR hole is definitely better than three so you need to upgrade Mr Wolf;) Mate Ian has a Micron on his, it sounds fantastic - a bit more raucous than mone - but it doesn't quite fill up the space.

i need to reign in the spending a bit tbh, so i'll have to be looking for exhausts in a month or so, the jardine is so tempting but the exchange rate went through the floor again yesterday:rolleyes:

[Ed]

i need to reign in the spending a bit tbh, so i'll have to be looking for exhausts in a month or so, the jardine is so tempting but the exchange rate went through the floor again yesterday:rolleyes:

No UK supplier? And they are hideously expensive.

[the_lone_wolf]

No UK supplier? And they are hideously expensive.

haven't found a UK importer even, yeah, they're expensive, but then i don't like the look of the "normal" can slung under the rear end, and i'm after carbon fibre, so it's really down the jardine or the yoshimura, and they're both working to the "arm and leg" pricing structure:rolleyes:

what i'd really like to do is iron out that dip in the torque curve at ~7k rpm, without that the engine would be absolutely perfect

[Ed]

what i'd really like to do is iron out that dip in the torque curve at ~7k rpm, without that the engine would be absolutely perfect

Ooh you're one fussy customer. I can't say that I had noticed it - I never take the bike above 6K y'see;)

[the_lone_wolf]

Ooh you're one fussy customer.

hehe, it's only because the engine is so perfect in every other aspect that it's at all noticable, the dyno graphs from the yoshi pipe seem to show that it can be done, the torque plateaus between 6-7k but doesn't dip like the stock curve

[Mej]

Its beautiful, just beautiful!!!!:smt007:thumleft::smt055:smt118 :smt054

[bikerskez]

Stunning, I've kept my bike for so long because there was never anything else that court my eye, but hello sweet thing, whats your name?

Once you've run her in can you let us all know how she compares to the SV.
Also what are the main differences betwwen the 08 and 09 models and are there any known faults with the first generation 675?
cheers Skez

[the_lone_wolf]

Stunning, I've kept my bike for so long because there was never anything else that court my eye, but hello sweet thing, whats your name?

Once you've run her in can you let us all know how she compares to the SV.
Also what are the main differences betwwen the 08 and 09 models and are there any known faults with the first generation 675?
cheers Skez
known faults include the EXUP valve sticking, the reg/rec frying, the engine light coming on occasionally of a sensor plays up (tuneboy w/ diagnostic on the way;)) - that's about it, if you believe the hype going around you'd think they fall apart, but if you speak to the people who own them the cases seem minor

the 09 has had some minor engine mods to increase power slightly (3bhp) - the major difference is the inclusion of high and low speed compression damping on the forks and shock, as opposed to just compression/rebound/preload. some minor styling changes and different tyres, that's about it...

i test rode one that was fully ridden in, compared to the sv it feels tall, narrow and you sit with more weight forward. the suspension is harsher but the it doesn't get confused on rough roads like the SV would. handling is sharper, it feels like it wants to turn in more aggressively, but it also feels more settled in the corners, where the SV might get bounced around by rough surfaces the 675 holds the line better. the engine feels remarkably similar from 5-9krpm, below that the triple is smoother, and above it, where the power tails off on the SV the 675 wakes up and pulls much harder round to the redline. brakes are, as you'd expect, stunning.

the downsides are the gearbox, which compared to the SV was a little notchy, but felt less agricultural than the SV, the clutch span is a bit wide meaning my hand aches after a few hours of riding with stop / starts, the exhaust will start to heat you up if you stop moving, and the wind protection is non-existant, when sitting normally on the bike i can look down the top of the screen and see the clear plastic of the headlamps, oh, and the stock seat is made of granite, you'll need to be a big lard-**** or have padded leathers...

all in all, if you're willing to make allowances for it being a sportsbike i can forgive the foibles because as a whole it's a bike i can go into the garage and stare at, and every time i opened the door i know if i'd bought one of the jap four i'd regret not buying the 675

[John 675]

LOL I sometimes pat mine like a dog when I walk passed mine but I think that's just because I'm strange sometimes LOL but spot on with the description above that is pretty much how you feel when your new to the 675 off of an SV. I'm sorting the seat problem with the gel seat and I have the aero screen which makes such a difference! But the biggest thing I noticed was the bike loves to be mid corner and you can blast out of it faster than any ss600 I know of because of the lightning midrange.. Just not with your mrs on the back.. Which is getting more frequent :D / :(

[Tim in Belgium]

Fix the SV up for the mrs, job jobbed ;)

[John 675]

LOL noooo that's my racer :) and for no one but me il end up getting her a 125 I'm sure

[the_lone_wolf]

I'm sorting the seat problem with the gel seat and I have the aero screen which makes such a difference!

tbh the seat isn't that much of a problem, i did 5hrs when i picked her up in draggin jeans and the only aches were from not being able to grip the tank (sharkskins required i think...) - with leather that's not such a problem and as the leathers are padded anyway it's actually quite comfy

the screen i'll have to see about, to get me down behind the wind blast will take a fairly major adjustment so i might just start wearing earplugs at all times...

[Rog]

LOL I sometimes pat mine like a dog when I walk passed mine but I think that's just because I'm strange sometimes LOL


No, its a perfectly reasonable thing to do when you own a 675. Mine gets a pat of some words of love everytime a pass it in the garage. Nowt strange about that!

[SoulKiss]

known faults include the EXUP valve sticking, the reg/rec frying, the engine light coming on occasionally of a sensor plays up (tuneboy w/ diagnostic on the way;)) - that's about it, if you believe the hype going around you'd think they fall apart, but if you speak to the people who own them the cases seem minor

Ah so based on the fact that the Daytona 675 is often bought because of its "ooooh shiney" appeal, the fact that there are is a HUGE selection of aftermarket bling parts, has a number of know limitations and faults that people just accept or find a hacky-workaround for I hereby decalre the D675 to be the iPod of the motorcycling world.

And fot that reason, I'm out.

:p

[the_lone_wolf]

Ah so based on the fact that the Daytona 675 is often bought because of its "ooooh shiney" appeal, the fact that there are is a HUGE selection of aftermarket bling parts, has a number of know limitations and faults that people just accept or find a hacky-workaround for I hereby decalre the D675 to be the iPod of the motorcycling world.

http://www.danheller.com/images/Europe/Croatia/Dubrovnik/Harbor/old-man-fishing-big.jpg

Caught anything yet?

;)

[SoulKiss]

Caught anything yet?;)

Hey I have to find an anti-Apple angle in EVERY thread if I can :p

As said, 675 is a gorgeous bike :)

[lukemillar]

known faults include the EXUP valve sticking, the reg/rec frying, the engine light coming on occasionally of a sensor plays up (tuneboy w/ diagnostic on the way;)) - that's about it, if you believe the hype going around you'd think they fall apart, but if you speak to the people who own them the cases seem minor

My EXUP has been fine and I think the 95% of the time you can fix it yourself by adjusting the cables. I'm pretty sceptical of the reg/rec thing as well as I think most of the time it's just the battery. It needs to be totally charged otherwise the bike will turn over, but not start. Triumph have addressed this with a new battery in the 09's but it's handy to have an optimate. You read a lot about the "so-called" issues on triumph675.net, but in reality, a lot of those posters are overly-sensitive/retarded about their bikes. For instance,

Case 1: someone posts that their throttle cables are loose. General response: buy a 1050 throttle tube.

Case 2: My engine is noisy. Response: Buy the race cam chain tensioner!

My favourite is: My engine warning light has come on. Response: Just let it go through 3 heat cycles - then it will go off. No mention as to finding out why it went on in the first place!

3 words - pinch of salt! ;)

[the_lone_wolf]

3 words - pinch of salt! ;)

of course, by known issue, i meant something known to have affected say 2/3 or more bikes, isolated incidents excluded etc - tbh it doesn't bother me in the slightest if there are known issues or not, as soon as you hit the first section of twisty road you don't care anymore;)

[SoulKiss]

My EXUP has been fine and I think the 95% of the time you can fix it yourself by adjusting the cables. I'm pretty sceptical of the reg/rec thing as well as I think most of the time it's just the battery. It needs to be totally charged otherwise the bike will turn over, but not start. Triumph have addressed this with a new battery in the 09's but it's handy to have an optimate. You read a lot about the "so-called" issues on triumph675.net, but in reality, a lot of those posters are overly-sensitive/retarded about their bikes. For instance,

Case 1: someone posts that their throttle cables are loose. General response: buy a 1050 throttle tube.

Case 2: My engine is noisy. Response: Buy the race cam chain tensioner!

My favourite is: My engine warning light has come on. Response: Just let it go through 3 heat cycles - then it will go off. No mention as to finding out why it went on in the first place!

3 words - pinch of salt! ;)

Sounds even MORE like an iPod then - they had battery problems and the Headphones that were packaged often needed to be upgraded to get anything like decent sound out of them - just like the throttle-tube and cam chain tentioner.

Maybe I AM on to something :)

[the_lone_wolf]

Sounds even MORE like an iPod then...

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