Triumph Daytona T595 - Anything to look out for?

[Tim in Belgium]

Mulling over the idea of a T595 Daytona as a road bike to sit alongside a road legal track bike. So anything to look out for that is model specific?

I presume they are fine as road bikes (I have enjoyed both the SV650 and the K6 GSXR750 on the road, and imagine this would sit somewhere in between....)

Any commments appreciated.

[mister c]

I've got a 2001 955i Daytona & love it to bits now after having piles of trouble with it when I 1st bought it.
Touch wood, after just over years ownership, it runs sweetly & has no issues at all. I use it everyday & do about 1000 miles a month. My local Triumph dealer told me to stick with it after trying to part ex it for an SV1000. He has one that has 80000 miles on the clock & still uses it over any other bike in his shop. I'm glad I listened to him now & I would buy another Triumph again, they seem to get under your skin.

1st off, it had an alternator issue which was done under warranty as there was an upgrade which hadn't been done.
2, Speedo sensors are a common fault on them. It's a little round magnet that breaks up.......£140 to you sir....I nearly fell over.
If not used, apparently, this is what I was told, the Throttle position sensor can give up the ghost. Mine was left for 3 weeks when the snow was on the ground & the engine light came on when I started it for the 1st time. I tried to ride it home & it ran like a bag of poo. I took it to the Triumph dealer, who put it on his laptop & reprogrammed it.
Reg/Recs are another problem. Mine went within 20 miles of buying the bike. They run very, very hot. There is a "how to" on Triumph Torque on how to fit a heatsink plate. I'll be honest & say that now I have a new one I haven't had an issue (Touch wood).
Hope it helps :)

[andrewsmith]

Tim

PM Smudge as I think he's got a T595 speed/ street

[rictus01]

Both Colin and Steve have the later T5 engined versions (revised 2001), the original T5 engine came in to versions the T509 (885cc) in the speed triple and the T595 in the Daytona, 100/118bhp respectively, the T595 was from 1997 until re-badged in 99 the 955I.

I've had six of these and they are amazing (if I could handle the weight on my bad knee I'd still be riding one now,) and still have a 97 in the front garden at the moment.

No major issues as such apart from the clutch, the earlier design was not so much a weak point as underrated a bit so it was all to easy to strip it out with your right hand, but a Barnett clutch upgrade will sort that if you can't learn to live with it (nothing major), the easy way to tell is the later clutch has three bolts on the cover.

the first 6 months of the T595 run they had a wheel sensor fitted to the rear, it wasn't needed and removed after that point so if you see more than one bike, don't worry about it being missing, make sure the rear has been properly maintained as the eccentric adjuster and rear caliper if neglected can seize, quality of fit & finish is nothing short of outstanding, get your self either tuneboy or a cheaper version (tune edit) and a cable and it's very easy to remap yourself as well as reset the warning light and do other diagnostics.

As said I covered over 100k on each of the ones I had, the suspension is "real world" and works extremely well on the road and although the front brakes are a variant of rebadged Nissen calipers, they seem to work far better than the should (probably the best 4 pots I've ever used).

But the real peach, that's the engine, it's a cracker, nothing else can give that balance, it'll do a good job of a racy IL4 or a punchy Vtwin or just about anything you want in between, the only problem I've found is you won't like the smaller 675 triple after having a proper big one, sort of semi or full fat milk kind of thing.

Cheers Mark.

[mister c]

But the real peach, that's the engine, it's a cracker, nothing else can give that balance, it'll do a good job of a racy IL4 or a punchy Vtwin or just about anything you want in between, the only problem I've found is you won't like the smaller 675 triple after having a proper big one, sort of semi or full fat milk kind of thing.

Cheers Mark.
I agree with Mark. The engine is beautiful, it's the main reason I kept mine.

[yorkie_chris]

Gearbox issues are possible on the very early ones AFAIK.

[Sudoxe]

Anything to look out for?

Look out for a good tool kit, you will be needing it! ;)

As Mark said, the real pains are the chain adjuster and drag drop linkage which can both cease. Not huge jobs, but a pain in the **** if you need to adjust your chain and you find out you can't!

I lost an engine due to a broken cam chain, and had to replace the cam chain in my 2nd engine too. But then I'm not mechanically sympathetic to my bike!

I've replaced the clutch a couple of times, but it's not a big deal. When it goes you can just do it at the next service, it's not too expensive and easy enough to do in about 1/2hr.

Other than that, there was a recall on the early models for the male fuel hose adapters which were changed from plastic to metal. You need to be careful when taking the tank on and off, otherwise you can damage the O rings, but that's not a real problem.

Great fun though, I just wish I could get out on mine!

Dan

[Sudoxe]

Gearbox issues are possible on the very early ones AFAIK.
The sprag clutch on the 885cc engines is a known for letting go on occasions, so buy a later 955 and you should be good ;)

[hardhat_harry]

All I can say is i'd love one

[Tim in Belgium]

Cheers for all the above, I'll be having a gander for one over the next few months, as well as an R1, moi greedy? :D

[Sid Squid]

Try and find one that isn't going to go bang.

That could be difficult though.

[AndyBrad]

i thought they were pretty reliable? no?

[mister c]

i thought they were pretty reliable? no?
After my initial problems I can say that Poo has been fine since (fingers crossed lol).

[rictus01]

Try and find one that isn't going to go bang.

That could be difficult though.

yeah I'm afraid they all do that.................... about three times a rotation....;)

well like all things it greatly depends on who and to what level of care is taken, but on the whole yeah they are good, had a few consumable issues, but on high mileage you expect that, but nothing major, certainly no more than anything else I've owned, had one gearbox fault of the seven bikes, but that was probably down to me hammering it, but as said I've done a good 700,000 miles on these engines and they have taken me all the way across europe.

Cheers Mark.

[AndyBrad]

mark how would you compare the daytona to the speed four?

[yorkie_chris]

yeah I'm afraid they all do that.................... about three times a rotation....;)

You mean 1 1/2 times :smt082

[rictus01]

to be honest Andy the S4 is a good bike, but that's mainly down to outstanding handling and proper good brakes, the engine is fine but nothing special, now the daytona or Speed, although heavier and bulkier, they to handle well if not quite so "flickable", but (and this is the biggy) they have that heart, it's all about the engine, it'll make the power however you want it, the S4 as are most bikes, is a one trick pony in comparison .

Cheers Mark.

[Tim in Belgium]

I've heard a few horror stories from some others on the early T595 now, was this just a few initial teething problems on very early bikes, or just some atypical examples?

I may have the option of buying my old SV back for £900, which is fine for a road bike, but still would like to try something different....