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18-05-08, 09:09 PM

Well I guess after 600 miles on mine in 2 weeks I'm qualified to answer this. The engine braking is considerably less than what I'd been used to on the SV, it is there but just massively less effective. If I had to put a quantitative (big word for a Sunday night!) figure on it I'd say the 675 has between 30 and 40% of the engine braking of the SV. That's just my humble opinion after 4 years of SV and 2 weeks of 675, Ed/Paws/LukeMillar/lylej etc may have different opinions.

The fact remains that although the engine braking is reducing the bike can still stop considerably quicker than the SV due to the much better brakes all around. As an example, I locked the back wheel the other day when I was coming in to a roundabout a bit hot, I didn't think I'd touched the brake pedal any harder than I'd have touched it on the SV. That gives an indication of how good the brakes are.

18-05-08, 09:09 PM	#5
cmonkey Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Triumph Daytona 675 owners -a question. Well I guess after 600 miles on mine in 2 weeks I'm qualified to answer this. The engine braking is considerably less than what I'd been used to on the SV, it is there but just massively less effective. If I had to put a quantitative (big word for a Sunday night!) figure on it I'd say the 675 has between 30 and 40% of the engine braking of the SV. That's just my humble opinion after 4 years of SV and 2 weeks of 675, Ed/Paws/LukeMillar/lylej etc may have different opinions. The fact remains that although the engine braking is reducing the bike can still stop considerably quicker than the SV due to the much better brakes all around. As an example, I locked the back wheel the other day when I was coming in to a roundabout a bit hot, I didn't think I'd touched the brake pedal any harder than I'd have touched it on the SV. That gives an indication of how good the brakes are.