Daytona 955i

[dizzyblonde]

I've a 29 inside leg, and struggle on DTs sprint...TBH Trumpets are the only bikes I have trouble touching the floor on with my feet. Raptor is knee height, and so is the SV for me....


....Andy, yer a shortar$e

Awesome bike, had no trouble with mine other than a speedo magnet, and lots of Trumpets do that I believe.

If you are thinking about a later model, which you will be if you are comparing with a 1050 Sprint, then they are tuned very differently and make 147 BHP, and they are a very different animal to either Sprint or a Tiger, of which I have ridden them all. To put it bluntly, they are much more of an animal!

The gearbox is clunky, the engine sounds a bit rough at tickover compared to the Sprint or the Tiger, and the whole experience is more guttural, but I like that, adds character. Lazy overtakes from 3000 revs are no problem, but get it revving and it howls like a rabid dog, gets all frantic, and launches you at the horizon.

Brakes are awesome compared to an SV, but get better as they warm up, which when slowing down over 10 seconds or so, can cause the the bike to start braking harder as they warm up, without you adding any pressure at the lever and can be disconcerting until you get used to it.

Suspension is on the firm side as standard (it is a sports bike after all), but everything is fully adjustable and if you wind back the compression and a bit of rebound before a long journey, it turns nice and supple just like a Sprint. The only thing stopping it being capable of full on sports tourer stuff, is the riding position, but you can sit on the seat all day without getting a sore rrrsss. I recently did a 1000 mile weekend on it, and it was a damn sight easier than doing it on an SV, miles just disappear under your wheels.

It is a big long bike, but that suits me, I couldn't ride a modern japanese crotch rocket. I never understand folk that say they can't ride a bike because it is is too tall, doesn't matter once your moving, and you'll soon get used to sliding a butt cheek off the seat each time you want to stop. You see plenty of short guys riding big adventure bikes (The_Lone_Wolf for instance) and plenty women on ordinary sports bikes, and they manage fine.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Awesome bike, had no trouble with mine

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As above, I'll echo Ralph's musings.

I had a 2004 all black SE model and did just under 10K miles on it. I loved it but found it a bit too bulky for the commute I was doing so sold it in favour of an SV650K5. I never had any problems at all with mine - I'd just ride it and maintain it, that's all.

It's still one of the prettiest bikes I have ever owned, and definitely the best sounding with the genuine high level Triumph carbon race can.

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Awesome bike, had no trouble with mine other than a speedo magnet, and lots of Trumpets do that I believe.

I spoke a bit too soon. Had to adjust the chain for the first time yesterday and found the mechanism was jammed solid. I'm going to need to whip the wheel and wheel carrier off and strip down the rear hub.

I've also got a jammed rebound adjuster on one of my forks.

Neither of these are really the bikes fault. The previous owner had it for 4 years and did 3600 miles, almost all of those in the first two years, and it sat in a garage unused for two years. This is probably the first time the chain has ever needed adjusted. Things are seizing up through lack of use. A very low mileage bike is not always a good thing, though I'd rather have low mileage bike that's seized up, than a high mileage bike that's worn out. Same work required, but with less parts to buy.

Ralph - this video may help with the strip-down - I know it's a VFR, but the principle is the same. A mate posted this elsewhere the other day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4sCQTwwOuc

Thanks Lozzo

cheers for the help guys.

yea you dont see why people complain about the size of bike? come and park it at mine! have to push it up the curb, up the pavement, 90 deg round the back of next doors, though their yard (sloped and past the washing) then through a gate (just fit) and into mine. I have to then turn it round in the morning and do it all again. Its a right pain! so having a bike i cant handle easily isnt a good idea imo.

Anyhoo. looking good but it is sounding like its a bit too big for me

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

cheers for the help guys.

yea you dont see why people complain about the size of bike? come and park it at mine! have to push it up the curb, up the pavement, 90 deg round the back of next doors, though their yard (sloped and past the washing) then through a gate (just fit) and into mine. I have to then turn it round in the morning and do it all again. Its a right pain! so having a bike i cant handle easily isnt a good idea imo.

Wouldn't you rather you had that than our drive though?

Would it be a complete waste of a bike to lower it at all or is it not feasible and too much of a pain in the ar5e?

you can lower bikes with varying results afaik but im concerned about the overall size really. guess i need to get one tested.


nice hol btw missyc?

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by AndyBrad

cheers for the help guys.

yea you dont see why people complain about the size of bike? come and park it at mine! have to push it up the curb, up the pavement, 90 deg round the back of next doors, though their yard (sloped and past the washing) then through a gate (just fit) and into mine. I have to then turn it round in the morning and do it all again. Its a right pain! so having a bike i cant handle easily isnt a good idea imo.

Anyhoo. looking good but it is sounding like its a bit too big for me

No different to getting the bus or any of mine through three gates, a 90 degree turn and into a shed at the bottom of a garden. To be reversed out of shed and turned round in garden to get it out before going back through three gates and a 90 degree turn round a gable end of last house on block. Thats down the path of last house on block, round gable end, down path, through gate, into next garden, through gate, into ours.......I don't care, less likely to get pinched