Daytona 675

Originally Posted by lawson17

Cool, I'm going to be there too, I got a new camera I wanna try out and Brands is about 10mins from me! Might see you there?!

Good time to try the camera out...all the best photo spots are on the GP circuit. I should be out round stirlings and hawthorns for the best part of sat/sun if the weather is good.

Nice! I'll look out for you! Not that I know what you look like or anything.

I wonder if the rear subframe, seat and exhaust from there 675 could relatively easy be put on the street triple? i'm not a fan of the street triples standard exhaust set up and would prefer the look of the 675 rear end.

Just had a look on the triumph site and they do an Arrow race 3 into 1 exhaust that looks the business.

PS I'll be at Brands all weekend.

Originally Posted by Vfr400

PS I'll be at Brands all weekend.

Marshalling then?

Originally Posted by Jdubya

Marshalling then?

Yup, looking forward to it. Weather dosen't look to special but i'll keep an eye out for you.

chris

Originally Posted by Vfr400

Yup, looking forward to it. Weather dosen't look to special but i'll keep an eye out for you.

chris

If I get my way in the new job and get 4 out of 6 weekends off would love to try marshalling. Have you got any details?

H

I'm thinking seriously about my next bike now and would like a Daytona or possibly a street triple. Being 6'2" do you reckon they would fit me? My SV doesn't. Had to put lower pegs on for my knees to fit into the tank! I do find that being tall and lanky with long arms I can sit a lot more vertical so don't get the wrist ache some others do. I've heard this would be one of the main probs with the Daytona. How does the gearbox feel? Read yesterday that they can feel not particularly positive. Would I notice any of these little things compared to my SV (Only bike I've owned and ridden really).

Originally Posted by teriyakimonkey

I'm thinking seriously about my next bike now and would like a Daytona or possibly a street triple. Being 6'2" do you reckon they would fit me? My SV doesn't. Had to put lower pegs on for my knees to fit into the tank! I do find that being tall and lanky with long arms I can sit a lot more vertical so don't get the wrist ache some others do. I've heard this would be one of the main probs with the Daytona. How does the gearbox feel? Read yesterday that they can feel not particularly positive. Would I notice any of these little things compared to my SV (Only bike I've owned and ridden really).

Test ride.

HTH

The bike felt very tall and slim but roomy with it. The gear change was very positive, but obviously that could vary bike to bike.

The brakes were great and the spread of power good. Not as punchy top end as a typical in line four and still didnt have more grunt than the SV low down, but saying that the bike i am used to isnt a stock SV.

Id say test ride one. At 6"2 test rides are needed.

Like Sarah says, the bike itself is more roomy than you expect. My mate who I was with (it was his test ride, I just had 20 mins on it) is a tad over 6ft and he found it fine.

However, if you are lanky, eg long arms & legs, you may find that you sit up above the screen, as it's pretty low.

Other than that, it's probably the best SS600 class bike I've ever ridden, but I've yet to ride an '07 600RR, which is, apparently, the dogs danglies of the class.

Test ride, test ride, test ride....

I wouldn't buy another new bike unless I had managed at least 3 hours of test rides previously. It's so easy to get a test these days and you need to experience "the possible suspects" before making up your mind.

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