Artist's Impression, but..

[James Deuce]

Me want.

Triumph Daytona 680RR - inline triple.

http://www.motorradonline.de/fm/66/MRD_13_2005_018_400.jpg

[White trash]

Fuck off! Looks like a CBR600RR rooted a Kumandsukme.

Stick with the R6 mate......

[Devil]

Me want.

Triumph Daytona 680RR - inline triple.

http://www.motorradonline.de/fm/66/MRD_13_2005_018_400.jpg
I'd hit it!

*reow*

[Biff]

Damn that's sexy.
:o Ooops.
Has anyone got a tissue?

[zadok]

Looks good to me Jim2. A half or bikini fairing might be nice. I like to see the donk. :yes:

[NC]

Damn that's sexy.
:o Ooops.
Has anyone got a tissue?
Just use your sleave

[Krayy]

V.nice....still not as sexy as the Speed Four for mine, but there you go.

[John]

Me want.

Triumph Daytona 680RR - inline triple.

http://www.motorradonline.de/fm/66/MRD_13_2005_018_400.jpg
*rubbs hands* excellent....

[v.ros`]

*grabs a tissue

[Jabez]

Looks good to me 2...:)

[skidMark]

is it just me or does the back end look boring i like the front tho err i guess...just needs sum livening up by the back wheel **yawns**

[Hitcher]

Me want.

Triumph Daytona 680RR - inline triple.
It doesn't match your new helmet. Bugger.

[James Deuce]

It doesn't match your new helmet. Bugger.

Trapped like a vainglorious fool - as usual.

[onearmedbandit]

Where's the artist impression of the oil leak??

Have to agree with WT, looks to me like a honda/kawasaki venture.

[Biff]

Just use your sleave

I'm wearing a short sleeved shirt, and I'm not very flexible.

Biff wonders how many people reading this will actually attempt to reach their 'bits' with their short sleeves, just to prove him wrong.

[Big Dave]

It doesn't look like a Yamazuki when the union jack goes on the side baby.

The triple would be interesting.
I reckon they already make a bike as good as the R6 in the Daytona 650 anyway.

My experience is the R6 is faster and if you are into the track or going flat maggot all the time, it's da bomb. but the Daytona is a better bike to ride off the track and in real world conditions. more tractable and 'sweeter' at lower revs.

The triples borrow the torque of a v-twin and the revs of an in line four for a unique feel.

I agree that tail section plastic guard thingy is the only thing that is not up to scratch on the ST either.

(Disclaimer is in the signature at the top left of this message)

[Big Dave]

I'm wearing a short sleeved shirt, and I'm not very flexible.

Biff wonders how many people reading this will actually attempt to reach their 'bits' with their short sleeves, just to prove him wrong.


Biff needs to go to the room full of mirrors and take a long hard look at himself.

[Ixion]

I'm wearing a short sleeved shirt, and I'm not very flexible.

Biff wonders how many people reading this will actually attempt to reach their 'bits' with their short sleeves, just to prove him wrong.

Hey, I can do it, I just tried. Hell of a contortion though

[slob]

"Artist's" impression? Real artists are creative - this one just ripped off an '05 636!
http://www.kawasaki.co.nz/photos/ZX636-C1_big.jpghttp://www.motorradonline.de/fm/66/MRD_13_2005_018_400.jpg

[SPORK]

I'd hit it!

*reow*
Me too. With a Mack truck.

[John]

Me too. With a Mack truck.
Might want to get a bike eh ? ohhh feel that burn :D

[Waylander]

Yea I kinda like it kinda don't. The front end does look a bit like the ninja but it has it's own flares to it. The back does leave a bit to be desired. Don't like the underseat exhaust but then IMO the only bike that looks good with underseat exhaust is the R1. Maybe if the tail section was a bit thicker and had duel exhast like a VFR and put the air port back under the headlights?

[Bonez]

Ho Hum. Another squid bike.....:finger:

[Big Dave]

Ho Hum. Another squid bike.....:finger:


exactly why are squids called squids?

[Coyote]

"Artist's" impression? Real artists are creative - this one just ripped off an '05 636!
http://www.kawasaki.co.nz/photos/ZX636-C1_big.jpghttp://www.motorradonline.de/fm/66/MRD_13_2005_018_400.jpg
"If it wasn't for the right to steal other peoples ideas, where would they come from?!"

I like it. Front needs to be more angular to suit the rest of the bike though

[SPORK]

Might want to get a bike eh ? ohhh feel that burn :D
Meh, you're right. I'll just quietly slip away now...

[Biff]

Biff needs to go to the room full of mirrors and take a long hard look at himself.

How many times do I have to tell you Dave - I am not having a look at your 'special' bedroom decorations....again. And especially not when I'm "hard".



Unless you've got a Daytona there

[Toast]

Fuck off! Looks like a CBR600RR rooted a Kumandsukme.


Hahaha, too true.

But they're both decent looking bikes anyway, I'd get one if I could round up some more of the folding stuff....although, apparently the Daytona 650 isn't quite up to Jap standards, so what's the chance of this one getting there?

[Big Dave]

apparently the Daytona 650 isn't quite up to Jap standards,


It's not as 'terminally' fast as the jap bikes, but it's well up to the standard - in fact I regard it as better to ride.
So did everyone else at Kiwi Rider (well, Mckay) that has been on both.
The 'don't have to wring its neck factor'.

For me it comes down to the fact that if i owned a ZX10, R1, Gixxer or any of those modern hyperbikes my licence would last weeks. If it's there I use it, call it weak willed, but - squirt, 200kph, ouch is far too easy.

R6 is in the category too.

I prefer something that will bimble along and not draw the heat, but will booogie when i want to. That's why I like the Daytona better.

If I was into track days - different story.

[Two Smoker]

I second and third what WT and 1armedbandit said....... No my cup of tea, but still ok looking...

[James Deuce]

Umm guys - it IS an artist's impression. I get the feeling that you have quite correctly identified elements of Zx636, CBR600RR, and the current Daytona 650, and I am sure the reality will be somewhat different. However, I am all moist for a 680cc triple - what a great idea - my kind of engine.

[Ixion]

exactly why are squids called squids?


S uper Q uick U ntil I d ie

But I think it is bien trouve

[Two Smoker]

for a 680cc triple - what a great idea - my kind of engine.
Im keen to give it a thrash....

[Indiana_Jones]

This bike gives me a hard-on

-Indy

[Zed]

Me want.

Triumph Daytona 680RR - inline triple.

As WT said, it does look like a Honda!

The R1 is currently the sexiest looking sportsbike IMHO. :yes:

[Waylander]

As WT said, it does look like a Honda!

The R1 is currently the sexiest looking sportsbike IMHO. :yes:

I would have thought you would say the blackbird is...

[Zed]

I would have thought you would say the blackbird is...That would have been somewhat prejudiced! A close 2nd :yes:

[Waylander]

That would have been somewhat prejudiced! A close 2nd :yes:

Not at all man. It's perfectly allowable to think your bike is the sexiest thing in the world.:niceone:

[John]

That would have been somewhat prejudiced! A close 2nd :yes:
(re: blackbird) Its a sports bike? :lol: j/k

[justsomeguy]

I don't think that's an artists impression but a photoshopped bloody ninja with a fireblade tail.......

The 650 lost to the 636 in some magazine comparisons due to it not being as "reliable and refined and well built". I hope that this gets those sorted.

This also looks way better, the current 650 - from the front- looks like a chickens face...... especially in yellow...

http://www.proauto.ba/index112003/03-05/moto-1.jpghttp://www.anniescostumes.com/mus22051.jpg

[Big Dave]

So - how would you feel if someone made similar disparaging remarks about your bike?

there are several people on here that own them. You have shown them no respect.

[John]

So - how would you feel if someone made simular disparaging remarks about your bike?

there are several people on here that own them. You have shown them no respect.
sorry jsg, but bdave just hit the nail on the head...

[justsomeguy]

So - how would you feel if someone made simular disparaging remarks about your bike?

there are several people on here that own them. You have shown them no respect.

Well big fella if that's how you feel then i sincerely apologise to all those who took offence......

My comments (about build quality, etc) were based on reading the Jan 19th 2005 MCN comparo......

And as for others making dissparaging remarks about my bike ....... they can say all they want..... it will still remain my bike and I will always love it nothing anybody can say is gonna change that or how I feel about it. I thought that others would feel the same too........

I still think the front of the 650 looks like a chicken whether that makes it any less of a bike is up to the mind of the beholder..........:yes:

For those that actually own one....wow..... I wish I could own a 16-18k modern 600:ride:

[James Deuce]

MCN!! Bahahaha! The guys who steal other's speculation and rumour from Internet forums just like this one?? Bahahahaha!!

They wouldn't know a decent motorcycle, a decent MOTORCYCLIST, if one or t'other smacked them in the face - hard!
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa :rofl:

[justsomeguy]

MCN!! They wouldn't know a decent motorcycle, if one or t'other smacked them in the face - hard!
Hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa :rofl:

For that matter nor would I.........:no: .......sorry...... yea at least I'm honest about it.........:weird:

So what websites/magazines would you recommend for honest, educational material??

I only know of MCN.com and sportrider.com.........

[Big Dave]

yeah - it's a fine line between comedy and bad taste innit - I don't think anyone would be offended, was just making a point.

My philosophy is that 'it doesn't matter what someone rides - as long as they ride' - they are OK with me.

Taste is a subjective thing. One man's poison etc.

FWIW when I look at the daytona 650 front I see a hornet.

carry on.

[justsomeguy]

FWIW when I look at the daytona 650 front I see a hornet.

carry on.

Like this:

http://www.nature.com/news/2003/030602/images/hornet_180.jpg

[Big Dave]

Like this:

http://www.nature.com/news/2003/030602/images/hornet_180.jpg


That's the one.

[justsomeguy]

That's the one.

Thanks for that - you just lifted the daytona higher in my cool bike list...... now only if it came in full black.....It would go on my "3rd bike I buy" list.....

[James Deuce]

For that matter nor would I.........:no: .......sorry...... yea at least I'm honest about it.........:weird:

So what websites/magazines would you recommend for honest, educational material??

I only know of MCN.com and sportrider.com.........

Sportrider.com is definitely a credible site with contributors that come from one of the best US magazines of the last 25 years; Motorcyclist.

MCN on the other hand, is the gutter tabloid organ of the motorcycling world. They literally do not know their arse from there steering head bearing when it comes to factual representations of motorcycles and motorcycling.

Motorcycling magazines I'd reccommend:

Australian Motorcycle News
Cycle World (if only for Peter Egan's column, though Kevin Cameron is just as interesting though much more engineering/technical oriented than "The Art of Motorcycling like Peter)
Performance Bikes (though I can do without the Tits)
Bike
Motorcyclist/Sport Rider
Motorcycle Sport and Leisure, though you need to be over 30 to appreciate MSL. (And they do have Kevin Cameron writing for them too.)
Any NZ publication, just for local news and information about how the latest bikes and gear hold up to NZ conditions.

MCN should be triple ply, very soft, perforated, and sold in roll format.

Websites:

SportRider.com
KB (nudge, nudge)
http://www.suzukicycles.org/
http://www.msgroup.org/TIPS.asp
http://www.superbikemagazine.co.uk/news.htm

There's plenty more, but these are my favourite mags and sites.

Sorry if I seemed rude, but MCN were recently setup by a UK based forum who planted a bogus story in their own pages, just to see if that sneaking suspicion that MCN had been stealing their stuff was true. It was. Hard for a print publication to maintain credibility after that and many other episodes of just getting it wrong. Bob who's based in the UK and posts in our News forum is a more credible source by a long chalk, than MCN.

[crazylittleshit]

Me want.

Triumph Daytona 680RR - inline triple.

http://www.motorradonline.de/fm/66/MRD_13_2005_018_400.jpg
Looks a shit load like the 636?

[James Deuce]

Looks a shit load like the 636?

You read the thread monkey-boy, or are you stirring? :D

[crazylittleshit]

You read the thread monkey-boy, or are you stirring? :D
trying to stir but your making in hard :devil2:

[John]

Looks a shit load like the 636?
Does someone want a spanking?..

[crazylittleshit]

Does someone want a spanking?..
if you were a good looking girl "yes"

[John]

if you were a good looking girl "yes"
We can pretend cant we?..

[crazylittleshit]

We can pretend cant we?..
NO that's wrong. Maybe later but no telling :rofl:

[John]

NO that's wrong. Maybe later but no telling :rofl:
I did not reply, but the subliminal message is that I will see you in 10..

[Indiana_Jones]

Can I join in? *puts on "playing with the boys"*

-Indy

[Toast]

It's not as 'terminally' fast as the jap bikes, but it's well up to the standard - in fact I regard it as better to ride.
So did everyone else at Kiwi Rider (well, Mckay) that has been on both.
The 'don't have to wring its neck factor'.

For me it comes down to the fact that if i owned a ZX10, R1, Gixxer or any of those modern hyperbikes my licence would last weeks. If it's there I use it, call it weak willed, but - squirt, 200kph, ouch is far too easy.

R6 is in the category too.

I prefer something that will bimble along and not draw the heat, but will booogie when i want to. That's why I like the Daytona better.

If I was into track days - different story.

Yeah, I think you're right, most of those mags are generally biased towards the more hardcore sports end of the spectrum. I think they did mention that the Daytona is fine if you're not in to really pushing it...but also said that it wasn't up to the general level of refinement of the Jappers.


I don't think that's an artists impression but a photoshopped bloody ninja with a fireblade tail.......

The 650 lost to the 636 in some magazine comparisons due to it not being as "reliable and refined and well built". I hope that this gets those sorted.

This also looks way better, the current 650 - from the front- looks like a chickens face...... especially in yellow...

http://www.proauto.ba/index112003/03-05/moto-1.jpghttp://www.anniescostumes.com/mus22051.jpg

Hahaha, now that you mention it, it doesn't kinda resemble that Whangaparoa chicken. I still reckon it's pretty decent looking, especially in red.

And, it was just a statement of opinion about the aesthetic quality of a bike, of which everyone has their own...no dramas.

[White trash]

FWIW when I look at the daytona 650 front I see a hornet.

carry on.

I see a Pokemon

[Marknz]

it looks NOTHING like a 636.

I like the look of this Trumpy a lot, and given the configuration it seems to me to be the ideal mix between a big twin and a 600 sports bike. I imagine it'd be a bloody good track day bike and, for anyone with half a pint of ability, a bloody good contender at least in NZ class racing.

This is the sort of thing that could have me buying my next bike from WMC. Just gotta find out who the salesman might be.

[justsomeguy]

it looks NOTHING like a 636.


Same brakes, tyres, wheels, front air duct, handle bars, general light cluster shape, brake discs...........ahh......:weird:

[JohnBoy]

yeah... thats a 636 alright, cant fool me thats an orignal trumph design!

[gav]

So - how would you feel if someone made similar disparaging remarks about your bike?

there are several people on here that own them. You have shown them no respect.
Hey, not our fault if people buy ugly motorbikes, is it? :devil2:
And why a 680 triple? Why not a 750 triple?

[James Deuce]

Hey, not our fault if people buy ugly motorbikes, is it? :devil2:
And why a 680 triple? Why not a 750 triple?

Supersport rules. 680cc triples can be raced in 600 Supersport.

[gav]

but not competitively....... :motu:

[onearmedbandit]

but not competitively....... :motu:

Buwahahaahaha!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Big Dave]

yeah... thats a 636 alright, cant fool me thats an orignal trumph design!


Artists impression - with this brand has traditionally meant - 'not drawn or officially sanctioned by Triumph' - I do the brand's PR and ads locally and I don't get ANY secret squirrel stuff. They leak nothing until it's all set and when I get the marketing materials there is usually an embargo date.

With Rocket, Bonneville, Thruxton and others, the early 'news' and pictures have come from MCN and some of it hasn't been very accurate - some has.

This is a photoshopped guess for mine - probably.

[Big Dave]

but not competitively....... :motu:

Tell Bruce Anstey and an IOM win that.