Triumph

[Maido]

Triumph 675, I was skeptical when i read the reviews, several magazines etc have rated them best of the bunch, but I don't believ it till i see it.

A few weeks ago we had the flying 1/4 at edendale in the heart of the r rolling south, they put up good speed for a sports production bike. but at the racing the next day they didnt figure much (the riders, chris and glen, hadn't ridden 600's very much at that point or at all at teretonga).
then In the weekend we were at levels for racing, and glen haywood had his 675 there, i followed him onto the back straight and opened it up thinking i would have passed him by about 3/4 down the back straight, imagine my suprise when i could only pull along side at the end of the straight!!! the next lap i had better drive (and he had a very shagged tire) and i managed to make the pass stick, but i left the track thinking how great it is to have onther very competitive brand competing in sports production. especially concidering they are the in the first generation of development.
so if you are concidering going with the triple, don't think you will be out gunned cos they are pretty rapid bikes, combined with a nice thin chassis and good handling.

thanks for being a great audience!!!!

[Joni]

The thing you should also remember is that Glen is a phenomenal rider – he can make a bike that has slight potential go a lot faster. He is also highly competitive and does not take second place with a smile, those two factor make him good already!…. not that I’m taking anything away from the 675, it’s a stunning bike and even if you look at his business partner Chris on the other 675, you can see the bike can really boogie on the track. So yeah what you say about having another competitive brand competing in sports production is too true (and its not a jap bike which is great too, so a little more variety... no offence mate)

I’m sold!!

[gav]

Man, Glen will be pissed that he couldnt pass a CBR down the back straight, probably got the Trumpy up for sale by now, and here I was thinking it was fast!

[Maido]

Man, Glen will be pissed that he couldnt pass a CBR down the back straight

to his defence, his tyre was well shagged!!

[gpercivl]

We could be seeing one in the Vic Club series very soon too....someone told me they've got one coming

[SimJen]

Looking at the dyno curves shows a fatter torque curve for most of the rev range unlike the 600 fours. In the last PB Magazine, the Trumpet made more torque at 3500rpm than the new R6 made at 10,000rpm!!!
Thats why they get a move on out of corners.
Paul Young is racing one in British supersport with reasonable success considering its a small team.