triumph 600 TT

**nedj** · 16th August 2004, 16:19

Anybody here riding/ridden a Triumph 600 TT?
It looks like a good bike and I am wondering how it handles? Does anybody have any tales of how she handles if its a good day to day bike?

**White trash** · 16th August 2004, 16:31

Originally Posted by nedj

Anybody here riding/ridden a Triumph 600 TT?
It looks like a good bike and I am wondering how it handles? Does anybody have any tales of how she handles if its a good day to day bike?

Take it from me, "They're great!"

It was one of the sweetest handling 600s I'd ridden untill I swung a leg over the K4 Gixxer.

If you can put up with the piss-poor power untill 6 grand and bad fuelling below 4, you'll love it.

If you're a perfectionist, you'll hate it, get the Daytona.

They're a really neautral handling bike that steers incredibly sweetly yet never gets upset. Brakes are typical Triumph, 2nd to none. Braided lines as standard as with all Triumphs.

They're also fucken cheap because every idiot out there, thinks they're shit.

**James Deuce** · 16th August 2004, 16:32

I really like them. They are comfortable but sporty, and the handle superbly. The only gripe I would have with them is that they need the nuts revved off them to make any power, and round town you have to slip the clutch a bit away from the lights.

Bike mags bagged it, but it is better than say a GSX600F by a large margin.

**Slim** · 16th August 2004, 17:24

Jim & WT have pretty much nailed it - the Fuel Injection round town is no good. Otherwise they go, handle & stop really well.

The only other thing is that I found the shape of the tank/position of footpeg ergonomics slightly off for my leg length - I'm 5'10" and my knees didn't fit in the tank indent, but stuck out more because they lined up perfectly with the upper bulge of the tank.

I can't comment on day-to-day riding or long rides - my experience was just a test ride over the Kaimai's.

**nedj** · 17th August 2004, 08:36

Trying it out on Saturday if all goes well.
I was under the impression the motor was built by Kawasaki? Any truth in that?
Most (of those that I can find) reviews seem to say that they only sorted out bad fuel injeciton on the 2002 models.
I was wondering if some modifcations could be done to the injection system to fix the under 6000 rev problem?
mmm maybe this should go under the Tech forum........

**White trash** · 17th August 2004, 09:09

Originally Posted by nedj

Trying it out on Saturday if all goes well.
I was under the impression the motor was built by Kawasaki? Any truth in that?
Most (of those that I can find) reviews seem to say that they only sorted out bad fuel injeciton on the 2002 models.
I was wondering if some modifcations could be done to the injection system to fix the under 6000 rev problem?
mmm maybe this should go under the Tech forum........

Kum-and-sukme? WTF? Where the hell do these stupid rumours come from?

Nah, she's all Triumph. Earlier model's should be able to have the later model tune downloaded no problems.

Are you looking at it at a dealer? If so, feel free to beat them up on the price as they'll want out of it quick smart.

If you come to Wellington, give us a ride! I love the things.

**Kickaha** · 17th August 2004, 20:04

Originally Posted by White trash

Kum-and-sukme? WTF? Where the hell do these stupid rumours come from?

Nah, she's all Triumph. Earlier model's should be able to have the later model tune downloaded no problems.

I had a motorcycle mechanic tell me that story and swore he'd had a Kawasaki in the shop at the same time and the engines were identical,he was working on Triumphs quite a bit at the time

**James Deuce** · 18th August 2004, 07:23

Originally Posted by Kickaha

I had a motorcycle mechanic tell me that story and swore he'd had a Kawasaki in the shop at the same time and the engines were identical,he was working on Triumphs quite a bit at the time

That would be the very first model line. The engines were designed with unofficial help from KHI.

**nedj** · 18th August 2004, 10:29

The mech who is doing some work on this bike has made the same comment.
Namely how alike the kwaka and the triumph engines are. Even to the point where you can cross parts.
Scary
:cool2:

**Sensei** · 18th August 2004, 21:14

Yea as WT say's great handling bike just crappy fuel maping .Should be able to get that sorted with a Power Comander or remapping .Give it a ride to find out for yourself Sensei NP

**moko** · 19th August 2004, 04:58

TT got itself a real shit reputation when it first came out here and the rep has stuck.FI was a total disaster but I think they sorted it in the end,also there was a major recall to sort the frames out as well.I think they all got sorted,I`ve seen a write up by an owner and he loves it and has had no probs at all.Dont know what your mech mate was talking about,there were rumours that Kawasaki were involved with Triumph at the start but I`ve recently heard from someone involved with the factory that this was B.S.,if that were the case why did the first ones have Yamaha parts fitted(forks and a few other bits and pieces)?Side on the motors looked like the GPZ Kwak mill but that`s about the size of it.TT600 motor was designed,built and developed in Britain by Triumph,I`d be interested to hear which Kawasaki engine parts are inter-changeable.
Like Sensai says,best thing to do is ride it and form your own opinion,I once bought an SLR650 Honda despite the trashing the press gave it,brilliant bike,did everything I wanted it to anyway.Trouble with the bike press on the whole is they dont see past the performance figures or how a bike goes on a test track,which is pretty much irrelavent to everyday use unless you want to chuck your licence away.

**moko** · 22nd August 2004, 05:53

Got a mag here,reader says his bike is brilliant and has had no trouble at all with his over high mileage e.t.c.Then there`s the bike mechanic in the same mag that has this to say about the TT,""I only dealt with second-hand ones but I never came across a happy owner.They are horrible bikes to work on and horrible bikes to ride.The fuel-injection was all wrong,everything was all wrong.You couldn`t buy a worse machine".Like many others he then goes on to say that the later Daytona,also not designed by Kawasaki by the way,is a really nice bike.

**gav** · 24th August 2004, 10:10

TT600 for sale hereTrade Me TT600

**Omega1** · 24th August 2004, 10:31

Yep,
I owned one of these, puchased it new back in 2000 from WGTN M/C I thought it was fantastic, brakes and handling were awesome,yes the fuel mapping issue was crap but Triumph to its credit kept sending out new ECU maps and I think most of the problem was the media hype/slagging surrounding the bike.My advice is to take one for a ride.yes they are cheap today but awesome value for what you get, I would have another one,no problems.