![]() Customer demand was very strong, with waiting lists of three months or more in the US and the UK, and even longer in several other parts of the world. Triumph intended to build only 4,000 Daytona 675 models for 2006, with 1,000 marked for the UK, 2,000 for the US, and 1,000 for the rest of the world. Silky, compact handling, allied to kick-ass engine power and a howling exhaust note, make the Triumph Daytona 675 a real winner on the road, or track." " Motor Cycle News" declared, "The Triumph Daytona 675 has put Hinckley firm back on the shortlist of many UK sports motorcycle riders, who previously rated the 600 and 650 Daytona models as being OK, but no real alternative to a Japanese four cylinder 600cc sportbikes. The Daytona 675 won the Supersport category for the Masterbike 2006 (finishing third overall), and won again in 2007. The magazine declared it "the best British sportsbike ever" and "possibly one of the greatest sportsbikes of all time". UK-based Bike was given an exclusive test ride prior to the official launch, impressing the magazine test rider. The Daytona 675 was officially launched at the NEC International Motorcycle and Scooter Show in 2005. Final development combining styling, engine, chassis into a prototype quickly followed. The newly developed engine was first tested on a dynamometer in May 2003. Market research groups made up of a variety of different classes of sportbike riders chose the latter design of bike which was refined and adopted for production. Styling development continued in house, staying close to spirit of earlier Triumph design. Styling was based upon this concept drawing and that of the earlier T595 model. A member of the engineering team produced a concept drawing of the 675 as a naked bike. ![]() However, this initial design was discarded as great British designs of the 1960s had "a flowing curved design – no sharp angular aggressive edges". While engine development had not been completed, computer aided chassis development continued with the data collected from these tests.ĭesign work for the Daytona 675 proceeded, producing a primarily black design based on the Daytona 600. ![]() This new configuration exhibited better performance than the original Daytona 600, forming a basis to compare against competitive bikes such as the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R and Honda CBR600RR. Triumph moved the wheelbase, adjusted the head angle, and modified the tank. Initial chassis development work was done using a chopped Daytona 600 chassis. Pleased with the figures, the project moved to the full concept phase in March 2002. ![]() In 2001, soon after the completion of the similarly three-cylinder-powered Triumph Daytona 955i, Triumph began engineering analysis to work out weight, engine performance in power and torque. So Triumph decided to manufacture a bike closer to its traditional values, making the crucial technical decision to adopt a three-cylinder power plant, instead of a four-cylinder as in the TT600. The TT600 was Triumph's first modern middleweight sports motorcycle, but it struggled to compete with Japanese 600 cc supersport motorcycles. Triumph Daytona 675 development started in 2000 following the launch of the four-cylinder TT600. Triumph filed a new trademark for the Daytona, fuelling rumors that there may be a future version sporting the new 765 cc engine. Triumph continued to produce the up-spec Triumph Daytona 675R model until the 2018 model year. In 2016, Triumph ceased production of the base model Daytona 675 citing diminishing demand for super sport bikes and increasingly strict European emission standards. The 675 proved to be remarkably light, nimble and powerful at a maximum of 128 bhp it was also very quick, and it was very successful against the Japanese 600 cc competition. Built by Triumph Motorcycles, it replaced their four-cylinder Daytona 650. Introduced in 2006, the Triumph Daytona 675 is a three-cylinder sport bike, and the smallest of the Triumph triples. ![]()
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