Never tried the Triumph, but i've heard from a guy (MV owner) who tried the Daytona 675 and he said wonders of it.SERGIO said:I'm ready to upgrade from a 650V-Twin.
I've driven the 749. Love the and its torque ... but was wondering if anyone has tried any of the Triumph IL-3 bikes?
Are they a middle point between a V-Twin and an IL-4?
Cheers,
I seriously doubt he has ever ridden a D675, maybe a D650 or 600. The D675 has yet to leave production line at this time. There is a single unit travelling in US, at least 2 in Europe for dealers to show prospective buyers only...it CANNOT be ridden, unfortunately. The Yellow-gold unit tested by Bike mag that showed the 1st images is one of the 2 bikes circling European dealers at present. These are actually hand assembled production-level prototypes only at this point. The actual 1st production units do not leave assembly line till 3rd week in February. European buyers should start seeing their bikes by 1st week of March, US buyers are 1-2 weeks behind that. They are initially sold by pre-order deposit sales only, in all markets. If you have a deposit on one, you were given login instructions and password to see where your bike is in order que. The March and April allocations are completely sold out, the May allocation may be sold out by now, my local dealer has largest allocation in US (52 units) and told me last week that May orders were nearly full. The pre-order period expires at end of January, after that period, any remaining units will be delivered to dealers during June and July, quite possibly at a higher list price than those of us with pre-orders, the Graphite colored version will be sold out during pre-order period.MV_999R said:Never tried the Triumph, but i've heard from a guy (MV owner) who tried the Daytona 675 and he said wonders of it.
He's in the UK and i think he is well connected in the bike business............bigmac said:I seriously doubt he has ever ridden a D675, maybe a D650 or 600. The D675 has yet to leave production line at this time. There is a single unit travelling in US, at least 2 in Europe for dealers to show prospective buyers only...it CANNOT be ridden, unfortunately. The Yellow-gold unit tested by Bike mag that showed the 1st images is one of the 2 bikes circling European dealers at present. These are actually hand assembled production-level prototypes only at this point. The actual 1st production units do not leave assembly line till 3rd week in February. European buyers should start seeing their bikes by 1st week of March, US buyers are 1-2 weeks behind that. They are initially sold by pre-order deposit sales only, in all markets. If you have a deposit on one, you were given login instructions and password to see where your bike is in order que. The March and April allocations are completely sold out, the May allocation may be sold out by now, my local dealer has largest allocation in US (52 units) and told me last week that May orders were nearly full. The pre-order period expires at end of January, after that period, any remaining units will be delivered to dealers during June and July, quite possibly at a higher list price than those of us with pre-orders, the Graphite colored version will be sold out during pre-order period.
The US "show" bike arrives at my dealer Feb 3 for private showing for deposit buyers only, they are also doing a public showing on Feb 4 iirc. My son will get the 1st D675 bike in Bay Area(platinum grey, no-less), after that I'll have to just admire his beautiful machine till my yellow D675 arrives in April. The machine is so small however that I'm really anticipating the Feb 3 preview to see if I can actually fit on the bike. If not, I may sell my bike to a friend who has yet to place deposit but at 5'9" is likely better suited to the bike. Then I guess I'll just have to "settle" for an SS1000.
I saw that too, but it must be a fleet of Triumph Bonnevilles in disguiseshuyuan said:Well, I downloaded a video like a month ago, showing a fleet of 675s being tested at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.
My son did buy the Yamaha R6, but you have to like a motor that (sort of) comes on like a 2-stroke.brianmdavis said:I'd buy the Triumph after what I've read. HOWEVER, I'd buy the Yamie 600 over either one!!!
I swear I saw one in our local dealer last weekend as well. (it's MCC in Vila Park IL in case any one wonders)....but as far as I understood, right now you can't take one home, just get on the list, which will be the first priority as triumph finaly starts delivering to dealersroadrash194 said:I saw the 675 last weekend at my local BMW/Ducati dealer. I guess it was the dist managers bike. They assembled it for him. They had it on the floor for 2 days only. I thought the bike looked great.