Hi, My 2012 Daytona 675R is my first proper sport bike and I have chosen an Ace. Well, "How can you know an Ace if you've never owned other sport bikes?" Well, "It behaves and responds to my inputs naturally. And, I have yet to find anything lacking or overwhelming." Mind you that I do not ride on the street, but only at local tracks. I wish I could ride freely on the street and canyons, but some autos and trucks keep pressing a basic physics law, "No two objects can occupy the same space at the same time." I sleep in the San Francisco Bay Area which could have been named Sir Francis Drake's Bay if their crow's nest lookout had been sharper. I am attracted to this site because there appears to be a bit more serious crowd, especially the performance folks. The U.S. sight is OK, but not much on the racing and track side. The for sale photo that put me in a trance.
Welcome - that's a lovely looking Daytona 675.cc is about the most friendly and knowledgeable Forum I've belonged to.
Lovely looking bike,I can understand why you are happy to be its new owner. These bikes are just so much fun on the track so I’m sure you’ll have plenty at your local tracks.What are your local tracks?? Do you or do you intend to go racing?? Enjoy.
These lovely bikes are getting rare at the track. At best, there are only a few of across the three rider groups. On Tues' Sears Point, I only counted one and that belonged to a instructor. This August I have been in the presence of veteran pro racers, on Sunday I saw Colin Edwards, aka the Texas Tornado in his day. Earlier, I stood a few feet from John Hopkins at a minimoto event. Lucky to have Sears Point, Laguna Seca and Thunderhill within reasonable distance.
Fantastic that your flying the flag for Triumph over in the States, 675R still unsurpassed as a supersport bike for road and track in my completely unbiased opinion. Great to meet some legends, shame Colin Edwards isn't on the WSB/MotoGP commentary any more Any more spec on the bike, I can see some forged lightweight wheels, is it stock engine, what are the noise limits like over there?
What is amazing is how many of them still look fit despite their traumas and surgeries. Specs?! Boy, I hit jackpot when I found her: - Forged Carrozzera wheels w/ Brembo T Drive rotors - OEM Ohlins forks upgraded with NIX 30 cartridges - Attack adjustable triples clamps - RSR linear shock linkage - full carbon fairings - FMF full exhaust - Yoyodyne slipper clutch - Attack rearsets - Scott's steering damper - Triumph race internal engine upgrades - Triumph Race ECU and race wire loom - Gripone ISE2 Traction Control - Key delete - I replaced the Renthals clips with their 3-way adjustable clipons (yes, I can angle the bar up or down). - Also replaced the MC Brembo MKII 19 x 18mm with a Galespeed Elaborate 17.5 x 16-18mm (more sensitive feel). - 10.5/11.0 Kg springs up front - Replaced Dunlops slicks with Metzler racetec TD slicks, designed for no warmers. On the long back straights, followers and bystanders said it does not sound like any Triumph they have heard before!
Definitely hit the jackpot, more a Supersport class race bike than your usual trackday bitsa. Unlike many track bikes it looks almost too good to thrash around a track, just please keep her out of the gravel.
Yes, I hear you about how peachy she looks! My track days are numbered and I don't ride the streets so I do want to ride nice machines while I still can. Ohh, about the sound limits: Sears Point and Thunderhill has a 103dB Laguna Seca is 92 dB, but for £150 more per rider, there are 105dB days available. There are no sound checks at tech inspection. At Laguna you can get busted by a sound monitor and camera that identifies you by bike number. OEM exhausts and non OEM with dB inserts get one pass, but non OEMs (no dB insert) are canned for the day. I have never seen anyone blow sound at THill or Sears, but at Laguna some riders shift up early and/or give the booth a wide berth. A few have fancy right-angled exhausts. I have lived and adapted to commercial air flight paths, busy interstate freeways and rocket testing sites. But some residents of Monterey, CA chose to reside near the race track and then complained loudly how loud it was. Thus, sound limits and higher track day costs. Is it true that some of your UK tracks test sound at tech inspection?
Yes Tricoat, the pre-track pit inspection includes static noise testing at each event. Furthermore some tracks also have drive-by noise sensors as a "double check". Hth.
Here in Holland we have a static measurement at scrutineering and also sound measurements on track at Assen and Zandvoort. 101 db at 6,000 rpm (for a triple) static or you can’t ride.On track First black flag is a warming and the second means you can put your stuff in the van and drive home. It does of course mean that some people show up with some seriously ugly exhausts on beautiful bikes which is entertaining.My half a meter long end can would not be my first choice for looks but it is what it is.
