OK - I'll start this off...
Here are a few pics of my dedicated 2006 Daytona 675 Track Bike...
Angled View of Complete Bike
WoodCraft Stator Cover, WoodCraft GP Shift Rearsets and T3 SharkFin
Matris Steering Damper
In Action at Putnam Park
The bike has the following mods:
WoodCraft Clipons
WoodCraft Stator Cover
WoodCraft Crank Cover
WoodCraft GP Shift Rearsets
Ohlins Triple Adjustable Rear Shock
GP Suspension 20mm Fork Cartridges
Matris Steering Damper
Yoyodyne Race Fairing Stay
Pazzo Racing Adjustable Shorty Levers
LighTech Keyless Gas Cap
T3 Shark Fin Sprocket Guard
Triumph Race ECM
Triumph Race Harness
Exup Valve Removed
CAT Removed
O2 Sensor Removed
Air Intake Flapper Assembly Removed and Custom Delrin Block off plug installed
Evap Canister Removed
Idle Stepper Motor Removed
Triumph Race Idle Adjuster Installed
Triumph Speed Triple 1050 Throttle Tube
Secondary Air Injection System Removed
TOR Exhaust (Probably soon to be replaced by an Arrow Stage 2 Race Exhaust)
Catalyst Racing Composites Bodywork (Custom painted by me)
TechSpec Tank Grips
Zero Gravity Double Bubble Windscreen
This obsession all started in May of 2006. I was the happy owner of a 2001 Neon Blue Speed Triple. I'd been involved as the co-leader of our Indianapolis based RAT Pack for a while with my brother. I was itching to get a new bike. One that I could do a couple of track days on. The dealer knew that I was wanting to ride the new 675, so when the demo truck came to town, he called me and asked if I would come and help lead demo rides. Wicked man, he is...
So, after spending two days helping lead demo rides, getting to ride every bike in the triumph fleet, and putting about 300 miles on the two 675's they had in the demo fleet, I was hooked. Before I left the dealership on the second day, I had placed my order for a 2006 Daytona 675 in Graphite. I picked it up on June 1, 2006 and sold my 2001 Speed Triple about a week later.
After a few hundred miles, the first service and then the completion of the brake-in period, the itch to take it to the track really started. I met a guy the weekend of the demo rides who had just placed an order for a Scorched Yellow 675 and we immediately hit it off. We started planning our track adventures, purchased race bodywork, full leathers, signed up for NESBA and took our bikes to the track that October.
The bug hit us hard... I ended up buying a 7 1/2 x 18 Aluminum Trailer Company Enclosed Trailer that will haul 6 bikes and the trips to GingerMan, Gratten, Barber and Putnam Park all followed in that first year. The next October, I suffered my first minor lowside at the track in Turn 7 at Putnam Park. I had repairs made that night and was back at the track on Sunday.
Over the winter, I decided that if I was really going to do this I needed a dedicated track bike, so I sold my customized 94 Mazda Miata and bought a salvage 675 out of Ohio with only cosmetic damage. I was tired of switching my original 675 back and forth between track and street trim and decided if I was going to take this to the next level I really wanted to make some mods to the bike that wouldn't be very advantagous on the street.
The madness had really started to sink in hard... All of the mods you see above were performed over the winter and I took the new bike out on the track for the first time in April. All the mods paid off, as I was able to shave 3 seconds off my time from my last track day last October (the day after my lowside) without even feeling like I was pushing the bike or myself at all. It was pretty effortless and all done while shaking down a brand new bike...
The paint scheme you see is my own design and all logos are painted on and cleared over. I did a detailed thread of this process over on Triumph675.net a while back and you can see those details here:
http://www.triumph675.net/forum/showthread.php?t=8111
I now have two 675's in the garage, both have Woodcraft Clipons, Pazzo Racing Adjustable Shorty Levers and GP Shift Woodcraft Rearsets so that the controls are identical from bike to bike. Whenever I travel to the track now, I load up both bikes in the trailer, just in case. That way I always have spare parts, or worse case scenario, I can swap the street bike over to track trim in about 30 minutes if need be...
Yes I am a Track Addict, and NO, I Don't want any help... Unless that is, that you want to donate to my track day fund or tire bill!
TripleThreat
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