Daytona 675 Wins International Bike of the Year Award

[alanh]

In case y'all haven't seen this yet...

http://www.webbikeworld.com/triumph-...s/triumph-675/

DECEMBER 20, 2006 - It’s official: The Triumph Daytona 675 is the International Bike of the Year with praise from the professionals heaped on its incredible performance, unique character, stunning looks and superb handling.

Topping the prestigious 2006 International Bike of the Year (IBOTY) poll with a comfortable majority of the votes, the Triumph Daytona 675 has well and truly confirmed its status as the premier high performance motorcycle on the market.

This stylish machine crushed its closest competition, amassing more than twice the number of votes as any of its rivals and was awarded maximum votes by an astounding 6 of the 15 leading motorcycle magazines that participated.

This prestigious honor rounds off a superb year for Triumph’s newcomer, which has scooped a wealth of accolades from the world’s media. It was also victorious in the Supersport class at the world’s biggest sportsbike shootout, Masterbike, and has been named as bike of the year by various publications across the globe, from the USA to Australia.

Triumph’s Commercial Director, Tue Mantoni, commented: “Winning the International Bike of the Year Award with the Daytona 675 is a superb achievement for Triumph and we continue to be extremely proud of the bike that we have created. The Daytona 675 has now won nearly every motorcycle comparison test going, and we are confident that it will continue to achieve great things, as will the rest of our range for 2007.”

[big2332]

only single gripe about the bike is the seat, its too sharp for me. smooth it out a bit.

this will be my next bike if i ever ditch the TT

[mdgore]

It's interesting that the times. and other numbers that MC magazines are so fond of reporting on, between the D675 and the D650 are actually quite close. Yet, the journos hammered on the D650 and lick the D675's buttcrack.......I guess things like USD forks, radial brakes, and underseat exhaust make all the difference.

[ This message was edited by: mdgore on 2006-12-26 23:32 ]

[dragonrider]

Excellent!!!