To those in the know... Any news about a new Daytona 1050 with tuned motor & sharp styling ala the 675 to compete against the Jap Superbike market as the 675 has done so admirably in the 600?
now teo, ya know I've even given ya the benefit of the doubt on most of these new threads, but come on man!!! :hammer: If you just click on the DAYTONA forum, and looky right there on the 1st f'n page, WHAM! Come on man, that's just plain lazy right there. :hammer: :-D
Hey now Cheap. It was a legit question. Afterall, didn't we (as S3 freaks) invent the 1050 motor and lend it to the Sprint ST? We were even so generous as to lend it to our Tiger friends for 2007. The Daytona can only have it on condition they mod the cams & fueling, giving us another more powerful option later to put even more zip into our Speedies!
If the new Ducati 1098 are any indication of the future of bikes (160hp and 380ish lbs dry...) then I'm thinking Triumph is going to redo the entire frame, swingarm, and motor for the new big daytona to reduce weight.
I was told by a very reliable source inside Triumph:
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"You will never see a 1050 Daytona."
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The unsaid "But" there was that they were working on a new big displacement Daytona engine, but he wouldn't comment on that.
Further, it's been said that the 675 motor is easily capable of being bumped up to 800cc, and possibly more. Or, the new Daytona could be a totally new engine, but based on things learned from the 675 engine.
Don't you think an 800cc Daytona would be a GSXR 750 destroyer? :-D :-D : -D :-D
I think it will be an interesting couple of years.
I'm thinking this; it only took Triumph 2-3 years to R&D the 675 according to various magazine reviews of the tech and development behind the 675. From what was said about the 1050 Tiger team being switched to the Tiger from a 'Busa killer project' I have to think Triumph has a very mean bike hiding in the shadows.
Perhaps they'll suprise the hell out of us next fall.
see, i was really hoping no one would reply to this one, but, because cheap had to point out the obvious,
i hope kuhlka is right, i'ld like to see it, possibly steering myself away from customing a rocket into a street fighter. (not like the anal-sex mobile in the other thread). but change the geometry and do some other fun bit's to it. get rid of that 130mph limiter. anyway, shut the hell up teo
I feel much better now. :-D 
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