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sycophant ?

So, Triumph have recreated the 675 DAYTONA  and everyone wet's themselves.

The bike is a very good effort to kick the Japanese and Italian marques where it hurt's and YES

i say good on em' but,remember, a LOT of componentry on these British bikes are foreign,electrics,suspension,tyres,etc.

How ironic ey,once upon a time, a British bike actually was British down to it's boots.

Those day's are long gone and will never return, so what's out there now is as close to Brtish as we get.

As for the bike, well, it's a SUPER SPORT'S model,you get what you see, a race bike for the road's which will be uncomfortable,impractical (for most,not all). It looks aggressive (so is the price for these 600+ cc machines) and will sell no doubt,what more can one say.......

why should triumph spend millions researching and developing their own brakes and suspension when the best equipment is already in the market for them to buy? just so you old farts can be satisfied its more british?

Accept there are real Triumphs built after 1979!

Patriotism?

Who cares if its British or not? its a bloody good motorbike and thats all that matters and deserves to sell very well!

satnavsteve

Avon are owned by American company Cooper Tire and Rubber Company, they are not British. Being patriotic for the sake of it is what ruined the British bike, and car, industries in the first place. Many blinkered patriotic Brits thought that British was best, despite the reality being somewhat different (I started biking in 1970). By the time the penny dropped our products were so far behind the competition it was too late. Triumph seem to be doing a very good job, although I'm concerned that the new 675R is moving towards the gutless Japanese 600s, they've just lowered the gearing to disguise the loss of midrange torque. Still journalists seem to prefer max power at max revs whilst they play on a track, never mind any real world rideability, so that's alright then.