Who is this bike actually for? 2024 Triumph Daytona 660 review
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- The Triumph Daytona 660's courted a tonne of controversy by being named after a reasonably hardcore supersports bike… when it isn't one. But does that really matter? I lived with the Daytona 660 for a few weeks earlier in the year, and here's my full in-depth review. I've changed my mind on the handling since my first ride - and I'm perhaps a bit less impressed than I first was. But it's still a great bike if you set your expectations appropriately.
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It's probably the bike I should have had when I bought my Daytona 675 (not that it existed back then). I had a Street Triple R also and after a 300+ mile ride in a day on the Daytona, I just didn't want to get back on the thing. That might've been age related, but it was heavily contributed to by the ergonomics. A nice looking, sporty, cheap but usable bike definitely has a market and I think you nailed it on who its for - new riders, just passed their test but want something they can live with that doesn't scare the bejesus out of them and still looks pretty smart.
Oh, subscribed and liked - but thought I was already subscribed, so there's that...
I have a 2024 speed triple 1200 rs, and I had one of these Daytona 660’s as a courtesy bike while mine was in having a service. Have to say, I really enjoyed it!
....wonder of this is the same press bike I had 6 weeks ago (KM24 ZSF?) - I thought a bearing in the steering was on the way out.....forgot to mention it to Triumph when I handed it back.....sorry!! BTW Your review is better than mine (mines out in a week or so)....
I very much doubt it’s better than yours. Just checked and it was the same bike…
You both have your own style but Tim you crack me up 🤣 I live at a No.69 btw. Great vid great style 👍🏻
@@MrBiggles I wish Rightmove had a filter to show any number 69s for sale. It surely adds value like having a blue plaque on the wall?!
@@timrodierides Defo something amiss with that front end (must be if even I can detect it!)....
@@timrodierides You are both my favourite reviewers.
Awesome, knowledgeable and fun,
Keep up the great work chaps.
I’ve just got this as my first ever road bike, and I’m extremely happy with it, it’s not my forever bike but I go in my garage and I want to ride it and that’s the point
10,000 bonus points for the Sten gun reference.
I would be really interested for someone (like you) to ride one of these with the PHR race kit fitted just to see what the potential of the base bike is. I think Triumph might have gone just a hair too soft/conservative for the less experienced rider. But, agreed, this bike was never meant to be another Daytona 675.
That's a good looking bike in white,reminds me of the big bang R1 at a glance.
I really don’t know why they didn’t put a fairing on the 765? They would have sold a lot more, don’t think I’ve actually seen one in the wild yet.Must be a global market thing. First time riders? Probably get the Suzuki twin thingy.
Because the previous Daytona 675 tanked sales wise, the reputation that it was a killer sports bike didn’t come until after they canceled the bike, probably thanks to people picking up cheap second hand ones. Putting fairings on the 765 Street Triple is guaranteed to be met with the same fate - not good sales but extreme poor sales - as people only say they want a super sport but never put the money where their mouth is, and this trend is KNOWN by every one of the big 4 - that's why there's no more R6s nor GSXR600, even Honda contemplated on permanently killing off the CBR600RR, with only Kawasaki barely hanging on with the ZX6. Plus do you know what is the most popular middle weight "sports bike" sales wise is? It's between the Ninja 650 or the Honda CBR650R - yeah those bikes that are continuously being called "boring" which don't really tickle the fancies of bike reviewers or youtubers. Making the Daytona 660 is obviously going for that slice of the market and it couldn't be more obvious (in most markets the Daytona 660 is priced near the CBR650R), any reviewers who still don't "get it" either didn't do their research, or are so spoiled for choice they are detached from the actual customers.
Currently in NZ the Daytona 660 is the same price as the street triple 765r and the 765r comes with free scrolling led indicators
It says "Daytona" so it is a "Daytona", but that still doesn't mean you have to buy one. I want to ride one. See if I could have saved some money and got a proper windscreen vs the 765R I bought.
I had the new 23 ,,,765 ,,,I'm finding the 660 Datona way beter I can't keep off , it cheap to run light ,sits on 100 kms easy
Hard to go past the 765r. Has the x factor 😊
Your description of Barry is me to a tee 😂🤣
The Headlight only Lights up on one side is triggering me, Is it possible to mod it so both side lights up normally?
Same I realy hope so
I've just gone into a bike shop and sat one one I fell in love as I've not riden a bike for 20 years so this is on my list to work up to
Put this fairing over the triple RS with the same comfortable clip-on style bars and it will be a sport touring weapon.
I started watching this review to see if it could be made into a track day hero. Thank you for the clarity.
The people this is aimed at are young and have never heard of the earlier daytona, time moves on! This is a very good road bike, if you want a track bike, triumph do them too!🧐I own a trident 660, which is great fun and i like the naked look, so unless they upgrade the trident with this bikes motor, i will hang onto it! Thanks for the video.
I'd say this is designed to compete with the Kawasaki Z650, Yamaha R7. Its a bike that looks sporty but the riding position is designed for road comport - its not a track weapon like the Daytona 660 - that torch has already been passed on to the Moto2 765. It's got more than enough power and it is an attractive looking bike. If you want more then there is the Street Triple
I had a good look around the Daytona 660 today! Lovely looking bike! Definitely on the watch list - I've only owned my Speed 400 for a month (after 14 years away from bikes due to a car accident) and yesterday I ordered an XSR 900 GP... I've not been able to find a bike I could sit on comfortably due to the metal work in my femur and rebuilt hip, but of course, now everyone is moving away from the extreme super sports style and I'm spoilt for choice on bikes! 😂
TBF, my back, knees and hips would be the least of my worries if I dropped a deposit on a 3rd bike, I'm not sure if my wife would divorce me or kill me first! 😅
Great review btw, I do enjoy your humour! And at 6'2" & 16st, I also make most people's mums look small! Lol 😛😂
@@benjolley4120 hahaha thank you! You’ll enjoy the XSR900GP - I think a lot of people will find that bike to be what they wanted from the Daytona 660
@@timrodieridesBought the Daytona after taking one out while my Speed 400 was being service! It'll be ready next week! 🎉
Parts ordered for it already, lol - going to be my more 'every day' bike compared to the XSR900 GP, which will be more a dirty weekend bike. 😁
I love the Speed, but I can't kill it going up and down a motorway on a 120 mile round trip, single cylinders aren't made for that kind of use, unfortunately! 😕
Great review as always Tim, cheers!
I can relate to this as I have a 675 which is great fun even for a oap such as myself. Nice looking bike.
You have to love a triple.
My mrs has a street triple S with the 660 engine. Hers is restricted (for now). And is still fun to blat rount the lanes where i live.
Unrestricted itis 95 bhp. Parts bin strikes again, which is sensible.
I think it's a very decent bike, and fills a gap as a relatively easy going bike with good looks and at least a few thrills. The issue is the misleading name. Maybe they should've revived the Trophy as a sports styled easy rider instead. Sure everyone's forgotten the failed RT competitor. But remembers the slab Trophys of the 90s
1:56, you forgot to put on screen or say the obligatory "NOICE"!
Great review, like your humour. Im happy to call it a Daytona. I had a 1994 super3, it was a bus, Triumph have gone back to softer sports machines. Totally get why.
Cbr600rr for me. Sold my moto2 as it was always going wrong (electric issues) and Triumph have terrible customer service. I have 6 years until im 60 and tall too, not ready for this yet. Most bikers are older than me… so I am sure it will sell.
Great vid looking forward to your review of the Suzuki GSX800R i want your opinion on these two bikes.
Looking for my next bike after my 750 Hornet
It's a decent bike for sure, and nice for the price. I do wonder why Triumph would "dumb down" (excuse me) that famous name. I'd be interested to know what Triumph plans for their sportier end. Will they make another Moto2 now they don't have the Daytona name for the 765. Curious.
A 'Daytona R' perhaps? 🤔 Mind you, that sounds a bit how millennials would say it... "Day-toe-narrrrr" 😂
The Sten Gun reference almost had me blowing my coffee out my nose 😆!
great review, finally someone treating this as a road bike instead of shit that really doesn't matter like the "vague" front end on tracks, it works perfectly fine for the road, these wannabe rossi types that expect every bike ever made to be a track weapon are hilarious, people also seem to forget that the daytona has been around way longer than just the 675 and have been bikes similar to the 660 before.
If the Daytona 660 kept its comfortable ergonomics + windscreen, but had more premium components like the 675R before it, Id sell my Street Triple 675R and buy this in a heartbeat. Im very interested to see the mods that come out for it
Another great watch.. Enjoy your touring 👍
@@chrisharding7258 thank you! I’ve actually done that touring (this was filmed in May!), so the tour video series is up already. Doing another one next month though!
I quite like it.
Triumph trident sport, triumph 660R a few options 😂
Just anything but Daytona
I am search for a good mid weight bike in the market and triumph has really got for what i want i just have one question how is this daytona 660 compated to street triple rs 765 in performance of acceleration and top speed i know both are different one is sports bike another one is naked but i still like to know the difference as on paper it would be different than on road could you help
Love your videos, Tim. But why do all YT reviewers say the Daytona dash is the same as the Trident? It ain't! It's the same as the Tiger Sport 660, which is not the same as the Trident.
It’s the same except for the squared of surround - same as on the new Street Triple765 R
You can take it in an they can put the high out put chip in an retune ,then you can have. More power and a high out out put Datona,,but i find it fine
Thanks
Seems like a great 1st bike for early life times.Cheers.
Is it a good bike? Seems to be, I personally haven't ridden one. Am I a bit dissapointed that it's not as hardcore as a "pure" Daytona? Kinda, yeah.
To be honest, I'm sick to the back teeth of the new breed of middleweight sport bikes. At least this ain't a parallel twin.
Thank the gods for the ZX-6R and the CBR600R.
Your size makes it look like a 125 which is unfortunate because with 90 odd hp and at that price it looks to me like a brilliant Sunday scratcher.
My last bike was a 2016 Street Triple, was enough for me, I'm not a track day person, prefer pottering about in a kinda sporty fashion on the roads at sensible speeds. Only thing I hated about it was the ugly googly eyes, this bike looks awesome on the other hand, if it's anything like my old bike to ride I might get one.
Although the fact they've called it a Daytona 660 makes me think there's a Daytona 765 and even a Daytona 1200 in the pipeline?
Bikes killing it in the pirelli supersport... Multiple Daytona's owning the field of middleweights... Can't be that bad can it.
Can you do a Harley v rod 100th anniversary
Looks very good
Is there a turbo charger option to make it bit more sporty ?
Is it really true that the frame “spar” is covered by a piece of plastic ??
Plastic cover on the side
And the white lines and circles around the idiot lights. I imagine the functions are much the same though.
I can't get past the fact that it looks like a Trident that they threw a cheap fairing on. Yes, they made some efforts with the engine, but it just seems disrespectful to the legacy of the Daytona to call this one; it was clearly done for marketing purposes (unsurprising), but most Triumph customers *care* about legacy and heritage or they'd just buy some other brand that puts less emphasis on this. I have no doubt it's a decent ride - especially for the price - but they should have called it something else.
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Triples FTW
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Brilliant. Barry is funny 😂😂
810/25.4 = 31.9”
Is it as fun as the Trident?
Not a track bike? If you were riding the bike of your dreams, on your most favourite track, and Toprak razgatlioglu was on the 660, would you be faster than him?
I'm already faster than Toprak. Well, the top rack of my dishwasher
Yeah, everyone wants a bike that will tear it up on a track even though they'll never actually go to one. You're going to be riding on public roads and this will do just fine.
I couldn't walk out of the dealership knowing that for just £1000 more I could have had a street triple. I don't get this bike.
I own an Öhlins kitted Daytona 675 ....😶
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Should have been the 765
Pretty bike
Are people watching HD movies on their gauge clusters? No? Then who cares? They have the informatuon you need without distracting flashy graphics thay will look dated within a cpuple of years anyway.
Re: front end feel; after riding sportsbikes for the past 20 years, it took me a while to get accustomed to the Street Triple's front end and start trusting it.
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Nice review Tim, nice bike, nice product placement, it feels like Triumph are aiming for "you meet the nicest people on a... Triumph" market sector, undercutting the CBR650 & all those awful parellel twins etc & so sufferring from a rash of budgetitus or quality of finish of a ww2 sten gun lol ? Maybe the right question is "is it as good as & as much fun as the original mk1 Street Triple 675 ? 😁
Yep, they messed up. Needs more power and to be a proper Superbike.
if you want a triumph "superbike" just get a speed triple, this thing slips real nice into a category that people actually buy and use.
6:26 😂
Look like a giant on the bike 😂
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What he said 😅
Triumphs are too small for normal sized people.
Why Triumph recently makes such boring bikes like Speed 400 Scrambler 400 Daytona 660 instead of making some real sport tourer like S1000XR but with 1200 engine from Speed Triple? Come on Triumph I don't want to give my money to germans!
@@weqsas sales volumes!
Think I’d rather have the Aprillia 660!
It just looks like a cheap copy 🤷🏻
£22000 bike or bikes even and doing 500 miles a year certainly hit home 😂.
Haha sorry...
Speedo looks dated.
Poor quality better models available. A real shame Triumph are penny pinching on quality,. frame paintwork rusting, pull yourself together Triumph. Buyers do not mind paying a few more quid for you to paint the frame properly.
Actually, don’t know what the word actually adds to an actual sentence. 😂
Actually me neither :D
at least it's not 'literally'
@@specialcircs thankfully!
“I’m not gonna lie” is the one that really annoys me.
"To be honest, ....."