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  Motorcycle transmissions fall into two categories; noticeable because they work well or noticeable because they don't.  Happily the Thunderbird's is in that first category. First-to-second shifts, if attempted under 2,500 rpm, will give you the big, heavy flywheel thunk but are smooth as can be above 2,500 rpm, as are all other shifts.  I'm beginning to get bored with Triumph's transmissions as there is hardly anything to really report on. Just like their transmissions, Triumph's fuel injection system just plain works great and is one that other manufacturers need to study.  Big bike, small bike, newly designed bike or not, they all work almost flawlessly.  Quite boring actually.  A little popping, surging, or acting goofy once in a while would be nice......I'm beginning to feel like the Maytag repairman talking about the F.I. system! One of the most important features that cruiser buyers look at is the seating position.  Is it comfortable and does i...

  triumph bikes   triumph bikes   triumph bikes   triumph bikes   triumph bikes   triumph bikes history of triumph bikes The company began in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann emigrated to Coventry in England from Nuremburg part of the German Empire In 1884 aged 20, Bettmann founded his own company, the S. Bettmann & Co. Import Export Agency, in London. Bettmann's original products were bicycles, which the company bought and then sold under its own brand name. Bettmann also distributed sewing machines imported from Germany. In 1886, Bettmann sought a more universal name, and the company became known as the Triumph Cycle Company A year later, the company registered as the  New Triumph Co. Ltd. now with financial backing from the Dunlop Pneumatic Company. In that year, Bettmann was joined by another Nuremberg native, Moritz Schulte. Schulte encouraged Bettmann to transform Triumph into a manufacturing company, and in 1888 Bet...

2011 Triumph Daytona 675 Daytona 675. The class leading sports bike. Stunningly agile. The best supersports bike in the world? Winner of Supertest's "King of Supersports" four years running. Designed for the race track, the Daytona 675 is the bike to beat on the road too. It’s the combination of outstanding handling and a storming three-cylinder engine. With 125PS and more torque than the competition, the Daytona 675 offers a truly exhilarating ride. With a lightweight and narrow chassis, fully-adjustable front and rear suspension it's composed on all surfaces while monobloc radial brake calipers deliver eye popping stopping power. Triumph Daytona 675 A winner on the road and a winner on the racetrack, Triumph's groundbreaking Daytona 675 has set a new standard in the ultra-competitive supersport class. Debuting the 675cc three-cylinder format in a sea of otherwise conformist 600cc fours, the Daytona 675 has garnere...

2011 Triumph Daytona 675 SE The best supersport bike in the world or a class of its own? Designed for the racetrack, to compete with the best in the supersport class, Triumph’s Daytona 675 is the bike to beat on both road and track. Winner of the 2009 Supertest ‘King of Supersports’ award (for the fourth time, no less) and MCN’s Sportsbike of the Year, the Daytona 675 delivers a killer blow with its combination of outstanding handling and a storming three-cylinder engine. With the lightest and narrowest chassis in the class, the Daytona 675 delivers outstandingly agile and intuitive handling. Fully adjustable suspension front and rear, with separate adjustment for high and low speed compression damping, gives the Daytona 675 superb composure on all surfaces, while top-of-the-range monobloc radial brake calipers up front deliver eye popping stopping power. But it is the engine that makes the Daytona 675 stand apart from the competition. ...