After a hiatius from my desmoworks responsibilities in order to launch my new business, www.store.commoto.com, I’m finally back in action here. Lots of business to talk about, but that is in another post. This post is about my newest motorcycle. A Triumph Daytona 675!

I’m quite excited about this bike which might surprise some as you know my feelings for Ducati, but I actually sold my Hypermotard to get this bike. I decided the Hypermotard just wasn’t going to cut it as a track bike and there was no reason to try and force it to be something it is not. The 675 is a nice compromise between the twins I love and the inline 4’s that I just can’t seem to get along with. I had a 2002 MV 750F4 and a 2006 Yamaha R6 and got rid of both of them after about a month due to the fact that I couldn’t get along with them.

Before buying this bike I rode it for about 150 miles and I must say, they were not very pleasant miles! The rear shock is so stiff that every ripple in the road launched me out of the seat! No matter though, this means there is a lot of room for improvement. What the bike did well are some important items though; it was smooth and had pretty good turn in. I was riding the bike in pretty suspect weather so I wasn’t riding hard. It was 40’s and damp out with salt and sand all over the road still.

This bike is in for a lot of development. Bruce is designing a big bore kit to make it 750cc along with many more trick engine parts such as cams, valves, etc… He is building the motors for the Triumph/S-Works/Commonwealth AMA FX bikes this year. I watched him build the first motor and he did some cool things! I won’t divulge anything yet as the development is still in the process, but I’ll share soon enough.

The first step after purchasing the bike was getting it on the dyno to get a baseline run to work from. This was the second bike we ran on this dyno… the first being a Ducati 748 to test the dyno to make sure it works and was all hooked up correctly. It is. The dyno is in a temporary location though as we are building a separate dyno room that will be sound proof and climate controlled. until then we will make due with this setup.

After getting the bike sorted out and hooked up on the dyno I did a series of runs to work up to full runs. The bike only had 150 miles on it so I didn’t want to get too crazy too fast, but it is all going to be rebuilt anyway so who cares, right? The bike was very impressive making 115.2 rwhp and 51.4 ft. lbs. of torque. Have a look here:

You can keep an eye on this photo set here at my flickr page.