Triumph 675 in LW classes!!!!????

[MACOP1104]

oops, sorry.  Yes, I agree, the trumpet will be too fast for ltwt and too slow for middlewt

[oldguy]

Ahhh. The old red-headed step child.
 You guys aren't even going to give me an age handicap are ya? ;D

[clutch]

Kevin..this bike needs to be banned from Lightweight.  It is way to powerful for a lightweight class.  It either needs to be a MW bike or strictly limited to Thunderbike or somthing.  It is absolutly rediculous to have this bike in a class that is mainly SV650's.  I even think Buell's should be limited to Thunderbike.  The speed down the straights is rediculous compared to that of an SV Superbike that is built.  With so many riders, the vast majority, racing SV 650's in LW class, is it a good idea to allow this machine into LW's.  I am not that slow, not the fastest, but you could take a lot slower rider, put him on this Triumph and first of all he would smash the grid off the line and just dominate on the straighter sections of the tracks...like going to the finish line.

[clutch]

From the Triumph site

Weight (Dry)   165kg (363lbs)
 Fuel Tank Capacity   17.4 litres (4.6 gal US)
 Maximum Power   125PS (123bhp) at 12,500 rpm
 Maximum Torque   72Nm (53ft.lbf) at 11,750 rpm

[n8kern]

My buddy that was invited to test the 675 raced for the UK Boxer Cup team and has been connected to the company for years.  It is what it is.  The machine was prupose buitl for the 600 class.  The SV for LW and the BMW for touring!

nate

[oldguy]

you could take a lot slower rider, put him on this Triumph and first of all he would smash the grid off the line and just dominate on the straighter sections of the tracks...like going to the finish line.

So what division do you race in? (Where's that littly pokey thing when you need it?)

[clutch]

The BMW is an aircooled monster..quite a difference.  Correct me if I'm wrong

[n8kern]

lol, mosnter as i n HP?  LOLOLOLOL.  It makes the power of an SV.  marketing is marketing, they sday it makes more than what it does in real life.  Again, 7 lbs. lost is 1 hp gained. So do the math.  Either wya I love the challenge and have fun each weekend racing.

N8

[clutch]

I dont have a problem with the BMW.  Monster as in weight and being an air cooled...fairly certain it is aircooled.  The Triumph though is a different story. You cant even build an SV Superbike to match that thing in stock form.  Its rediculous.

[buellrcr]

 ;D will we will see how the triump stacks up to the buell

[clutch]

Equal riders, I think the Triumph will smash the Buell

Kevin...listen to your peeps!!!   ;D

[n8kern]

MUTUAL!    Buells schmool, I love spankin Buells!  Sv guys are my friends... lol  We got the Beemer into the 53's @ Daytona. Hey lookin forward to daytona, oh yeah we shaved 10 lbs. off the BMW, she is down to 460 something.  

N8