Re: [ST] Re: New Daytona

[Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

barry.croft wrote:

> I'm surprised
> they've stuck with the old tubular frame.

Me too, but hey, if it works, don't mess with it. Ducati's done quite 
well with a trellis frame...

 >

Maybe the NEW new Daytona (four
> cylinders, next year?) will get the alloy frame.

Four cylinders? I sure hope not. The triple is about the only appeal the 
new Daytona has for me. In my humble and uninformed opinion, I think 
that a three cylinder engine can get most of the grunt of a twin, but 
still spin high and make good top-end power similar to an inline four -- 
assuming it is engineered correctly. (I'd like to see what 
Triumph/Wilcox can come up with, but I'm also watching Benelli.) 
Achieving this goal would make it a wonderfully fun and competent bike.

> Function? I like the double swingarm (having owned two single-siders I can
> confirm they're for style and nothing else).

Eh, I thought they made changing the rear tire easier? Oh well; even if 
they don't, they sure are sexy as hell -- especially when paired with an 
underseat exhaust, a la Ducati.

- -- 
Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Burlingame, CA, USA


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