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[ST] Daytona group test coming up



The UK MCN (Motorcycle News) are as I speak testing the Daytona back to back
against the Fireblade and the 996S. 'Course, you'll have to be in the UK
next Wednesday to buy the result!

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http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/detail?sectionID=212131&documentID=63006
>
> World exclusive: First group test of the new Triumph Daytona 955i
>
> 31 May 2001
>
> RIGHT now, our road testers are for the first time putting Triumph's
all-new Daytona triple up against two of its rivals in the hearts and minds
of the buying public: the Honda FireBlade and the Ducati 996S. And the early
signs are that the Hinckley factory have turned out a machine which can
truly take the big-bore sports bike fight to the Japanese and Italian
giants.
>
> Adam Morrissey, leading the test on the three wildly different bikes,
said: " Each of these bikes takes a very different approach to just about
every aspect of cracking the sportsbike nut. The engines, the frames, the
noises they make and the philosophy behind the bikes are all very different,
but they are still so close in terms of performance.
>
> " It's too early to give final conclusions, but initial impressions are
that the Triumph has the gruntiest engine of the three, one which sounds
great and is easily more powerful than the bike it replaces.
>
> " The Blade is the revviest of the lot as you'd expect, and I'd say it
feels as if it turns a little sharper than the Triumph, though we'll be
analysing that more. Also, as you'd expect, the Ducati is the one which
attracts the most attention but it's run a close second by the Daytona which
while nowhere near as flashy as the Duke is still getting its fair share of
admiring looks from other bikers. We'll just have to see how it all pans out
as the test goes on. "
>
> The full test and final conclusions will be in next week's printed copy of
MCN



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