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“I have owned two Triumph Daytona 1200 sports bikes....”

written by Big Dave Midlands on 09/11/2005

Good Points
Rock Solid build quality. Stability. All day comfort. Awesome power. Looks. British badge. Old school cool. Good examples are now very cheap. Tend to be looked after by caring owners so good ones are plentiful. Speedo has 200mph showing on it (sad I know!)

Bad Points
Top heaviness when fully fuelled. Brakes just about OK. Poor under-seat storage. Parts can be hard to find. Heavy on tyres. The acceleration is very addictive.

General Comments
I have owned two Triumph Daytona 1200 sports bikes. The Big Daytona 12 is an absolute Missile of a bike which demands respect. A genuine 172mph top end, with a sub 11 seconds quarter mile time, which is fast in anyone's book, and faster than most people can handle even today. These solid old bikes with their single colour paint schemes look classy even on 10 year old examples. The in gear acceleration is quicker than the Sprint ST, and quicker than any sports 600. Buy one privately for sensible money, look after it, and get back what you paid for it a couple of years down the line. In my view a better bike than the ZZR1100 and CBR1000, and that Triumph badge on the tank gives the bike that alternative cool factor, which no Japanese bike can ever hope to have. Blackbird performance for scooter money, go on, you know you want to!