WHAT DO YOU GET WITH THE R MODEL VERSUS THE STANDARD?
Well, a slack handful of goodies that include Öhlins 43mm upside down NIX30 forks (with adjustable pre-load, rebound and compression damping), and the TTX36 twin tube monoshock (with piggyback reservoir, rebound... and compression damping) is the big bonus in my eyes. You also get Brembo four-piston radial mono-block calipers, which is an upgrade from the Nissin set-up, and a Brembo radial master cylinder to go with it. A load of carbon fibre bling has been thrown in with the R model, too: cockpit infills, rear hugger, silencer heat shield, and a carbon fibre front mudguard. And finally, the perfect reminder that you’re on an R model – a factory fit quickshifter as standard. Oh, and a factory red subframe.
Before this test, I’d never ridden a first generation Daytona 675R – but if I had been blindfolded and plonked on this bike, I honestly wouldn’t have known it wasn’t a brand new Triumph. They got it right the first time, and it’s a crying shame that the Daytona 675R is no longer in production... I guess that’s what makes
