God that triple sounds good. I do miss my Daytona. It’s a shame Triumph don’t offer any balls out performance bikes anymore.
There are bound to be teething problems I reckon, be good if they are reliable but I can see issues early on.
Can’t see them being reliable if they are tuned to 140plus hp. I do wonder how they will cope too, and fully expect each team to have an engine expire every second round. Wish I could be more positive, but suspect it’s a bit like the circuit of wales winning MGP rounds while still a field of sheep: cash led decision by Dorna that will prove to be needing to be undone. Sincerely hope I am entirely wrong
Gents, I’m no mechanical expert but the 765 road bike is pumping over 120bhp and is a pretty reliable platform - well the two 675s I had were. How come the pessimism?
Personal experience. Both direct (straw poll of 1) and around race paddocks (50% of class are 675, and 50% of those are in bits in the garage rather than on track at any one time...) A 675 in race trim is 130 plus and very fragile. The outgoing Honda is alllegdely 140hp (suspect crank) so they will need to match that with the new motor. So expect 145 rwhp (maybe 155-160 declared) and a fragile, high maintenance programme. But enogines are sealed, so no real maintenance allowed.
It's not negative against Triumph on my part mate, I just think any brand new race team will have issues early on. Look at Suzuki's early GP tests at Valencia etc. Cloud of smoke every time a bike went out. Race conditions much harsher than a 675/765 trundling round the streets. I hope they succeed but suspect they will have a few faults till they get the hang of it.
I dont think the engines are sealed. thats motogp. they get maintained by a 3rd party company who then allocate engines randomly.
I think they are, so they cant change internal gearing etc which you can IIRC on M3 and MGP. They are delivered, as is, and if they need service or repair they have the 3rd pay (Triumph??) do it.
It's ExternPro, the Spanish company, who currently do the Moto2 engines after Honda, who will continue to do that with Triumph.
Just been reading up on the rules. It’s a little vague, as yes engines in MGP are sealed but not all parts. I’m guessing this is one of the drivers for cartridge gearbox: so they can change gear ratio without opening cases? Not sure of M2 is the same.
Surely been tested and tested . Big blow ups every round would be a PR nightmare ? They must have a new Daytona waiting in the wings ?
