Triumph Daytona 675 history

This is the history of the Triumph Daytona 675. It was Introduced in 2006 it’s a three-cylinder sportbike and the smallest of the Triumph triples. Built by Triumph Motorcycles and it replaced their four-cylinder Daytona 650.

The 675 proved to be remarkably light, nimble, and powerful; at a maximum of 128 bhp it was also very quick, and it was very successful against the 4 big Japanese names and their 600 cc machines. 

Triumph decided to manufacture a bike closer to its traditional values, making the crucial technical decision to adopt a three-cylinder power plant, instead of a four-cylinder as everybody else was making.

The Daytona 675 was officially launched at the NEC International Motorcycle and Scooter Show in 2005. UK-based Bike was given an exclusive test ride prior to the official launch, impressing the magazine test rider. The magazine declared it “the best British sportsbike ever” and “possibly one of the greatest sportsbikes of all time”.

The Daytona 675 won the Supersport category for the Masterbike 2006 (finishing third overall) and won again in 2007.

In 2016, Triumph ceased production of the base model Daytona 675 citing diminishing demand for supersport bikes and increasingly strict European emission standards. 

Triumph continued to produce the up-spec Triumph Daytona 675R model until the 2018 model year. Triumph filed a new trademark for the Daytona, fuelling rumors that there may be a future version and guess what they did in fact confirm that the Daytona 765 will roll out in 2020 to the lucky presale buyers that got one.

If I will get one hmmm only time will tell, for now, I am still really happy about my screaming 2 wheeler.