The Triumph Daytona 600 is a name given to two different motorcycles. The first model was

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manufactured in 1983 by Triumph Motorcycles out of their Meriden factory that was claimed to do over 100 miles per hour but fell within a lower insurance price bracket than the preceding 650cc

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in order to attract younger buyers. Although simply a shorter-stroked, twin-carburettored version of their earlier 650 cc

but with an 8.5:1 compression ratio, it was exhibited as a new model for their 1983 range at the 1982 motorcycle show at the National Exhibition Centre. Unique for that year's home market models, it featured rear set foot rests and a plastic 'ducktail' rear end over the short chromed rear mudguard from the

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. Although sporting a front

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, the model retained the

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rear brake of the TR65 Thunderbird. Two prototypes were made, one electric start version for the press and shows, the other a

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version for factory road-testing; the latter, the only one left after the Meriden factory closed in 1983, was, from 2010, displayed at the

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. The new

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company based at

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, which was started after the original Triumph company went into administration, has made a far better known and more numerous Daytona 600. It is powered by a liquid-cooled four-cylinder in-line engine and was superseded by the Daytona 650 from 2005.Motorbikes today Daytona 600 review
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