With the Daytona 675 looking set to be quietly shuffled out of Triumph's range, a victim of the incoming Euro 4 emissions regulations and falling sales in the supersport sector, Bike Social decided to pay homage to this great British motorcycle.
Introduced in 2006 as a replacement for the four-cylinder Daytona 650, the Daytona 675 Triple (as it was called on its launch) was the first three-cylinder sports bike to enter the highly competitive supersport class, going up against the likes of the Yamaha YZF-R6 and Honda CBR600RR.
For the first time, it gave the British manufacturer a truly class-leading bike, earning rave reviews in the press, winning numerous group tests and scooping the prestigious 'International Bike of the Year' award for 2006. The Daytona 675 has remained a staple in the Triumph range for over a decade, but with the current model unlikely to meet the new Euro 4 regulations without significant investment and the market for middleweight sports bikes at a desperate low, it looks like the end of the road for 'the greatest British sportsbike of all time'.
Here are 10 reasons why we think it was so great...
