Lecram
MF veteraan
"THESE are the exclusive first pictures of the 200mph bike Triumph is building to rival the Hayabusa and the ZX-12R.
Triumph has continually denied the existence of a new 1300cc, four-cylinder superbike. But our pictures – snapped in the UK last week – show the bike is well into the development process.
Codenamed A13HC, it will be called either the Daytona 1300 or Hurricane 1300 when it is officially launched. It’s not in Triumph’s plans for Spring 2004 – but it could appear later in the year.
We spotted it outside the Triumph factory but it was soon wheeled out of view. One version was parked alongside a Kawasaki ZX-12R suggesting that bike is being used as a benchmark.
But neither the ZX-12R nor Suzuki’s Hayabusa quite hit a true 200mph – even before the factories started fitting the bikes with 300kph (186mph) limiters (see below right). But Triumph will target the double ton with its 1275cc machine, with the intention of making it the fastest off-the-shelf bike in the world.
The Triumph is clearly more compact than the ZX-12R and we believe it will be lighter than its rivals at around 190kg.
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Triumph has continually denied the existence of a new 1300cc, four-cylinder superbike. But our pictures – snapped in the UK last week – show the bike is well into the development process.
Codenamed A13HC, it will be called either the Daytona 1300 or Hurricane 1300 when it is officially launched. It’s not in Triumph’s plans for Spring 2004 – but it could appear later in the year.
We spotted it outside the Triumph factory but it was soon wheeled out of view. One version was parked alongside a Kawasaki ZX-12R suggesting that bike is being used as a benchmark.
But neither the ZX-12R nor Suzuki’s Hayabusa quite hit a true 200mph – even before the factories started fitting the bikes with 300kph (186mph) limiters (see below right). But Triumph will target the double ton with its 1275cc machine, with the intention of making it the fastest off-the-shelf bike in the world.
The Triumph is clearly more compact than the ZX-12R and we believe it will be lighter than its rivals at around 190kg.
"
Lees de rest op: www.motorcyclenews.com
Lijkt mij volkomen zinloos, zo'n motor.
