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Triumph Daytona 1200 discussion forum:RE: 1996 DAYTONA 1200 |
| RE: 1996 DAYTONA 1200 |
| Charles Hill said 2003-01-17 04:50 |
| I purchased my ´96 Daytona 12 in 1998 with 950 miles on the clock and now have 35,000. It´s proven to be very dependable and well built. I´ve owned various Japanese bikes over the past thirty years, my last being a ´92 ZX11. I can say with certainty that the Daytona is the highest quality motorcycle I have ever owned. Most of my riding buddies own BMW´s and I feel the quality of construction of the Triumph is near or equal to them. My opinion of course. Since I do a lot of touring the first thing I installed was a set of Heli Bars and they work great. I placed them above the tripple clamp and had to replace the brake line from the master cylinder to the splitter block. Other modifications include installation of the Trophy centerstand, custom fabricated brackets to mount Givi hard luggage, a Powerbronse taller windscreen, Trophy lower driver´s foot pegs, front fender extension and a Corbin seat. Move over FJR, this is a real sports-tourer! There have been some minor problems though. The fork seals have both been replaced three times but I think the second time they were improperly installed because they failed within 6 months and were replaced for free. The third set has been just fine for two years so far (knock on wood). I had the rear shock rebuilt at around 20,000 miles. The shop manual says it´s not rebuildable but it is. Proline, a local m/c shop (770-497-0994) was able to take it apart and replace the oil and now it´s as good as new. I installed a K&N stage one jet kit and filter at 30,000 miles and the result is fantastic. The throttle responce is a LOT better, midrange has improved and the flat spot around 4,000 rpm is gone. I have not dynoed it yet but my seat-o-the pants dyno feel like at least ten extra horse power maybe more. The temp gauge sending unit has failed about every 10,000 miles but the tech rep at Triumph says I must be unlucky because he has never heard of them going bad. The stock chain and sprockets lasted 17,000 miles and I´ll be replacing them again soon. One thing to be careful of is the routing of the fuel lines and vacuum line under the fuel tank. The way they snake around the frame is critical. If any one of them gets pinched it can cause fuel starvation problems resulting in what seems like the bike is running out of gas when you have a half a tank or more remaining. Don´t ask me how I know. Every year I keep being seduced by latest new crop of faster, lighter superbikes and sports-tourers but compared to my Daytona they seem so plastic and ordinary. There´s something classic and honest about the Daytona´s understated (dated? maybe) styling that appeals to my sensibilities. I plan to keep it for at least 100,000 miles and then some. |
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