Triumph tt

[musclebiker]

lookin to buy one perhaps. jus wondering if anyone here owns one (or has ridden one) opinions please

cheers
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[MarJay]

Yes. What would you like to know?
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[musclebiker]

wondered if you might be the first one to reply

any good compared to the jap 600s?
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[MarJay]

That is really an irrelevant question, because you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference really. For the same year, the jap bikes are |.| that far ahead, but the TT wins on practicality, price and economy.

My bike is as fast as it needs to be to keep up with any jap 600, and it is all day comfy and handles like a magic carpet.

I have just had it serviced, and the annoying vibration that I experienced at certain RPM has now gone, and the brakes are (and have always been) excellent.

In terms of smiles per £ you'd be hard pressed to get a better value bike.

Mine is the blue one, and I personally don't like the yellow and black or the red and silver paintschemes. The blue and jet black ones look acceptable, but yes the headlight does look like a pair of underpants!

I bought mine in June for £2800 with 1450 miles on the clock. for a 2002 sports 600 with such low miles that has to be a bargain.

I have ridden a CBR600 and R6, and I prefer the handling of the TT to the twitchy and uncertain R6 and the CBR felt similar, if slightly spongier.

The engine feels sharp and ready, but mine has the latest fuel map and has the supposedly improved 2002 cams, that eliminate the glitch that is supposed to happen in the midrange. All of the bike mags report that this glitch is resolved on earlier bikes with the latest mapping anyway.

I can't really think of a better endorsement than the fact that I took this bike to scotland, toured and scratched when I got there and rode back in good comfort. I cannot think of a bike that I had rather taken tbh.

Its probably not everyones cup of tea, but they are cheap to buy, cheapish to insure and generally not thrashed to hell (like the equivalent R6, Gixxer6 or ZX6R). It doesn't make me go weak at the knees every time I look at it, but its a pretty damn good bike.
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[colin1]

Someone said if you get one, get a 2001 model or later.

When the TT first came out there were problems with the fuel injection system. After a few years this was sorted out to some degree if people took their bikes in to be remapped. Early bikes had very low power at low revs.

I test rode a 2000 TT600 which the dealer has remapped and spent quite a lot of money on to try to get it right.

It handled great, light and nippy and the engine was nice and revvy a bit like a 2 stroke but it couldnt accelerate like a thundercat.

Id suggest test riding a few sports 600s as thats what im gonna do as i passed my test recently.

It could be the one I tested hadnt been remapped properly but i was having to slip the clutch to pull away at a decent speed. I do this on my RS125 but I wdnt expect to have to do it on a sports 600. It was fun and agiel to ride just a bit gutless when overtaking.

Avoid the two tone ones as they are the older pre 2001 ones which dont seem to work properly even when remapped.

Get one that is one solid colour. Beware cos some 2001 registered bikes are 2000 models.

If I could have a thundercat engine in a tt600 id get one but I guess i've just described the r6.
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