Daytona 955 advice please.
Posted: 31 Jul 2014, 09:26
One of our 675.cc lads has asked a question, and I wondered if there may be some knowledge on here that would be useful for him please.?
Jabe wrote:Hey all,
After being taken out at Snetterton and having to rebuild my stripleR (still ongoing), it looks like I shall have to sell it at the end to recoup monies as it is clearing me out.
So started looking at cheaper bikes to buy while I save the ole pennies up again and been looking at the daytona 955. seams to get good reviews and I know it is no sports bike by comparison to the current offerings from other manufacturers, but at over 140BHP for the post 2001 models and stacks of torque from the triple engine, sounds a good bet. I am thinking i could get one to ride initially on the road and turn into a cheap track bike for next year as they seam to handle reasonably well. Also if I get taken out again on track at least it would be a bike that did not owe me much unlike my £5k stripleR (pre track day value).
At the end of the day my budget will dictate what i am able to buy and these go for nicely under £2k which is useful for my much depleted budget.
Does anyone have any experience with these, pros, cons etc, things to look out for, steer clear off?