Triumph is well known for their triples... street triple, sport triple.. etc, daytona is also a triple. And except for the Rocket.. none of them are inline.

Apologies guys/Mel , I know triumph lineup are all three cynlinder , The way i written it , it can be easily misuderstood , What I wanted to say is that these three cynlinder roars like i4 engines and sound of I4 engine (we all know about it) is what made me drifted towards triumph.

My two cents - If u want to go for an I3/ I4, be ready to shell out ~ 7.5 lacs (more or less the same price at which Daytona is priced). Even if you wait for a year more for the Japs to come in with their 600s, it will be more or less in the same range (purely my judgement)...

While I agree that maybe you will not be able to utilize complete 72 bhp of the GT, I think power is not the only factor to be considered when you decide to move on to a supersports. There is more than the sound and power that comes when you move to an I3/ I4. Do consider all these factors to see if they matter to you.

Bro check the sound 2009 Triumph Daytona 675 with Arrow Slip On Exhaust - YouTube

buddh circuit

anyone here knows if its possible to rent/book the circuit for a day?

Yes it's possible.some of the members of GODS are going on a track day on 19th.

its being called off..supposedly not enough riders..

I am thinking of an upgrade to the EBC-PRO front and rear brake pads (front-sintered, rear - organic) w/ stainless steel brake lines, has anyone here upgraded already? Any feedback about how they feel and wear?

i too want to know more on this .. i guess no one has tried till now .. will check korien*** forum

What a coincidence. I have been searching from yesterday regarding EBC pads and I see your post.
If planning to buy, include me.

Got my bike after second service on friday. Changed the rear brake pads. Regular service + brake pads Bill came to 11000/- never expected that.

I did not have any issues with the bike apart from rear brakes. which is fixed in the service and is working well. little thing in mind about the huge service cost that too without anythin major to fix. However, Ride back home made me forgot all those as usual and felt happy about the bike.

Today's incident:
While riding to office today morning.. i started from a signal and was around 80-100kmph. suddenly a lady crossed the road from no-where that too watching the other side of the road. This scenario is a very usual one in city and nothing to panic if you have experienced this many many manyyy times. Since the road was little curvy I used the front mildly until the point it doesnt lock.. bikes shud hv reached around 40kmph. and used the rear from then to try to stop..

The bike started fish-tailing and I could feel the rear going left and right simultaneously. Did not panic.. counter steered and got away from the lady. Then I tried hard accelerating on a corner and could clearly feel the rear wobble. Tried manier times and found a point to simulate it so that I can explain the SVC guys. Note there was no puncture.

After reaching office in the morning could not find peace.. called the SVC and asked whether they have changed any suspension setting or wheel balancing.. they haven't. They asked me to bring the bike..

Today's learning:
Was not feeling good all day. Suddenly got a doubt an hour back. Took the bike and checked the air on the rear tyre. It was showing 15 psi. Filled it back to 36psi which i do normally and rode from there.

Spot on.. Tried rear brake skreetching from 120kmph and the bike was rock solid straight.. So it was clear that low air was the issue. I filled nitrogen almost 1 and half months and forgot to check air. Not sure whether any puncture is there but the issue was due to less than required air. Note for all you guys..

short story said long.. cheers.

@ men in jean,
Glad that you have the issue fixed but 11,000 is huge , would you mind sharing the break up of the bill with you.

The synthetic oil would be costing some where around 2700, add another 800 for the oil filter, the air filter only needs cleaning and even if you charge exorbitant labour rates then take 1500 for this oil and filter change - still the cost comes to 5500 max incld service tax on labour and oil filter.

11000 is double, would appreciate a break up of the cost, i think the brake pads are a major expense.

My new tank is here but my service is due for past 2 weeks, was waiting for the tank to come but now they dont have the oil filters in stock so waiting patiently, only done 2800 kms.

Braking when you are in a lean will upset the bike and lift it, means the bike will try to straighten up.

But on a straight line high speed braking, the front end of the bike should be butter smooth. Based on the power to or say the lack of power( put it as engine braking)to the rear while braking, the rear will slide out or slide in...

The OEM rear-pad set comes to INR.1650 for the 9mm organic. If i still remember right, my second service whipped out a bill of ~5k. It did include a 3M teflon coat, Oil and filter. Even Ceramic, Carbon/Kevlar aftermarket pads shouldn't be costing the extra 6k

Now that i've noticed your post,
I'd rather order the pads and change it myself than have SVC rip me off
BTW, I figured you were going to go for the EBC's?

+1 to the above post.
This is a very true statement. The lift-up may sometimes be harnessed positively by skilled riders more so on blind corners, after all it comes in very handy during trail braking.

The lessons learnt in the track can be useful on the road - especially if we happen to overcook a corner.

^ yes the bills are way too high.. not sure whether the chennai SVC is cheating on the price mentioned on spares.

The split-up:
Engine Oil: 3860.26
Coolant: 100
Chain Lubricant: 200
Pad set 1: 2561.37
Oil Filter: 578.24

Total spares: 7299.87
VAT 14.5%: 1058.48
Labour: 2100
Service tax 10.3%: 216.3

Grand total: 10,675.00

Petrol on tank reduced to reserve while picking bike.. so comes to around 11k spent for service.

Really can't understand why so much.. The free service came to around 4.5k for me. I should have gone with EBC this time..

@Brat: Yes please don't go with OEM pad change. Not worth for the price.