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RIDE REVIEW I 2025 TRIUMPH DAYTONA 660
(Top) Are the days of clip-on sportbikes all but over?
Judging by the slew of new models with handlebars
mounted above the triple-clamps, very possibly.
(Above) Dash is basic at best but provides all the
info you need and nothing you don't.
The Daytona 660 represents a major
shift in the sportbike segment for Tri-
umph. As Triumph's Chief Product Officer
Steve
Sargent says, "Supersport bikes of
the last 15 years have essentially priced
themselves out of relevance. The cost of
these bikes was getting closer and closer
to those of liter bikes, but without the per
-
formance to back them up. We've taken
a different approach
with the new 660
in that we're focusing on everyday street
performance but one that's financially ac-
cessible to most people."
Those reading between
the lines will note
a couple of cryptic messages. The first is
that if you're expecting a "traditional" Day-
tona with all the supersport aplomb, forget
it.
The second is the "financially accessible"
part, whereby certain concessions need to
be incorporated into the design to make it
so. But we'll get to that in a minute.
