However the latest move in the TT600/
Daytona 600/650 time-line may indicate a need for the new machine to have greater performance. It is no big secret the TT600 and Daytona were not the sales success Triumph had hoped for, with many articles referencing the engine as not being as strong as the competition.
If this is the case it begs the age old question as to why Triumph did not make the original 600 sportsbike a three-cylinder machine, to capitalise on its triple heritage.
It is believed by many that this would have been a machine that would given the Triumph name a much needed distinction in the 600 market.
The manufacturer’s answer to this has always been that the preliminary research into a triple showed that it would not have the performance to compete against the Japanese manufacturers, where as it was hoped the four-cylinder would.
Over the past two years the ValMoto Triumph has been a much loved partnership by all British motorcycle racing fans, due to its patriotic symbolism, which ValMoto capitalised on with a Union Jack flag painted on the front of its supersport racing machine. The decision by Triumph to move away from racing is probably an unpopular one amongst these fans.
Valmoto, on the other hand, will continue its racing efforts with a British Superbike team in 2005, although it has not yet confirmed what machines and riders it will employ.
The team has competed in various forms for many years and is likely to have a highly competitive package, now that the base team is very well established, next season.
