Triumph 500 T100 Daytona short test ride [poor sound quality]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2020
- This machine was ridden around the short route I use for testing, at the request of the owner, who wanted to know if I thought all was well with his machine. It certainly was - what a great little bike! Apologies for the poor sound at higher speeds!
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Back in the late 70's I commuted thousands of miles on a 68 Daytona, with a single carb. It was ultra-reliable and a very good bike. Last year I bought a 72 Daytona in a number of crates, having been 100% dismantled for 37 years. I've now covered over a thousand miles on it, and it is every bit as good as I remember. They are totally different to the 750 Bonneville and Tiger; you need to rev them to get the best out of them. Most went to the US so they are not so common here, but they are a really good machine - the ultimate evolution of Edward Turner's 1937 500cc Speed Twin. It's a shame Meriden could not continue the development - what would it have become? That one sounds just right, but I think the tank colour is not correct, and the mufflers may be the 74 version? Whatever, that's a great bike.
You are right about the mufflers, the bike was one of the ones locked into the Meridian factory during the workers sit in. It was first registered in November 1975. I believe the tank was mostly white when it left the factory but was re painted in by the first owner as the white got stained by petrol.
@@richardwhitfield9385 Hi Richard - that's the only one I've seen that was in the lock-in. Many thx for that info.
The owner keeps that one nicely, eh? Very tidy indeed. Even as a recidivist owner of various Norton 750s, while I've long been willing to accept the notion, like many others, that the 650s might have enjoyed a sort of sweet spot status for those old style 360⁰ parallel twins, beyond which capacity they started getting "cranky" and stretching Mr. Turner's original design's limits, I'm sure in my mellowing twilight years I could easily find happiness on that 500. I think I might want to bump up that forward sprocket a tooth or two though. Some Royal Enfield Bullet owners have reported a significant reduction in excessive vibration by means of just loosening the engine mounts, head-steady and such just a bit, running a few minutes at varying fast idles, and then torquing it all back down. This is said to allow the engine to settle in a little more comfortably and squarely into the frame, thus often reducing the vibes markedly. It's not some magic cure-all, but has seemed to improve the ride of many ultra-vibey thumpers that had hitherto merrily rattled the fillings out of one's chompers. Have you considered giving that a whirl on this Daytona, if only to be able to tell the owner you worked an old tried and true folk cure of yore. You might also assure the owner that you rubbed it down with rhubarb stalks under a full moon (naked optional), if only for the dramatic "placebo effect." (Actually, boiling those funky alloy bits in rhubarb gets 'em squeaky clean, so perhaps the efficacy of a full-motor rhubarb massage after perhaps being "over-served" at the pub shouldn't be dismissed out of hand).
I've had more than a few bikes, but the daytona is the only bike chicks, at a party, would ask for a ride on. I'm maybe getting another soon.Next week maybe. I feel like a younger man thinking about it. Thanks for the vid. I'll let you know.
Truly superb what more could you ask for glad I’ve still got mine after 48 years happy days
Great stuff!
Sound wasn't too bad.
I was told that the 500cc twin was the best Triumph, once they expanded the capacity the engineering wasn't up to it.
I forgot, any buzz in the handlebars can be tamed by filling the bar ends with melted lead. it's not that big of a job.Huge difference.
Hi Paul when your own rebuild is going one step forwards two steps back its great to see quality, my T100SS is nearly there Thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks, Noel!
Very nice bike, superb balance of qualities.
Yes, a great little bike!
I like trumph better than Norton. good video.
Nice motorcycle in a nice part of the world
Someday I may have one of these. For state side use taller gearing might be helpful. Thanks Paul. H. G.
Thank you!
This is remarkably nice bike, possibly a lot rev-happier than the large ones. More interesting to ride I think, have to use more gears and engine.
Totally agree!
You do. I ride a lot of country lanes and on my Daytona I'm up and down the gearbox all the time. They will amble along at low revs, but you can tell they don't like it. It's an entertaining ride but I'd not call it relaxing! I ride the same roads on my Tiger 750, and that is a much more relaxed ride as the bigger engine has much more torque, and a 5 speed gearbox.
Nice bike, very quick. I thought they got front disk brakes after 73?
The larger machines did, I think there may have been two Daytonas produced with front discs before the model was dropped.
Wouldn't Triumph have been better off putting a large single carburettor on the 500 Daytona for around town riding? Liked that on my Tiger, didn't have problem with synchronising carbs or carbs going out of synch as they did on the Bonneville. Nice bike, power adequate? Never ridden one, just went for the Tiger.
Single carbs were the only way to go on those old Brit bikes.
Twin carbs are not a problem and don't go out of sync if you tighten the locknuts on the cable adjusters once synchronized, but too many people overlook this! There are many twin carbed British bikes among my hundreds of videos and all run perfectly, because they are set up properly, but it is surprising how many of them were badly set up on arrival at my workshop.
Paul Henshaw Thanks for clearing that up for me. A lot of people made that carbie issue sound like an inbuilt design problem. Did they put taller gearing on the Tiger? I thought the Tiger had larger carbie and better 0 -60mph performance than the Bonneville.
@@paulhenshaw4514 Agreed Paul. I put 2 new Amal Premiers on my 72 T100R over the winter and they stay in sync perfectly.
@@martincvitkovich724 And they run great getting rid of the Amal and using a Mikuni. Single carb is the way to go.
That girl would benefit from taller gearing
I replaced the tear drop tank on my Tiger with a breadbox tank which gave it a much better range.
That would kill the acceleration, though and they are a revvy engine with top speed well over 100 mph.