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For the first time since they rose from their ashes, the Brits from Triumph have given up their "modular design" so the engineers could build from scratch a new, 100% sport bike, in the form of the 1998 MY Triumph Daytona T595. | For the first time since they rose from their ashes, the Brits from Triumph have given up their "modular design" so the engineers could build from scratch a new, 100% sport bike, in the form of the 1998 MY Triumph Daytona T595. | ||
An all new liquid-cooled, four-stroke, 955cc, three-cylinder power plant, capable of producing 130 horsepower and 100 Nm of torque, matched to a much lighter, | An all new liquid-cooled, four-stroke, 955cc, three-cylinder power plant, capable of producing 130 horsepower and 100 Nm of torque, matched to a much lighter, aluminum-tube, perimeter frame, meant the bike could now compete with all the other superbikes available on the market. | ||
Even the suspension was redesigned, consisting of a Showa 45mm fork and a Showa multi-adjustable shock rear suspension, so the Daytona didn't struggle in corners, like its predecessors. | Even the suspension was redesigned, consisting of a Showa 45mm fork and a Showa multi-adjustable shock rear suspension, so the Daytona didn't struggle in corners, like its predecessors. | ||