the new 675's are bomb as hell if you went new i'd go with the daytona, 2-3 yrs old, personally i'd still take the daytona because i HATE the r6 seats. for anyone else i'd recommend the 2-3 yr old r6 though.

 

please elaborate

 

Give me the R6V Please...

 

i am looking at 2008 and up

 

The smart choice on pretty much every objective level is the R6.
The most emotional choice is the 848.
All of this puts the 675 nicely in the middle

 

I'm partial to the R6, so yeah go get one.

 

:iamwithst:rock

 

There's no doubt, economic sense points to the R6. Additionally, parts are going to be easy to come by.

The 848, as beautiful as they are, will cost you the most both emotionally and financially if you go down.

The 675, to me, is such a perfect balance between performance, looks and cost. I couldn't be happier with my bike choice.

 

I've owned a few R6's and a 749S, the duc had huge amounts of feel and was easy to ride fast right away, you don't need to keep the revs pegged to get it go around the track. The 06-11 R6 is pretty darn staggering, feel isn't in the same league as the Duc, but the 6 has a front end that just wont quit, burned through a few front tires at the track nearly as fast as i've gone through rears, revs have to stay above 10K but it because of heavy front end bias carrying speed through most corners is easy. Never ridden a 675, but it looks pretty darn sweet and sounds like da sexy

 

R6.


If u have the finances and the time, 848. you do not want to crash a duc and have to start replacing hard parts. IE, motor stuff. you will go broke.

I love my ducati, but i wont track it for that reason, i cant afford to fix it if i bin it on the track. I will be adding an R6 in the next year or so for a track bike.. Ive crashed enough on the track to know it will happen...

 

Having ridden all of them, R6>675>848 in the order :fact The R6 is best on the track, the 675 is best on the street, and the 848....well it just sucks all around But it sure is a sexy bike :fact

 

This^^^.

The R6 top end is 2nd to none. The 675 has great midrange, but doesn't have the top end to keep up with the R6. Plus the R6 just turns in like it's on rails. The Duc is too pretty for the track. Everyone will feel your pain when you eventually go down and come back riding into the pits on the crash truck atop a beat up Duc. Go with the R6. Don't get something you can't eventually see yourself wadding up on the track.

 

"Never bring anything to the track that you aren't willing to leave behind in a dumpster."

Truer words have never been spoken, so for a track newbie I would think that that bike that would be cheapest to get into, the cheapest to run, and the cheapest to repair would be the best bike to have.

So based on that, the R6 is your best bet, followed by the 675, with the Duc bringing up the rear.

 

....and!

its the R6!



by a nose

 

I owned a D-675 with the intention of making it a track bike. I didn't care for the handling characteristics. The bike didn't inspire confidence in high speed turns. It was tall and narrow, good for flicking side to side but always felt unstable. The torque is better on the 675 than the R6. However you give up top end.

Can't comment on the Duc but if your not used to racing a twin its a hole new experience.

I would go with the R6, it seems like the fastest guys at the track are all on R6's. Tons of parts and support at lower costs than the others.

 

thanks guys

 

I've owned an 04 r6 fully modded suspension and ridden my buddy's 09 stock 675.

My r6 had the upper hand as it was modded suspension wise. BUT, the 675 was great out of the box as well. Yes it is narrow, but so easy to throw around. It sits a tad higher, but the sitting position put's your upper body closer to the ground. I enjoyed it so much stock for stock compared to my r6. It had torque and horsepower that makes it a great 6 series bike. As we all know the way to ride an r6 is around the 16-18k range. The best part with the speed triple is you can get the same performance, and in my experience, better speed and power performance without having to go up that high. It was very responsive and very stable around corners. I love the R6, but stock for stock, I'd rather have the 675.

 

. I love the R6, but stock for stock, I'd rather have the 675.

i believe this is the point we're all talking about.. if you gots a track bike, you gonna modify it to suit your taste..

coming from that perspective, the R6 is the only logical choice... as we all know they respond rather well to mods, and {affordable} parts are very readily available, both when wanting to extract performance out of it, and when you bin it, cause it will happen..

I absolutely loved my '05! very little $ invested made such an incredible difference on that beast!! if i were to have a track only bike, it would be the 06+ r6, without a doubt.. R1 would be my road bike...


its actually because of this very thought process that I ended up on an R1, i could care less what bikes do stock for stock... i'd rather have a bike that will be absurdly reliable, take a beating with ease, and leave a tonne of room for me to modify to my hearts content!! YAMAHA fits the bill to a Tee!!:flex: :fork

 

If winning a race was at the top of my list of things to do while sticking to a budget, an 06+ R6 would be my choice.
Since I am just a track junkie without aspiration to race any longer I am more apt to ride a bike that appeals to me in a more visceral way. If you look at reviews and race results the 675 does not really suffer inglorious defeat at the hands of R6's anyway. There is no factory support for Triumph racing in the US. A glimpse across the pond will show that they hold their own quite well against 600's.
The 675 has that je ne sais quoi absolutely lacking in the alphabet soup 600's. How much allure that particular quality has for an individual rider is certainly personal. With equal mods and the hands of most mortals the 675 will give little if anything up to any 600. It does not have quite the pop on top but it makes up for it in how it comes off a corner.
Variety is the spice of life. I would suggest anyone looking to make the choice to ride all of the perspective choices. My initial intent was for an 848 but after riding it and the 675, along with pretty much every generation R6 the choice was pretty clear.
The impressions and results for others may certainly differ.