New Bike, Triumph TT600

[L9 ACP]

Morning BB, hope you all enjoyed the great weather this past weekend.

After having my mate asking me to sell my 600 bandit back to him for the summer i made a simple statement to him. Find me a better bike for £1500 and the bandit is yours!

After numerous ebay links being sent to me over the past week of GSXR's and the like in far away places such as Derby and Manchester (im in Kent)i decided to take a look myself.

I stumbled across this bike on a Honda dealers ebay shop, it had been taken in as part ex with known history and known previous owners to the dealer.

To cut a long story short i now own this



2001 Triumph TT600


Collected on Saturday morning and now having covered around 150 miles on it i'm very pleased.

Pleasant to ride, very light, nimble great brakes and fast enough for me (for now)

Couple of questions for you guys though,

1) the seat is very slippy, i think it has had some sort of cleaning agent applied. I have wiped it down with various wax and grease remover type products and it is a little better but with textiles on its like sitting on ice and not a great deal better with leathers.
Any advice on what i can apply to add some grip to the seat?

2) I want an aftermarket exhaust, nothing too crazy but a bit more vocal than the stock one. I have looked but haven't really found anything other than an ebay special. Any advice? The TT600 was only made form 2001 -2003 so maybe the short production time means aftermarket parts are thin on the ground?

I'll be adding more pics as i take them, look forward to some recommendations

Ashley

[Mr OCD]

L9 ACP said:

1) the seat is very slippy, i think it has had some sort of cleaning agent applied. I have wiped it down with various wax and grease remover type products and it is a little better but with textiles on its like sitting on ice and not a great deal better with leathers.
Any advice on what i can apply to add some grip to the seat?

2) I want an aftermarket exhaust, nothing too crazy but a bit more vocal than the stock one. I have looked but haven't really found anything other than an ebay special. Any advice? The TT600 was only made form 2001 -2003 so maybe the short production time means aftermarket parts are thin on the ground?

I'll be adding more pics as i take them, look forward to some recommendations

Ashley

Congrats on the new bike... the TT600 is a cracking bit of kit.

1. I would try using IPA to degrease properly but from memory the seat material isn't that grippy... but it shouldn't be a problem. What's the issue exactly? sliding back?

2. Triumph do a factory carbon race can for these bikes which sounds lovely. It will need the relevant ECU tune but a OBD2 cable from ebay and TuneBoy will sort that... eBay is your best bet for the exhaust

[Fleegle]

I will have a look tonight to see if I still have my Triumph carbon can. If I have its yours, but I think it needs repacking

[L9 ACP]

Thanks guys

The seat is just annoying as i find myself slipping all over it.

[13aines]

Nice! Far better than that jap crap

Regarding the slippery seat in my experience if it has been polished up then it will probably wear off pretty quickly. Another tank of fuel or two and tons of sliding around it'll start to rough up a bit and get a little more grippy.

Failing that, if it slopes forwards like the 675 this only amplifies the problem. You should grip the tank more with your knees, which you'll gradually find becomes second nature.

If that fails, you could get something like the Tribo pillion seat cover material and make a cover for next to nothing, or apply tank grips, or even recover your seat with something with a bit more grip - you don't need much more than a staple gun.

[peterg1955]

They've probably covered the seat with silicon polish to make it look shiny... it'll be like a non-stick frying pan for a while, try a cloth with some neat Fairy Liquid on it and that may well help..

I remember many years ago getting in a car on a garage forecourt that had been 'valeted' and the bloke had used silicon polish on the driver heelmat and the steering wheel and I couldn't get any grip on either, awful stuff to use on those areas!

[Deranged Granny]

You'll get more grip if you ride with no clothes on

[tt601]

Ive had mine since 2003 - i like it.

Lovely piece of kit, albeit the headlight shape does bear an uncanny resemblance to an old pair of 'Y'-fronts.......

[Baryonyx]

Regarding the shape of the headlight, a mate of mine has the Daytona 595 with the three piece 'bug' headlight. Looks fantastic and a shame that Triumph didn't use it on other bikes.

[thatdude]

My cousin has / had one of these, and found it to be most reliable. The only problem he ever had was the oil pressure sender failed, telling him he had an oil pressure problem when it was just a silly broken electrical part.

[Rubin215]

Great bikes, between me and Mrs215 we have owned three.

I have a genuine Triumph carbon fibre race can in the garage for it; cost us £250, yours for £75 plus the postage.
I also have a genuine Triumph aero screen somewhere which could be added for another £25.

Pm me if you're interested.

[L9 ACP]

don't seem to be able to pm so emailed you rubin

[Mastodon2]

L9 ACP said:

don't seem to be able to pm so emailed you rubin

PM is the "email me" button

Nice bike though, have fun on it.

When you mention it being "fast enough", I suppose there will always be a lust for more accelerative ability in some fashion, but I was out on my GSX-R600 SRAD this morning getting the new rear tyre run in, it's been a few weeks since I really opened the taps on it and I was grinning like a loon at the way it takes off down the road above 8000rpm. I'd love to own a litre bike one day but I can't see myself ever thinking I couldn't own a 600 because it wasn't enough. I love using the revs, what an absolute joy.

[13aines]

Funny that, I know exactly what you mean, but know it will happen one day. I remember telling my housemate when I had my ZXR400 that it was enough power for the road, and he still doesn't let me forget! At the time he had a CBR600RR, VTR1000 and track prepared big-bang R1.

I've had the 675 a month or so, and I don't think you could ever NEED more power for the road, and i'm not sure i'd WANT more power to be honest, it really is silly fast compared to almost everything on the road, but i'm SURE that time will come, just like it did with my ZXR400...

Having said that it will be a long time. if ever, until the bike is the limiting factor. I just can't imagine riding it balls to the wall 90% of the time like I could the ZXR400 near the end of our time together.

[SAS Tom]

Cracking bikes these, I had one for a few months and about 5k miles. A remap through tuneecu gave it a massive improvement in mid range and top end. Brilliant handling and brilliant brakes too.

[GavR6]

Awesome Bike, congrats.

I had a tt600 for 2.5 years and I loved it, traded it for a 675 but that only lasted 5 months.

Excellent bike, I never really noticed a problem with the seat.

[Mastodon2]

13aines said:

Funny that, I know exactly what you mean, but know it will happen one day. I remember telling my housemate when I had my ZXR400 that it was enough power for the road, and he still doesn't let me forget! At the time he had a CBR600RR, VTR1000 and track prepared big-bang R1.

I've had the 675 a month or so, and I don't think you could ever NEED more power for the road, and i'm not sure i'd WANT more power to be honest, it really is silly fast compared to almost everything on the road, but i'm SURE that time will come, just like it did with my ZXR400...

Having said that it will be a long time. if ever, until the bike is the limiting factor. I just can't imagine riding it balls to the wall 90% of the time like I could the ZXR400 near the end of our time together.

I hear you on that - I'll never be able to ride a bike to the edge of it's abilities, finding the bike I want is all about the smile factor, a bike has to tug at my heart strings and make me grin just looking at it, whether it's a 600/1000/400/750 etc is a bit irrelevant to me. Although I'm on my first bike, I used to have a 280bhp Seat Leon Cupra R, which for a FWD hatchback, was pretty quick (in relative terms). The Civic Type R that replaced it was much slower just about everywhere, but it was much more joyous to drive hard. I think I'd find bike choices much the same - power is not everything, there has to be some connection and bond with the machine and outright accelerative performance or lap time ability are only part of the equation for me. While I love the top end fire works of my SRAD, I think I could live with a 400 like a ZXR400, because lets face it, compared to most things on the road even they are rocketships - the only faster things you're likely to see on a daily basis are other bikes, unless you live somewhere where seeing supercars is a daily occurence.

That said, I can see litre bikes making more sense if you do a lot of trackdays, everyone loves more power, but as I'm not planning on any trackdays soon I doubt I'll be lusting for more power. That said, I'll ride some of the usual litre suspects at some point in the future, and they do say once the genie is out of the bottle, it's hard to put it back in!

I was at a dealership today having a quick scout over the stock, and amongst the Fireblades, Panigales and all sorts of other top end big bikes, the one that I really wanted to try was a brand spanking new ZX6R, with it's 16,000rpm redline and incredible looks.

[moanthebairns]

13aines said:

Funny that, I know exactly what you mean, but know it will happen one day. I remember telling my housemate when I had my ZXR400 that it was enough power for the road, and he still doesn't let me forget! At the time he had a CBR600RR, VTR1000 and track prepared big-bang R1.

I've had the 675 a month or so, and I don't think you could ever NEED more power for the road, and i'm not sure i'd WANT more power to be honest, it really is silly fast compared to almost everything on the road, but i'm SURE that time will come, just like it did with my ZXR400...

Having said that it will be a long time. if ever, until the bike is the limiting factor. I just can't imagine riding it balls to the wall 90% of the time like I could the ZXR400 near the end of our time together.

I thought your Daytona was restricted!?

you talk like an old man when you mention your zxr 400

[jasesapphy]

Hello

Snap nearly

This is mine below

Triumph carbon can is very very loud, I had one and just kept getting pulled

Loads of cans available, I got an early zx6r can on mine

If you buy a can and a k&N I have some good maps, and if you are down south or midlands happy to load a new map for you.

I also have a bespoke Map that was done on a dyno that makes it a lot smoother

It's a great bike, handles well and brakes well

I will keep mine as a track toy once I move on

This is mine

Akra Can
Pilot power 3 tyres
Gel seat with matching piping
R&G crash bungs
15T front and 47T rear
DiD gold chain
Renthel Sprockets

Edited by jasesapphy on Monday 14th April 22:30

[Yazza54]

I had a viper can on my old one which sounded nice, as above early zx6r cans fit although couldn't tell you which exact years, which may help widen your search.

Another +1 for a USB to OBDII cable and tune ecu (free software) for a new map once the cans fitted.

I remember the seat being slippy too. I think in the end I just got used to the bike and stopped creaming myself.