Triumph Trident 660 is all the hype these days, and honestly it's refreshing to see some new bikes in the category, because I'm sick of hearing stories about mt-07 and sv650.
This picture is taken in a Triumph dealers meeting, and apparently there is a whole range of Tridents waiting to happen. Don't know how soon it will come out, but if you ask me - it can't come soon enough.
Triumph was never secretive about Trident being a direct competitor to Yamaha mt-07, but with an adventure bike and a sports tourer, obviously it has the whole CP2 range in it's crosshairs. Now they just need to be priced right and offer good engine tunes to make the 660 tractable enough for different uses. 81bhp and 64Nm in the Trident is definitely competent, but different applications will require some different power bands.
We know Aprilia is already doing a similar thing with the parallel-twin 660 range, with the RS already out and a baby Tuono and an ADV version in the works. Kawasaki has long had the z-650 and the Versys 650, and we are all wishing for the teased off-road model to be a KLR700, so maybe the Z and Versys are expected to grow to 700cc, too.
Whatever it is, I am looking forward to the party!
