00:00Welcome to Southern Spain. The guys at Cycleworld in the US were like, Chad,
00:04you're already in Europe, get your cross to Spain, ride the new Trident 60 and
00:09tell us what you think. So here we are in Spain to ride the fastly updated Trident
00:14660. The big talking point is the increase in power and the increase in
00:25torque. The way they've done that is to essentially change the cylinder head,
00:29change the intake, change the airbox, give it more fuel with three throttle
00:33bodies rather than the single one, revise the exhaust which gives it a big boost in
00:38power. So it's 17% more power than it was previously which is a massive jump. If you
00:44went to your engine tuner and said give me 17% more power it'll laugh you out the
00:48building. So what that actually means in terms of performance is we've gone from
00:5280 to 94, 95 horsepower or 81 PS to 95 PS. The red line's gone from 10,250 to 12
01:01,650.
01:02That's a big step in actual extra over rev. In terms of torque 64 Nm to 68 or
01:0947 foot pounds to 50 pounds and again that extra increase in torque is higher up in
01:15the RPM from 62 to 82. So that's 2000 higher up in the RPM. So all the power and
01:21all the torque is higher up in the RPM and we've got more over rev. But try and claim
01:26that 80% of that peak torque is still from 3000 RPM. It's still a really torquey
01:32engine. It's not a race engine that they've just tuned at the top end. It's got that
01:36power and delivery all the way through. But we've got a lot more power than we've
01:41ever had before. The slight changes to the chassis, slight changes cosmetically.
01:46We've got the Bluetooth TFT clocks. We've got the DLR running lights. There are a
01:50lot of changes to the bike chassis wise. Show suspension on the front, Nissan brakes
01:55at the back. Show suspension on the rear with preload adjustment. But for me it's
02:00all about having way more power than we had before, way more fun and way more
02:05enjoyment. Southern Spain, perfect playground to ride the Trident 660. Very little
02:10police. Don't think there's any speed cameras and I don't think there's any
02:13speed limits. Well I'm pretty sure there isn't. Really awesome fun to ride the
02:16entry-level bike. It's almost weird to say entry-level because it's 95 horsepower.
02:21It's been really good fun and really enjoyable and really rewarding to ride.
02:25Even though I've been riding bikes for 30 years and did a little bit of racing, I
02:28found this hysterical. I really enjoyed it. I really thought it was so much fun.
02:32Before you'd kind of get to nine and a half, 10,000 RPM and the party was over. But now
02:37we're going to 12.3, 12.5 and just keep going. It's got this extra bit at the top
02:42that the old bike never have. It's got so much more raw grunt, especially higher
02:48up in the RPM. Don't get me wrong, the seat height is a little bit lower. It's
02:52got up a couple of kilograms but that's mainly insignificant. We've got excellent
02:56rider aids like cornering ABS, cornering traction control. It's great for new
03:00entry-level riders. It's very simple and easy to ride around town. The creek shifter is
03:04really smooth. It's very forgiving, but it's got an extra card. It's got an extra
03:10gear. It's got extra that the old bike didn't have. The old bike was great fun.
03:14I remember riding that in Tenerife. We had 80 horsepower and I said it was good, but
03:18now we've got even more enjoyment and even more fun than we ever had before.
03:23The only slight downside to that is that because we're kind of riding it possibly
03:29outside its design parameter, possibly riding it a little bit too much, then that's when you
03:34start to find limitations on the brakes need a little bit more bite. I need a
03:37little bit more support from the suspension. However, I'm kind of riding it
03:42like a naked sports bike rather than an entry-level Roadster, which it is. And if
03:47you ride it like it was designed, then it is an absolute complete perfect package.
03:52In the US, it's going to come in at $8995, so just under $9,000 US dollars. And the
03:58reason it's at that 95 horsepower is because it's A2 compliant in Europe. In
04:03Spain, in Italy, most of the bikes, 50-60% of the bikes are coming out at A2 level. So
04:10essentially, a new rider can have a bike limited, pass their big test, take the
04:14limiter off and have the full 95 horsepower. The big test, I guess, at Cycle World will
04:18be when we put it against the competition, which hopefully the guys will invite me to
04:21California to do, because I can't wait to ride it against the competition. In this
04:25category, it's kind of difficult because you've got MT-07, which is a great bike,
04:30but I don't think it's got the overrev and the fun of this. You've got the GSX-8S,
04:34you've got the Honda Hornet, both really plucky, torquey, really usable bikes, really
04:39good. But again, I don't think they're as fun as this. They've probably got more
04:42torque and more drive and they feel a bit more mechanical, but this feels like the
04:46most playful, the most enjoyable bike in this class. And then obviously you've got
04:50the KTM, 790, 890 Duke, CF Moto. There's a lot of bikes in this class. But for me, what
04:57Triumph have done, essentially, is taken the old Trident, taken all the excellent qualities
05:02and usability of that bike, and just give it a big kick in the ass of fun and enjoyment.
05:07And that's what I really like about the bike. If you want to know any more technical questions
05:11like the seat height is 5mm less than it used to be, and there is a reduced seat height that
05:16will drop it below, 800mm, or you want to know rate trail and all those details, then
05:20somebody at Cycleworld will answer your questions below. I'm out here just to have fun and enjoy
05:25it, and that's precisely what I've done.
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