1996 Triumph Daytona 900 Super III
I don’t know what it is about these Super IIIs but every one I’ve seen looks like it hasn’t seen a single mile. I just wrote up a Super III so I won’t spend long on the details to avoid feeling unoriginal. The long and short of it is that the regular Daytona 900 was a little fat and a little slow. It was different than Japanese bikes with it’s 3 cylinder and it became something the Brits used to build off of and create what is surely a Hall of Fame motorcycle in the Daytona 675/765.
Shedding pounds isn’t easy and would’ve required much more R&D so Triumph tapped Cosworth to help add a little power to the Super III. Adding 18 more hp over the regular Daytona 900, Triumph gave the Super III a little extra grunt to deal with the weight and made it an excellent street/sport bike. It’s a shame they had a limited production run for a bike with a street/track formula but we take what we can get. While it’ll lose out on the track to all of it’s Japanese counterparts, Triumph knew it wasn’t building a track bike here.
From the seller:
“Limited Build 1996 Triumph Daytona Super III. Only 100 were brought into the United States from Hinckley England. I am the 2nd owner. The bike is very clean and rare. New tires with less than 100 miles on them. Original exhaust included. I currently has a 3 into 1 Indigo stainless exhaust on it.”
Not the lowest mile Super III we’ve seen but it’s in great condition. These have popped up anywhere between $3-$5K. The bid is currently at $3.5K with 8 bids so there is some action if you enjoy the thrill. Even if this isn’t the highest value motorcycle out there today, there are a lot of interesting aspects to it: limited production, showroom quality, affordable, and eye-catching. It wasn’t the fastest at the time but it was certainly a chapter in what became an incredibly successful sport bike lineup for Triumph
-Norm
Top bid was $4,500, reserve not met.
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