Featured Listing: Project Tinman - 2001 Triumph Daytona 955i

The Tinman
If you are looking for a great rider, this could be the bike for you.

This bike has been brought back to life after a long-term garage stay. The seller’s description is detailed and lengthy, with much thought put into every decision. This bike is ready to enjoy, as is, or continue tinkering as you see fit.

Details
Triumph Daytona
955i
4,159mi
Starting bid: $2,500
Auction ends Tuesday Jan 16
Clean title

Update: Sold for $4,000
Congratulations to the buyer and seller!

2001 Triumph Daytona 955i for sale on ebay

While searching for reviews I found this article on Visor Down titled Living with a 2001 Triumph Daytona 955i. The author is a motorcycle dealer that was given the 955i for one year to test. The article takes you through a full year of commuting, country rides and even a few track days on the Daytona 955i.

“… the 955i and me have had a good time of it. We covered nearly 10,000 miles commuting up and down motorways, thrashing around country lanes and even took in a couple of track days. One of the best things about riding the 955i Daytona on the road is that because of its relative ‘lack of power’, compared to other 1,000cc sports bikes, you can ride it really aggressively without feeling intimidated or defeated by its sheer performance as can be the case after a spin on a GSX-R1000.

All in all it’s been a year of completely trouble free biking, just one service, one set of tyres and not a spill or even a puncture to moan about.”

Seller:
I call the bike TinMan, and the restoration ‘Project TinMan’. This is a low mileage 2001 Triump Daytona 955i that was a project I took on in late 2021, early 2022 going into late pandemic phases and I needed a winter project. The bike was laid down by it’s original owner and left in my friends garage for 12 years, I bought the bike from the owner and spent all of winter 2022 restoring it to a loved condition. Title is clean and in hand, 4,159mi on ODO.

I am selling because it was a project, and I am 45 and have a BMW touring bike that I much more enjoy riding, haha. Need to make room in the garage for something else.

Factory Options:

Carbon Fiber Tank Guard

Rear Seat Cowl (matching Aluminum Silver)

Rear Passenger Seat

Tool Kit In-tact

Factory Manual

Several spare factory bits and parts worth saving I threw in a zip lock bag for next owner

Restoration:

Massive teardown to essentially motor-in-frame

All plastics and seals treated

Air Box Cleaned

New Battery

New Fuel Pump/Filter Screen

New Triumph Fuel Level Sender

New Spark Plugs

New Vacuum Lines, cleared evap

Brake Calipers full re-builds and fasteners refreshed

Brake Rotors Deglazed

Brake Master Cylinders replaced and rebuilt

New Brake Lines and Line hardware

Multistep Paint Cleanup, Bar, Light ceramic coating applied

All Fuses Replaced

Entire Cooling System Flushed and cleared of blockages inluding resevoir

Full chain scrub and lubrication

All lock cylinders lubricated and restored

Re-polished all chrome

Updates:

Metzler Roadtec Z8 Interact Tires (M-Spec) (new April, 2023)

Spiegler Performance Brake Lines (Red)

Speed Bleeders

Gas Tank – Caswell Epoxy Gas Tank Sealer Lined – Dragon’s Blood Red (this year plagued by expansion with ethanol expansion issues), so you can use US fuels with ethanol.

K&N Air Filter

E3 Spark Plugs

Instrument Cluster fully upgraded to LEDs (with diode turn signal integration)

Headlights/Taillights/Indicator Lights all updated to LED

Digital Adjustable Timing Blinker Flasher

Updated LED Turn Signals (original turn signal plastic was literally crumbling), I chose a style I thought was befitting modernizing the bike

Red Aluminum Shorty Levers (original levers will be included with the bike, see photos)

Cosmetic Issues:

Not all the bodywork D-rings are in perfect condition, but I placed most of those near the bottom.

Light scuff on L-side fairing, L-side of Cowl (from original owner)

Light scuff on R-Side Fairing lower opening (from original owner)

Slight discoloration near Shifter lever on frame (could possibly be worked out by professional)

Bolt Holes in Tank forward Fairing have cracks under stickers (shown cosmetic issue photos)

Partial Crack on L-side mirror plastic near instrument cowl

Driver foot-peg underneath has rash, not visible in riding position

–All of the cosmetic issues are covered (hidden within) in a vinyl scheme I came up with to decorate over them vs expensive repainting, etc.. All of the carbon fiber look and red accents on the cowl and the TinMan logo are removable custom vinyl (if you’d like to remove for painting, etc).

No Check Engine Codes, the only thing I can’t figure out is the the low fuel level sensor light on the dash stays on all the time, I installed a new low fuel sensor from Triumph (have receipt), It was something I was going to ask a dealer to see if they could resolve, or possibly the light in the dash needs to be incandescent vs LED for the circuit to work correctly.

Stand shown not included

Sold as-is.