Daytona 128hp And 147hp Centennial

So what did Triumph do engine wise to go from standard 128hp to the 147hp?

 

Added nineteen

 

TBH I'm not sure. I'd guess at a combination of a re-map, different cams, bigger valves and/or high comp pistons. Other tuning tricks of the trade may also have been used to good advantage. 147bhp was very nice though and also very useable.
All the above is a long winded way of saying 'I don't know'. I know .... I'm rubbish!!

 

Dilithium crystals

 

Forgot about those buggers!

 

Forged internals

https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/triu/triumph_daytona_955i_centennial_.htm

 

I understand there was more than a little fairy dust sprinkled over the bike!

 

While a lardy sports-tourer by modern standards, I find that 147 bhp allows the horizon to come to me as fast as I can process - wouldn't want anymore.

Superb engine

DS

 

Got the marketing men to start spinning the BS?

 

Had my 2000 model DSSA model on the dyno back in the day, was putting out 130bhp at the rear wheel with only a race can, didn't think it was too shabby on the track either.

 

A couple of photos of the Daytona at Castle Combe in 2001