Supersports part III

As the big four fought over market share only two outside companies ever took supersports seriously. Ducati introduced the 748, basically a lower displacement 916. Rules in the supersport racing class allowed 750cc twins to compete with 600cc fours. The 748 was followed by the 749 neither of which sold in the numbers of the Japanese supersports. After taking a break from this class Ducati recently introduced the 848 hoping that the rules will allow an even greater increase for twins.

Triumph attempted to take the Japanese head on in 199X with the TT600. The TT600, later changed to the Daytona 600, struggled to keep up with the more advanced Japanese 600's. Triumph gave up on competing directly by upping diplacement to 650cc's in 2005?. Then in 200X? Triumph introduced the Daytona 675, which uses a inline three with a 75cc advantage over the Japanese motorycles. Like Ducati, Triumph released the 675 with hopes that it would be allowed to compete in the supersport category.