2500 Miles on my Triumph Trident 660 - Honest Long-Term Review!

I've ridden my triumph trident 660 about 2500 miles the past couple years and have developed some very strong opinions about it. Lets go for a ride and discuss some of them.

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[nogodk]

I love that laggy throttle. So easy to start and perfect for euro city riding.

[JoshuaHults]

I have owned sport bikes and this is the best bang for buck put there i have owned. It has many of the 675 characteristics in the twisties, and honestly is more fun because you can use 100% of the throttle 95% of the time on twisty rds. The 675 was faster but required way more care and that stops being fun. This bike is more fun than a sport bike just slower. It will run 12.1 in quarter mile or high 11s with perfect launch but that is not the purpose of the bike. This is a bike you can drive like an idiot and not have to worry as much about dying!

[mattlindsey]

Tuneecu will reset the service clock. Just using the app wont hurt the bike, maybe remapping might. You can set service, test fan, test prime, monitor throttle bodies. Its pretty cool.

[stilldajoker]

had a factory recall for the sensor related to the lag. Dealer did the work and now my Trident is great. 2022 model w/ Zard full exhaust.

[twistedturtle]

I'm 46 and rode my klr full time for 4 years. I was a hooligan on that thing. I have no doubt I would hooligan on that as well.

[marvinmartinez]

Glad you said something bout the service light diff im go with something else

[marton_horvath]

Started on an MT07 and the most decisive things were price, ease of service, as any mechanic and their dog can fix a Yamaha and the fact that this was still a very new model at the time, which comes with teething problems.

[msromike]

Nice review. I think in rain mode it remaps the throttle as you said, but it also changes traction control to be more sensitive. I would say the rain mode probably is a nice enough feature on an 80 hp bike, and it's the kind of thing you might never know just saved your ass. I think I will go look at one tomorrow. They have $500 rebate ATM.

[charliebritton]

Nice review thanks mate. Think I’ll be getting this over the cb650r, this seems to have a lot more IE riding modes, tcs turn off. Seems like a very good bike

[Triumph_Tridentcc_Boy]

Flash the ecu and get rid of the lag in the throttle. BT Moto handheld tuner look them up they are pricey but we'll worth the tune. It literally makes the tt660cc a different motorcycle

[GentielioGaming]

Coming from a 125 i had my thoughts set on a Triumph 400 speed. But i guess i want to upgrade it soon. The 660 might be a to big jump from a 125cc but what if i bought the 660 and set it to rain mode for the first few months to get used to it. I
t might be a good idea to skip the 400 then??

[nickclarkuk]

The service light would annoy me as I service my own bikes too for oil and filter . My ocd self would have to learn to ignore it haha :/

[dionunez]

Great bike I ride mine every day to work…. Only complaint sometimes it givesme a hard time to go into 1st or neutral…

[aestheticvibe]

What would be your opinion, if i am thinking of it as my 1st bike basically for city ride but i want that feel of a sportsbike plus rare overspeeding with a decent mileage

[exexpat]

The comparison would be the Z900RS as far as looks and performance. The Trident is cheaper than the Z900RS. I like the looks of the UJM that Japan stole from the original Triumphs.

[johnnylong]

So wouldn’t a xsr700 be a better comparison

[John-jwrx]

Great first "big bike" after passing your A licence.

[ed.t.hansen]

fun bike. too bad the sport 660 has such a hi seat; and even higher panneir seat ! lucklily 3rd party useable seats are out there.

[leebrewer]

No way in hell would I buy a vehicle that is a must return to dealer to have it serviced. I was looking into Triumphs but never now. LAF.

[oczhaal]

2500 miles is not any kind of long term...