Calafat Testing a Triumph

20.02.07 - KBC sponsored rider, Mike Eglington had a successful weekend testing at Calafat, Spain where he was preparing for the start of both his sprint racing and endurance seasons.

Eglington will be competing in two new series this year: the Triumph Triple Challenge 675 Championship and the HMRC National Endurance Championship, where he will be sporting his KBC sponsored VR2 helmets.

During the weekend, Eglington tested both the Yamaha R6 and the Triumph 675; the main reason for coming to Spain. It was his first time out on a dry circuit on the 675 and gave him an opportunity to give a back-to-back comparison of the two bikes.

Eglington found the 675 to be far more responsive on handling than the R6, resulting in him having to ride it far more gently and lightly than the Yamaha. Performance-wise, he found the two bikes to be almost identical. Riding-wise, he found that the Triumph needed quite a few less gear changes than the R6, because it is lower revving.

The Calafat circuit, used by riders such as Chris Walker and the Rizla Suzuki team for testing, was very technical and challenging with lots of unsighted crested corners and S-bends, rather than chicanes. It was a good testing ground for the handling of the Triumph, which impressed 48-year old Eglington.

"The bike is a little bit different from the R6 but was relatively easy to adapt to," said Eglington. "I didn't have any problems getting to grips with it and was very impressed with the handling. I'm looking forward to competing on it".

Eglington went on to say: "I'd like to say a special thanks to TDG for sponsoring the transportation of the bikes, Tony Scott of T3 Racing for organising the testing and bike and Catalan Sports Bikes for sponsoring the track day".

Eglington is planning to do additional testing in the UK in the coming months.

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