The 'Busa Killer was reported on several forums a couple of years ago. Suposedly a 1300cc 4-cylinder project that was shelved in 2003. I also heard from one of the project developers that the 200 mph mark was never reached during development of the prototypes.
From an old press release:
"After investing more than 4M pounds in development, Triumph motorcycles has decided not to produce a bike to compete with the Hayabusa and ZX12R.
Six of the seven prototypes have been crushed, and the remaiing one is off to the company museum.
Declining markets for "hyper sports" was cited as the primary reason."
As far as I know, the project has yet to be reborn. The reference in Cycle World seemed to show that the crew was reasigned to the new 1050 Tiger project.
We can always keep our fingers crossed though!
From an old press release:
"After investing more than 4M pounds in development, Triumph motorcycles has decided not to produce a bike to compete with the Hayabusa and ZX12R.
Six of the seven prototypes have been crushed, and the remaiing one is off to the company museum.
Declining markets for "hyper sports" was cited as the primary reason."
As far as I know, the project has yet to be reborn. The reference in Cycle World seemed to show that the crew was reasigned to the new 1050 Tiger project.
We can always keep our fingers crossed though!