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  1. Bryf

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    #21 Bryf, Mar 23, 2021
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    Hilarious, you are a complete fool, I would be completely embarrassed to put a picture of my bike up with chicken strips like that whilst bragging about being fast, anyone can go fast in a straight line mate, which it would appear is all you can do !!! you should learn to corner properly instead of worrying about how fast you can go down that big straight or pulling wheelies. What a dickhead!!!!!!!!!!!! I can honestly say I'd leave you for dead on a twisty road and I'm an old fart at 62 years old
     
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  2. Pegscraper

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    #22 Pegscraper, Mar 23, 2021
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    IMO writing off "older" riders is a mistake and shows your naivety. Age certaainly can = experience if you live long enough to get there which you may not if you continue riding like you are making out you do. I'm 61 and been road riding for almost 40 years. If you count the bikes I rode off road, pre-licence, I was riding before I had hair on my balls and now I have none on my head and I'm still riding! I get out ridden by riders young and old alike and out ride others, such is life. I have no wish to teach you or anyone else a lesson, I doubt you'd listen anyway. I've had some great riding experiences and some bad ones and like to think I've learned from them. I too have met many 50+ year old drunks and many 20 year old drunks/addicts who can barely walk, let alone pilot a 200bhp missile. I hope you get to "old age" and enjoy doing so as much as I have!
     
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  3. im not trying to bash older riders, although it sure looks like that, I’m just trying to stave off the irrelevant comments with no constructive value on the OP. These seem to all come from a judgmental and argumentative older audience, I’d be just as ready to bash youth if it’s what was stirring up all this shit on my posts. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
     
  4. The bike barely has 500 miles on it cunt, and chicken strips have no bearing on how well you corner, that has been a known fact since I started riding. We both know it’s unwise to lean a bike that far over on unknown terrain like a backroad that may have oil or gravel, the bikes contact patch lessons as the bike tips, leaning off of the bike can provide the angle you need without tipping the bike over that far.
    I thought this was a place to get technical advice on mechanical issues and modifying your bike, not manage the egos of a bunch of intrusive bitching geriatric europeans.
     
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  5. Also, for anybody still here for the OP and not the argument, here’s the new tail bag I just fitted, I think it’s the best I have ever seen, it’s the SW MOTECH EVO Rearbag Tailbag. In its compact orientation (not shown) it is 24L and expanded it is 36L and large enough to hold a full face helmet, it’s rain resistant and comes with a rainproof liner and backpack straps. It allows me to carry everything I need to lock up the bike, a rain cover, a change of clothes, basic tools, and a power bank. With room to spare in its compact form. I took it to the most twisty road in Austin, fully loaded and put it through its paces, riding Home on the interstate at the top end of what the street twin can do. I can confidently say it never shifted and it’s way better than a backpack, it keeps weight low and stable, and can be simply removed with you at your destination to maintain the classic ascetic. It fits the seat perfectly, I seriously considered something smaller, but I decided to pack low and wide rather than tall and narrow. No complaints. Except for the complaints you old fucks will undoubtedly follow this with. By the way, eat shit.

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  6. Adie P

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    @Havit. Time for some gentle words of advice before this becomes the unseemly bear pit it's veering towards.?
     
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  7. Bryf

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    #27 Bryf, Mar 24, 2021
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    :joy: Really!!!! you've done 500 miles and it still has strips that wide, geeeeez man you really are a very poor rider for someone who claims to be FAST!!!
    And by the way your other post regarding wheelies falls into which category then? is it "mechanical issues or modifying your bike"
    You truly are a complete fool.
    Anyway that's my final say won't waste any more time on you, byeeeee
     
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  8. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

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    I still can't understand why you get that bike and try to make it something it is not genuinely?
    I would rather see you on a naked sport bike, but not on a cool twin trying to make it running like a sport bike.
    It will never. All you'll get will be a bike that push a bit harder on straight line, won't be faster on curves (well curve is maybe more a EU concept for old skilled biker :cool:), and will lead into mechanical issues.
    Any rider with a stock Yam R1 or similar will ridicule you in any circumstance.
    Like AndyC1, I can understand the motivation of upgrading your bike and will likely look at that.
    The testosterone competition you put around is just.. ridiculous.
     
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  9. beerkat

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    Whoa, isn't some of this getting a bit daft? Some people seem to take offence too easily instead of seeing the funny side and laughing it off, especially when it's clear to me that no offence was intended! Bloody hell, it's hardly life or death and there are FAR more important things to be concerned about.
     
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  10. beerkat

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    Phew. Now having said that, maybe we can get back to the purpose of this post.

    Sage Craver, I mentioned the ST's shocks and you questioned why. I live in Cheshire, where we have many miles of narrow, twisty country lanes. Our roads are rutted and full of potholes and are poorly maintained. The first time I took my ST down some of these roads I was bounced out of the seat and it was an uncomfortable ride. These are cheap units with limited damping. I changed the shocks pretty soon afterwards and things are much improved. I guess if you ride on straighter, better quality roads then the inadequacies of the OEM shocks are not so evident. It's worth noting that changing the standard shocks was (and maybe still is) pretty much par for the course, for us not-quite-so-young-as-you people, who grew up with bikes that had crap suspension from day one. My 2 other (sports) bikes wear after market Nitron shocks.

    As for camshafts, as I said, check out TEC Parts. They are available in the US. George Milburn's vid shows step by step how to fit it. I have no idea how it would affect the 2nd gen ST but George is the man to ask.

    I don't know what tyres Triumph supply on US bikes but if they're the same shit Pirelli Phantoms as we get, then they should follow the OEM shocks into the bin. A ton of info elsewhere on this forum if you want to know why.

    Thanks for your bit on the SW MOTECH gear, always useful to know what fits and how it performs.
     
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  11. beerkat

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    Looking back at your photos it seems you did get the Phantoms, which are considered dangerous by many ST owners over here. I'm pretty sure we've got the edge over you when it comes to rainfall, so maybe you needn't worry.
     
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  12. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

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    Yes they look like the Phantom. They came with my Yam FZX in 1994. Ok so far it was dry. I guess they upgraded the rubber since. But they always look the same.
     
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  13. Pegscraper

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    Back in the day Pirelli Phantoms were considered a great tyre although I've never used them myself. Maybe they've changed or perhaps there are better choices available now. Tyres are certainly one of, if not the most important choice you can make for your bike. I've just swapped the OEM Metzelers on the Street Scrambler after some nasty moments on wet roads, in the dry they were fine. Can't speak for anyone else but once I've lost confidence in a tyre I find it hard to get back. I'm much happier with the Pirelli Rally's now fitted.
     
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  14. Ducatitotriumph

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    That bag is probably full of used w@nk socks.....
     
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  15. beerkat

    beerkat Senior Member

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    Dunno if you're still with us Sage Craver but I notice you've binned the mickey mouse mirrors. Mine went for aesthetic reasons, to be replaced with bar ends, which work perfectly well for me. You've also dropped the original indicators, as did I. Replaced mine with a much neater version from Motone. I think I can just make out a front pair on your bike but no rear ones, unless they're hidden under the tail unit, along with (I think) your licence plate. That right? You must have some very understanding coppers over there if you can get away with that. Wouldn't happen here.
     
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  16. Iron

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    Cor, looking forward to the instructions for uprating the cams and crankshaft.
     
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  17. So I did the NRC fender eliminator kit, which integrates the signals, and there are signals on my forks, I’ll send photos below

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  18. And a general update, I bought the Haynes manual, also what’s pictured below to help the air fuel equation.

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  19. I will be posting a review of the install and parts individually, along with a screenshot of speed at a consistent rpm in 5th gear read by a Bluetooth OBD2 reader. Any advice on the order of installation and testing to give the best understanding of what is affecting performance?
     
  20. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

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    Do you plan to upload an adapted ECU map after K&N and decat pipes installation?
    Without a modified map I'm afraid all thes mods will not release expected results.
     
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