What Have You Being Doing With Your Non-triumph Today?

Oooooh, that's sweet, @Mrs Visor!

 

Helmut and I went to The Piston Club today on the Tuono and Hyperstrada (it was meant to be the Multistrada but it had a mystery flat rear tyre ), the roads were wet and slimy and a bit muddy in places but the temperature was in double figures and the sun made an appearance, so it was a nice ride out.

Two hooligans in the sunshine:


Some new exhaust sound, it isn't much louder than stock as it was a noisy little beast anyway, but is deeper and looks much better.

 

Loooove those two hooligans, @Mrs Visor! And I really like that exhaust note. I'm a big fan of deep-sounding exhaust. And I agree with you that it definitely looks better than what was on there for sure.

 

How did you add a video, or is that via youtube?

 

Via Vimeo - it's free.

 

Knocked up a cardboard dummy of an oversized high performance battery I'm hoping to fit to my Ducati 1098 SF.

The engine was blue-printed and tuned about ten years ago. It's been off the road for years with a cracked piston. Finally got it sorted last summer, rode it three miles up the road and the starter sprag failed.

It was always a sluggish starter but the engine work has added 25 bhp, 20+ ft/lb of torque, higher compression and increased valve overlap. I just don't think the original battery is man enough to spin it over and has overloaded the sprag clutch, so there's no point replacing it until I've uprated the battery power.

Unlike the 1098 and 1198 sports bikes, the SF's battery is under the pillion seat, not behind the fairing and the uprated battery is larger so I have to work out if I can modify the battery tray to make it fit.

 

What will be the difference in battery weight especially if so high up, will it affect the balance?

Sounds a beast of a motor, any pics?

 

Wondering if I can find the leak in my brand new rear tyre on the Multistrada

 

I don't think the weight will be enough to worry about. The stock battery is fairly big and heavy and an upgrade won't be substantially heavier. I'm looking now at CCA capability over AH. I think I need somne expert advice.

I do have pics but they're old and not very good. I bought a new phone recently and I haven't settled on a photo hosting app as yet. I want to de-Google my life so when I get that sorted I'll start posting new ones.

 

Good luck! How frustrating.

 

Check the valve core and around the seat on the rim, with dilute washing up liquid first

 

Fitted a new front tyre to the Berg. HD 4mm tubes are well worth having IMO and as a bonus, are less likely to get pinched when fitting but they do require a bit more effort.
I bought a matching pair of Metzelers a while back and replaced the worn out rear only as there was still life left in the front so now the front has been fitted the rear is not far off from another replacement. It's just the price you pay with full fat off road tyres used on tarmac.

I had the new tyres I bought for the Triumph fitted by a local tyre shop even though I bought them online as the shop couldn't get the size I wanted!! The tubeless, rim mounted spoked rims on the 1200 Scramblers have a very wide lip and would be virtually impossible to leave unmarked if using tyre levers IMO so I bit the bullet and coughed up for the fitting charge. Much happier now I have the Pirellis on.

 

I made one of these @Pegscraper copying one a mate had bought, but mines all stainless steel and plastic as opposed to his being powdercoated.
With care, metal to metal contact is very unlikely and it's far more controlled than tyre levers with far more leverage. I use it in conjunction with a cradle that's a bead breaker using an old spindle as a central fulcrum.

 

That's interesting, not seen one of those before. The dirt bike tyres are easy enough with levers although I did have to fit it twice after the schoolboy error of forgetting to install the damn rim lock. Bugger!
High speed/load rated road tyres are another matter, generally being lower profile and of much stiffer construction.
I used to get all my road tyres from a National Tyres depot in Barnsley which was their bike tyre specialist branch. Their prices, including fit and balance, were very competitive so didn't make self fitting worth while but the company was bought by Halfords a while back and they closed the branch.

 

I used to use a tyre place in Barnsley many, many, years ago, probably early 90's. A really knowledgeable guy just up from a roundabout in a converted old roadside house, each room was a different brand.
Do you know the place I'm trying to describe?

 

That sounds very much like the old National Tyres branch.
Just found this on the net (scroll down)......

https://www.onthemarket.com/details/13090886/

I'm guessing the knowledgable guy would be Stuart who retired some years ago.
When I first started going there the large buildings behind didn't exist.

 

Spot on @Pegscraper

Yes, it probably was Stuart, now you've mentioned the name. Had some great chats with him and he introduced me to sticking a fingernail hard in to the rubber to gauge grip over mileage.
I still do it now as a matter of habit

 

Oil, oil filter and air filter change for the Fireblade

 

I started my this year's office rides with my BMW R1250 RS. I will change depending on the weather situation between my BMW and my new Rocket 3 R STORM.
Today I started my 60 km ride to my office at -2 degrees celsius. The arrival was at + 1 degree celsius. The ride back home was great. It had up to 16 degrees.

 

Well that's not going to work. No way will a bigger battery fit without extensive remodelling of the taillpiece.
I'm looking at lithium phosphate now. I can get a Provacell one that's an exact swap but with 50% more cranking power.