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I like to get to know my bike so took the tank off the other day to see what was underneath (new Speed Twin 900). Didn't expect to see much but it was jam packed with wiring and stuff. The amount of wiring on a bike now is frightening.

 

Well my first proper motorcycle was bought in a deal made at a friends stage night a friend of theirs was attended Uni in the Midlands we lived down south of London over drinks he informed me that he had a 1966 Norton Jubilee 250cc in bits, 250cc was the biggest we were allowed at 17 yeas old, that I could have for £10 he would bring is down in the boot (trunk) of his car it would take a couple of trips over a few weeks so the deal was struck. Turned out the engine had been butchered but we found one advertised in a local paper for £20 it was a Pre 64 engine so the lower rear mount was different ( different gear box) but it went into the frame. The tank was leaking due to a brass bush for the tank badge screws had been pulled out luckily a dealer in London was having a bit of a clear out and I picked up a brand new only in primer tank for £3. It was not the best looking bike but I was proud of it and took me everywhere. Oh I fitted a pair of reverse cone megas (exhaust) on it and boy was it loud I loved it.

Plezier

 

It's been a couple of weeks Joe and I noticed you haven't mentioned swapping the bike yet is this a good sign or you just been to busy to call in at your nearest Triumph dealer as yet

 

Sad to hear this Joe. As far as getting work done on older bikes, Fowlers in Bristol have a stated policy of not working on bikes that are 10 years old. This includes any bikes they have carried out every service from new. Its probably a universal policy from all dealers i suspect. It seems that you are better off giving a local mechanic your business from new if you get that sort of back up.

 

Well they have to force folks to buy new machines after all not everyone is fooled into spending small fortunes on newer ones or even new ones. As I have not heard anything back from the Triumph dealer one can only assume that as my T300 Trophy 900 is nearly 30 years old they probably do not have anyone that can do it after all unless they can plug a puter in that tells them what to do they're stumped.

Went to the bike shop in VT and asked them rode the Triumph there and asked about valve clearance check/adjust and fork oil service they say they are booked up until at least October 10th I asked them as last year they had a fairly late model Tiger for sale there so thought they might be able to do some servicing on it. Valves of course are bucket and shim so hoping they have shims on hand and of course a way to support the bike while doing fork oil change.

Plezier

 

Not what you would expect from a new bike Joe, i am sure Bulldog
will look after you.

 

Sorry to hear that your new bike being out of action so soon into your relationship making it harder to bond or at least get that first service done so the throttle can get twisted (a lot ) more wrong time of year to be without when weather still allows riding without all the extra layers.There are bargains to be had out there if the itch becomes too much i mean I got the Thunderbird for £1550 Granted it needs a few jobs to get it to a standard I'm happy with but something like this would still leave you the majority of your rainy day money but saying that it rains so much in this country it won't be long before that rainy day money finds another purpose
Go on you know you want to

 

Damn, Joe. That’s annoying, mate.

 

That’s a gutter Joe hope it’s sorted quickly

 

@joe mc donald
Oh no, Joe! That's so, so disappointing. I'm late to this thread but have been catching up with your saga and know that you were very excited about your new Trident 660. And about simplifying your stable...for the time being anyway. And now that seems to have backfired since you are "scratching your backside" when the sun is shining. I really hope that Bulldog will make it right and get your new bike back on the road with you happily astride it.

 

@stinger, we've experienced dealer policies of not working on older bikes here in Arizona, too. Our local Harley dealership won't work on bikes older than 20 years. My oldest bike is my 2019 Speed Triple so I'm safe...so far. They are willing to work on my hubby's 2001 Fat Boy and they said it's primarily because we had a good relationship with the dealership (that partly "you've spent scads of money with us over the last 15 years").

 

Well looks like the Trophy won't be going in so soon not the dealers fault it's just that I cannot see my arm/shoulder being up to it in just 3 weeks or so I know it's only been 3 days since the operation but the shoulder took a real pounding it seems my jacket really shows it good job it has added protection and padding on the shoulder. Not sure if the numbness is a result or the operation or something else.

Plezier