Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Discussion in 'Triumph General Discussion' started by flapinflares, Mar 7, 2013.

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  1. Havit

    Havit Admin
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    She got me from Holyhead to Kent and I have took her around the coast in kent for spins , she sounds like a traction engine but she keeps going . I'm bringing the new engine to kent to put it in here as I have a bigger garage here.
     
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  2. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    Good to hear mate. :cool:
     
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  3. Bad Billy

    Bad Billy Baddest Member

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    She's a beauty Ron, so glad you listened to my advice :p
     
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  4. Bad Billy

    Bad Billy Baddest Member

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    Wow mate!
    I thought you was all loved up with that Speedmaster as it was so comfortable? Even flirting with the idea of selling Scarlet :eek:, so why the change of heart mate? :confused:
     
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  5. MadMrB

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    Looks like the remap has solved the problem :grinning:
     
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  6. Wattie

    Wattie Well-Known Member

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    Changed the fork oil on the trophy today, well kind of.. Didn't remove the forks 'cause I'm lazy, but tried the vacuum pump method. It took exactly 300ml from each leg, which was pleasing that it was identical. I'm guessing I've left quite a bit of the old stuff in the legs. Anyone know how much they tend to use in a 2002 trophy? (the one that should have 133mm air gap, less air gap would mean more fluid I assume). You probably don't tend to note how much doing it the inverted way, but how much out of a litre do you have left or do you need more than a litre?
    Haven't managed a road test yet as the rain came down.
     
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  7. fzr162

    fzr162 Well-Known Member

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    New tyres on Mrs FZRs speed ready for the French trip ln August.
     
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  8. Wessa

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    Nowt, the weather has been crap all day......
     
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  9. Wattie

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    #12989 Wattie, Jul 4, 2020
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    Took the trophy out for a test run after having done some work.
    Before going I started wondering if I should have done the proper procedure for fork oil but thought I'd have to remove the fairing to gain access to the lower yoke bolts. So I checked access and in the process found the top of the lower yoke bolts was not even hand tight (it span in my fingers) and the other 3 were hardly much tighter. I've never done any work on them and can only assume they were 'touched' during the 12000 mile service many years ago. Tweaked them up without the torque wrench 'cause it was too tight a fit, reckoning that 20nm is tight but not too tight o_O.......
    Anyway, brakes still work, so I haven't buggered them, forks seem better (placebo effect?), roads seem smoother, emergency braking can still get the front tyre chirping. However the change I wasn't expecting was the gearchange, the clutch must have been dragging before changing the fluid. I just thought the drive chain was getting a bit knackered after 18 years.. :grinning:
     
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  10. Pegscraper

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    Had the first service on the SS this week so went out tonight for another fix. Engine freeing up nicely and now a few more revs to use post run in. Jeez this is a sweet bike!
     
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  11. MadMrB

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    Took a trip to the seaside this morning :D

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    Hunstanton, so not the most glamorous of locations :p, and it was bloody windy o_O A great 160 mile round trip, and one of those rides where you just feel at one with the bike, brilliant... apart from the wind, my ears are still ringing and I was wearing ear plugs.
     
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  12. MadMrB

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    Good luck mate! :)
     
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  13. OldNick

    OldNick Elite Member

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    Report back as soon as you land with good news:cool:
     
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  14. Rspete

    Rspete Elite Member

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    Well the street scramblers cat is removed and I've cut the baffles out the exhaust, she's very loud and angry :grinning::laughing::heart:
     
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  15. Rspete

    Rspete Elite Member

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    Did your bike see the incident?? If it did that could be to blame and the reason it's acted up on the way home. :kissing:
     
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  16. Rspete

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  17. Richard Goss

    Richard Goss Senior Member

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    Bit of of a bimble via H Cafe near Abingdon just to see whether they were open or not. Quite a few bikes there and the cafe was open with a traffic light system to let people in.
    Bike night there tomorrow (Monday) so make pop along for a look.

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  18. Shaun64

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  19. SleepyOwl

    SleepyOwl Crème de la Crème

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    Trip to North Devon but it was very busy around the coast so headed south again. Cant resist turning off the road when the word "Quay" appears on the sign :grinning:

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  20. Rspete

    Rspete Elite Member

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    Had away man mate, I took it as intended. :)
     
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