Trumpy from down Under, so many questions She's a Thunderstorm on two wheels Probably the last bike for me so am going to adapt her for my future on her Have been asking the bike people local and online, Triumph rat forum didn't really help, was interesting though I want to change the handle bars, have osteo arthritis which will get worse with age, so need to pull bars back and up to bring me up an comfortable but can't get a straight answer, a mate gave me his Thunderbird handle bars which seem a better position but have been told cables won't fit, Any suggestions please
I had the thunderbird LT and the bars on that were very comfortable, so you could look at them. Not sure about the cable lengths but from what I understand the thunderstorm and T’bird are the same, just a different configuration. There are a few members with these bikes, so hopefully they will be along to help…. Edit: I guess you could use the T’bird cables if the oem don’t work with the T’bird bars..
Hi Trumpy and welcome to the forum cables generally have 2”/50mm of play, which suits up and over applications. With the upgrades we have done (risers) we have rerouted the cables to give more play
Greetings and welcome to the forum, Mr Trumpy. As you can see already, there are lots of knowledgable and helpful members here. We'd love to see a photo or two of your bike!
Allo Wessa yep found the answer to my cunundrum, the storm an LT have the same length cables and as the storm has higher risers making the cables to short, so I can use longer triumph cables from another model, can't remember which one , I just have to take tank off for front brake hydraulic cable, take a measurement for cable length on new handle bar and the swap the cables onto new handlebars, cause they are Third handle bars all the grips an everything should swap straight over ✌️
G'day mate do we always have to wait 3months to get parts for Triumph's, twice been told none in the country gotta order from England
Yeah Dartplayer, was gonna go risers was told that's all I could do, asked everywhere for help, went to Perth Triumph shop, old style shop they gonna order new cables for different Triumph, LT and Storm have same size cables but storms risers are a lot higher, plus LT western bars need more length and still might have to re-route but a solution to the problem aye
I generally use Triumph Performance Parts out of Melbourne. They hold a good range https://www.triumphperformanceparts.com.au/thunderbird/