Featured My First Triumph

Congratulations on your new-to-you Street Twin, Tim! It looks great; thanks for sharing the photos. Looking forward to hearing all about it and how you like it after you've ridden it a bit. Enjoy!

 

Hi and welcome! Great bike!

 

Congratulations on your Streettwin Tim, good pix enjoy

 

Eyup, lovely looking bike.

 

… and the right colour as well.

 

Hi and welcome…

 

Hello Tim.

 

Looks great, very clean! I had original Triumph bar ends on mine, took them off 'cause every time I moved my left hand to wave it hit the mirror!

 

Are the ebay mirrors specifically for Triumphs? I fitted Triumph bar end mirrors and finishers to my ST but my brother, being a cheap skate, took the ebay route. He had problems making his bargain mirrors fit with the finishers, especially on the throttle side. He bodged it in the end and it hangs together but he wishes he'd splashed the cash at the start.
The Triumph mirrors are ridiculously expensive but I'm lazy and always take the easy option.

 

The trouble with bar end fitments, especially on the throttle side, is getting a rigid fixing without interfering with the throttle action. The expanding fixing really needs something solid to pull against as it is not only expanding but pulling as well.

When fitting bar ends to my Ducati I encountered this problem. I eventually overcame this difficulty by getting a stout washer who’s internal diameter allowed the screw to pass through but had to reduce the outside diameter to the same as that of the bar (not the twist grip tube). When all tightened up it was perfectly rigid with unimpeded throttle action.

 

Motone make a handrail for the Street Twin.

 

Flyscreens make a great ball cap holder!

 

Certainly a nice bike, I remember my first Triumph was a blue 1956 Thunderbird I had just upgraded from a 1955 Matchless G9. I was riding along then suddenly the back wheel locked up. I stopped and looked at the engine and saw sunlight poking through, a gudgeon pin had come out and did severe damage to the engine thats why I bought my first Triumph.

 

A beautiful looks bike Tim. Here’s to all the wonderful ride outs you have coming your way.

good luck and safe journeys.
Paul