Cleaning it....my beautiful bike perfectly executed it's party trick of throwing all of the standing water / general crap up and over the back of itself and the rider during our lovely day out yesterday .
Precisely why I think fender deletes and shorty mudguards are rather silly; pretty yes but as an ex-engineer I see it as the very definition of form over function. I learned the lesson of short mudguards on my racing bicycle that I used to ride to school, starting the day in autumn, winter and spring with muck in your mouth and a wet backside just isn't pleasant. This is why I changed the rear end of my street cup to the full rear mudguard (along with the much better-looking Lucas style taillight) of the T100, and fitted Triumph’s fender extender to the front mudguard. Anyway, each their own, your Street Triple is extremely good looking, when it's not covered in crud.
@Helmut Visor always says the short tail without a rear mudguard is form over function - he will more than agree with you there!! I also happen to agree that it IS form over function....but I really love that bike's form . Admittedly, much less so when covered in crud.....oh the things we must suffer for beauty . I would describe myself as a practical person, blessed with enough logic to get by...but perhaps I need to think again!! And yes....I think many of us learned the lesson of short (or removed) mudguards on our bicycles as children.....but again at least the bike looked cool (if not the rider....) .
Very balanced view Mrs Visor, they are one model I would put up with a shorty if not no rear guard. I usually extend them on most bikes
Today I did my favourite 200+ mile jaunt to the east coast, it was a perfect Autumn day, blue skies, leaves turning a golden colour but not yet falling and making road slippy At start of journey had engine cut out at 70 on dual carriageway Fortunately not much traffic and had space to pull left and time to coast and de-confuse myself. After about 10 seconds thought to hit starter and engine fired into life, was fine for rest of day. Not sure what that was about. In past, I’ve pulled clutch and killed engine when moving (to listen for mysterious sounds) and the engine has fired into life just by releasing clutch. That didn’t happen today, took an active press of the starter.
That's why I fitted fender extenders to my SS to keep most of the crap off. You can get away with this on a Classic bike easier than a modern machine without spoiling curvy, aerodynamic lines of minimalist bodywork. An extended mudguard or mudflap fits in nicely with SOTA styling from the 1960's!
Went for a short ride around the Norfolk coast on my Speed Triple 1050RS and got home with 12016 miles on the clock so it's time for the dreaded 12000 miles service. Done it before many times on previous Speed Triples so I know what I am letting myself in for. Always do it myself as I don't trust the dealers plus it saves me a shed load of money.
Did a bit of tarting up of the Street Cup today. Firstly swapped out the plastic sprocket cover for a metal T100 one. It came without the gauze insert so I made my own. Also sprayed the intake covers matt black (my side panels are matt so did these ti match) and also put some gauze inserts in those too.
My Daytona 1000 was waiting quietly to have me over! Went to start it up today & errr it wouldnt . I had Charged the battery but just got a CLICK sound. Bugga. Tested the solenoid which was deemed ok. So stuck a live on the starter & Zero response So deep breath & attacked it. In less than an hour carbs were off & starter out. Haynes says you have to drain coolant & take the pipe off which you dont as there is loads of room! Anyway found a bit of muck in the starter & brushes were not exactly tip top Sprint are now sending the parts required. But it was fun in the man cave!
That looks really cool. I also swapped to the T100 sprocket cover on my SC and drilled it to take the Heel guard from the SC’s cover. Wish I’d thought of gauze behind the intake covers though, they look great! What sort of gauze did you use, where did you get it from and how did you fix it behind the covers. I’d really like to do the same.
Hi. I got the wire gauze off ebay for £3. I made a paper template and cut it out with some decent scissors. I then worked a hole in it with a screw and bent it into shape. It fixed with the existing screw only.
Couple of hours on the Tiger. I was going to go on the Thruxton until I discovered that it’s MOT ran out on the 30th September. My mitigating story is that I got both the Tiger and the Thruxton on the same day in November 2019. I had assumed that both would need MOT’s in November. Wrong, the dealer must have registered the Thruxton earlier in September and sold it as managers special new in the November. Anyway both bikes booked in, the Thruxton next week and the Tiger in a couple of weeks.
Hi brown mouse, I had the same issue on a 19 plate RS, in my case it was the immobiliser malfunctioning, it did it numerous times before it was replaced under warranty, downright scary on spirited rides, thankfully on each occasion I was on a straight and not the twisties.
Thanks for the idea, hope it's not that though as that'll be expensive. I did have intermittent immobiliser problems throughout my first year (where it didn't want to start) and eventually they replaced the ignition key housing (where RFID sensor is) which fixed things.
Another good afternoon on the Daytona. Ordered the new brushes & plate from SPRINT. These came yesterday & Sprints parts fitted a treat & more importantly...worked. I put the bike back together & it fired up much easier than usual. I had a play with the fuel tap to make sure flow was good which it was so then got it running & balanced the carbs. She needs a good run now ti finalize the tick over but that wont happen for a while. When i next get to the bike i bet it keeps me busy with something else
Temperatures not getting into double figures here but still good enough. Very enjoyable ride this morning with the scenery this time of year.
