I'm going to be a busy chap this morning thanks to the wonders of fleabay. Last week I won a fly screen for the Bonnie and it arrived yesterday. It's immaculate, apparently it was removed from the bike on day one in 2008 and has been sitting in a box until last week, £36 and it's even the right colour Some of you may remember that someone posted on the forum somewhere, on behalf a charity, that they had a set of new Triumph panniers for sale on eBay. Well I bid on them and they turned up this morning. I was surprised at the lack of interest, I think there were only two of us bidding and I got them for £211 inc free delivery. I shall post pictures when they're on the bike.
It keeps the worst of the wind off your chest making 70 mph plus riding more comfortable. They are £125.00 plus £10.82 for the bracket from World of Triumph - mine was £42.00 on ebay. Other bargains - both boxed and brand new off ebay: Throttle body caps: WOT £50.00 - ebay £19.99. Filler cap: WOT £55.00 - ebay £19.00
It's done, with only a minor interruption when a mate called round for coffee and a chat. I think that's Bonnie v1.0 almost sorted. All I need to do now is sort out some drop bars, rear sets and a cafe racer seat so that I can remove the rack and luggage and swap the parts over as the feeling takes me to turn the pretty much standard v1.0 into v2.0 the cafe racer.
Nice picture Steve. Seeing the fork gaiters on your previous pics convinced me to change my plastic stone guards which I did last week. Dropped lucky when I bought my Bonnie as it already had the screen, centre stand, rack and datatool alarm fitted.
Very nice. I've not ridden mine since fitting the screen as the weather has been terrible but I'll be out on the first dry and sunny day we get
That was one of the original ideas of the screens to protect you in poor weather, plus of course the aerodynamics for racing. Don't let the weather put you off if you fancy a ride.
I've never been a fair weather biker but having got the beast cleaned, polished and coated in FS365 I couldn't bring myself to get her covered in crud. All my other bikes have been tools, an everyday ride but this one is purely for enjoyment That said I'm going to reach the point where a ride is more important so even if we don't get a dry sunny day soon I'm going to get out there and sod the crud.
Hi all, I too like the look of gaiters, how difficult is it to fit them,I assume its forks out to slide them on ?
Not a hard job if you have a centre stand. Get someone to push the bike back down onto its rear wheel and wedge a block of wood under the frame. This gives just enough clearance to drop the front wheel and then you can remove one fork at a time. Good instructions can be found here.
i wonder why they don't make them like leg gaiters,you would be able to fit them in 2 mins if they did
Hey Steve, throw your block of wood away or give it to somebody with a log burner. Take a look at this for £38 incl. P&P
Spec is 500kg which is perfect for the Bonnie Adjustable cradle width for the frame and height adjustment from the male thread on each cradle. I like simple mechanical devices, it has a nice smooth movement and nothing much to go wrong. Absolutely brlliant for the the money
Bugger though having to get a second person to press down on the back while you get your 'free' piece of wood in place. On a serious note of caution, I noticed on my bike that the sump fins are slightly lower than the frame tubes, I wouldn't advise resting those on the wood.
Hi phantom, It depends what you class as difficult. 1) 'crack' the spindle and brake mounting bolts. (Better done before the bike is jacked up) 2) gently tap the plastic protector upwards releasing it from its location groove. (Easier done now) 3) Jack the bike up safely and high enough to remove the front wheel 4) remove the brake caliper and 'tie up' out of the way and to support the hose 5) remove the wheel. (Note the spacers etc.) 6) remove the mudguard 7) slacken the top and bottom fork yoke bolts and gently ease the leg downwards 8) remove the plastic stone protector 9) thoroughly clean and apply rubber grease to the gaiter area 10) fit the gaiter leaving the top clip undone till last 11) re-assemble using correct torque values 12) the vent holes on the gaiter face outwards when clamping, I used the rubber moulding 'split line' to visually centralise it to the bike before clamping the top clip. Job done! Difficult or not ? Your decision, we are always here for help and advice and we want you to be safe It's also a good time to change your fork oil or upgrade your springs while the legs are out, which I did.
