955i Speed Triple

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  1. Ralph Ferrand

    Ralph Ferrand New Member

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    Good morning I have now got another Triumph. I picked up a 955i Speed Triple that has had a hard life. I have had a couple of Sprint STs over the years.

    The wiring is totally shagged on this bike as the previous owner tried to 'disconnect' alarm, thinking mistakenly that that was the electrical problem - it was the battery! I have sourced a hopefully good used loom from a German breakers on flea bay. I have a 955i factory manual from my Sprint days, but sadly it's for later models grrr. The previous owner did give the a Haynes manual, which has lots of wiring diagrams in glorious technicolour! Sadly one seem to have the same wire colours as the bits of the loom that matey butchered.

    If nothing else it will give me something other than Big Zeds to write about in Classic Motorcycle Mechanics magazine :)

    Ralph Ferrand
     
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  3. Regit nogara

    Regit nogara Member

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    Hi Ralph, welcome to the forum, from sunny North Wales. Can we assume your wiring is faulty?
     
  4. Boothman

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    Hi and welcome to the forum :cool:
     
  5. Ralph Ferrand

    Ralph Ferrand New Member

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    That's One way of putting it :D I tend to use more graphic Anglo Saxon terms ... that Bertie edits out LOL
     
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  9. Mark TGR9

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    Don't you just love amateur mechanics a little knowledge or none at all is a dangerous thing
     

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