Sprint GT Sprint Gt Service.

The Sprint has had a busy year, so when I came back from Glasgow at the end of October she came off the road.
Flat spot on the rear ( look close you can just make it out)
This tyre has served me well, punctured 3000 miles ago, Battlax had good grip too.
Swapped for a Conti Road Attack to match the front..

I checked the bearings in the wheel they were fine and also rebuilt the rear hub cos theres a lot of talk about it seizing, also checked and regreased the sprocket bearings, and the cush drive, the rubbers were still tight.
so no need for a change.
I dropped out the shock with the intention of getting it rebuilt, only to find out, it cant be, so cleaned it up and put it back.To be honest the shock worked fine and I was spending purely for looks, so saved some money there too.
While I was down that far I removed the swing arm and drop link, replaced a couple of bearings,cleaned, re-greased, and painted the swing arm.


I checked the chain and sprocket and although the sprockets looked good, the chain was badly stretched, and so I replaced as a set.

Lots of this has been covered here already as I asked for help on various things.Cheers.
I fu34ed a chain link tool, then sent back, the plastic tool, and bought a heavier version.

This one (from Oxford) really works and took two minutes to finish the job. The front sprocket was only held on by the locking washer and was completely slack,for how long I dont know.
Because of the cr4p first chain link tool, to make sure it was secure I had to buy another soft link.

The brake caliper got washed out and new pads fitted, my last job at the back and I could now turn my attention to the forks.
Since I got the bike I felt the dive when first applying the front brake was to much, so I looked for a cure.
I tried to remove the fork pinch bolts and the were both over-tight / seized, one of them gave and the other snapped.

I actually managed to drill through the stainless bolt,

only drilling it out became a pain and so I bought a second hand one on eBay and painted the set.]
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Working on the bike I realised that almost nothing had been done since it left the factory,and with that in mind I figured that the fork oil would be water by this time, and I was right, it was completely burst. I had set the forks and still had a problem with dive so after reading some threads, I thought the new oil (standard weight) and 10mm extra per fork was the best thing I had read on the subject


I put the forks back together and so far, after short test runs, there is definitely a big improvement in initial dive and I am pleased with the results.
Front brakes were cleaned ,and replaced the pads.I also managed to pop a piston and so the brakes got a bleed too.

Today I got time to clean everything up before putting the panels back.I also changed the oil and filter, put Goop in the new rear tyre.

While I had the front wheel off I redid all the fasteners on the ABS disc and the brake discs just for piece of mind after snapping the front pinch bolt.

 

Its Graphite. cheers.

 

Theres one for Jez

 

I found it in the photo file

 

Its worth doing.If your taking the forks off watch out for the rear mudguard bolts, "Bowl of Mice" had to destroy his and I did too.
http://www.bowl-of-mice.co.uk/ST_Forks1.html


Heres one of the threads on fork mods...


http://www.triumphrat.net/sprint-forum/54497-fork-oil-increasing-viscosity-and-oil-level.html

Arnt you supposed to have your hand up a turkey on Saturday

 

https://www.englandrugbytravel.com/6-nations-2018/scotland-vs-england-6-nations-2018/198/

 

I thought you must be in Spain for the hols.

 

This one mpgscott
https://www.wemoto.com/bikes/triump...x_heavy_duty_x-ring_chain_and_jt_sprocket_kit