What are your Upgrades/Maintenance PLANS for 2017

Right...People

What are your upgrade/Maintenance plans for your beloved Speed Triple for this year 2017

Mine: 2011 Speed Triple with 11,000 on the clock

Maxton front kit + RT10 Rear Unit
Carbon Tail light Surround
Carbon side tank panels
Carbon headlight bowls
Evotech Tail Tidy
Remove Exhaust headers and polish
Dyno time for Custom Map
Valve clearance check

**Wanted to lower the bike but decided against it because concerned about handling issues & having to shorten the side stand etc . Sometimes this Red mist comes out of nowhere and your are dragging pegs. I don't want to jeopardise the handling in any way. I can just about get the balls of my feet on the ground without having to shift my bum . If I slide a little I can firmly plant one foot on the ground. I wrote a lengthy email to my parents demanding them to give me an explanation as to why am I only 5"6 (maybe 5"6 is a little exaggeration, I think I am somewhere between 5"5 - 5"6) ....Did you fail to feed me

So far maintenance done on Speed Triple:
OEM Suspension set for my riding style
November 2016: Clive Wood did the Rear wheel hub removal & grease, Suspension linkages removal & grease, OEM Air filter, New Spark Plugs, New brake pads (front & rear), Oil & Filter changed, Arrow Lowboy Tune uploaded (as this was the closest map available for my GPR can)

So hopefully if everything falls into plan then it will be a sweet run. Maybe this might even get dragged into 2018

If my Mrs find this thread I will have some serious explanation to do about the expenses

 

^^^ Nice.

I am not confident enough to attempt valve clearances. Near the time I will need to try source a reputable mechanic

 

^^^ Crispey....You live in SW London and ride a Triple. You shouldn't have a problem with either of those . Should be a walk in the park for you

 

Most likely for Valve Clearance as I can watch and learn. He is happy to explain and show you the ropes. Clive said not to worry about it until around 13k

 

Yes that's my 1st priority tomorrow evening . I got a longer one that came in the original packaging.

As I am going to remove the rear fairing to solder some wires, I am thinking whether I should get a Evotech Tail tidy (if I order it today, I will get it for tomorrow) and fit it on. I have the Triumph LED indicators and want to make sure it will fit the tail tidy and that it will sit straight and flush....Not Wonky

At the moment this is how the rear of my bike looks. The indicators wouldn't fit through the hole and I had to use spacers to fit them with a longer bolt. Sometimes the indicator will twist upwards or downwards not by much, just minor...marginally. But it still does move!!

 

The last time I was with him, he taught me a lot. And me.....I am going to need all the help I can get. Once my brother bought a banger XJ600 for £200 (I think). We took the engine apart and for the life of me, I could not put it back together for months. The funny thing is even though I put it back together, we never had the opportunity to test it because none of us wanted to get on the bike and be a guinea pig . It ended up being scrapped with the house move n all

 

You could probably do it with your eyes closed

For some of us it would be a miracle even if we managed to locate the right tools and then figuring out what the hell to do with it

 

I spoke to Evotech performance and they confirmed the fitting would be fine and it will sit straight. So just ordered it.

I shall get on with the fixing tomorrow ........Pictures to follow

If anyone has a better instructions, would you be kind enough to share it with me please