Shortened the indicators on the Scrambler. I like the fact that they're quite large and bright for good visibility, personally I'm not a fan of those tiny smoked LED offerings, but they stick out quite a bit so I shortened them by about 1" which I think has improved things slightly. standard..... comparison.... result, minus the barn door number plate...
Day 3 of servicing. Alternator and rockers off to check timing, which looks OK. Laborious scraping of old gasket off. Then 3 of 4 rockers back on, with some smaller shims on one. Measured clearances and found the shims I hadn't changed had gone down, and the ones I'd changed for smaller sizes were still the same clearance (yes, I rotated engine loads to try and get things seated right). Called it a day and opened a beer Still waiting on more shims, so will be a few days before re-assembly).
At least you have a nice dry comfy working area. My Street Scrambler is the first Triumph I've ever worked on and found it a bit of a breeze after the ZZR which is a nightmare in comparison. Not only a lengthy job to even get to the valve gear but you get to take the cams out to change the shims. Not a job to do when you're in a bad mood!
Beautiful day today, so I just had to get out on the Rocket, roads were a bit wet with the snow melting, but still great fun
it was about 10c..anything below 5c then I'd have been out on the GS as the muffs would have been on!
Shims arrived so it was day 4 of servicing. They were a perfect size, so after fitting them it was time to put bike back together, which I took slow and careful, making sure I didn't forget anything. When it came to the last bolts for fixing the fuel tank I couldn't find my 14mm socket. I searched everywhere and was slowly starting to panic thinking that it had somehow ended up in the engine... I finally found it under a funnel I'd used for decanting oil, what idiot put it there? I also have a new fuel filter sitting on my bench but have had enough servicing for now. Probably do it next winter. Maybe I'm naive, but am thinking UK fuel and a 4 year old tank isn't going to produce enough crud to warrant a change every 20k miles. (Also, I've only done 16k so it would be 26k next winter) Probably ditto for delaying brake fluid change. do it after 2.5 years rather than 1.5. I'm still waiting on really slow Royal Mail for spark plugs and filters, so no test ride yet.
Put the battery back on from out of its box in the airing cupboard, where its been since 01/10/21, started immediately, always a nice feeling
Got some more miles on the new Scrambler today. Fine and sunny with mostly dry roads but loads of run off on the back roads with piles of washed down debris and numerous deep puddles/small lakes. If it didn't look like a scrambler when I went out it certainly does now. A full strip wash tomorrow I think!
Sounds like your new Scrambler got a proper Scrambler-type break in today, Pegscraper. I'm with @Col_C....pictures please!
went to the Tiger 1200 presentation I had the chance to sit on it, when bringing upright it is not heavy at all, this surprised me I could not get any decent photos
Well you tried, and thanks for thinking of us. Other than the weight, what's your overall impression, I know you can't tell a lot just by sitting on it, but your best guess will do.
