dropped the yokes down 10mm.WOW!! like a different bike, was all wooden and stiff now feels a lot lighter ,more willing to drop into corners. went for a little bimble round Beds. and a visit to Pure Triumph Woburn, converted my bandit riding mate . now desperate to get street r
I still ride my Bandit sometimes (a whole 234 miles in the 12 months up to last week's new MOT), but it does feel like a barge when I get on it after my StripleR. Feels like it has no brakes too, lol.
Captain StripleR: I still ride my Bandit sometimes (a whole 234 miles in the 12 months up to last week's new MOT), but it does feel like a barge when I get on it after my StripleR. Feels like it has no brakes too, lol.
yeah my mate has a1200 gt ..even more of a barge,, fullly loaded.
mjf65: Yesterday I was mostly given the S3 some stick around Castle Combe, roll on Bikesafe next year
loads of triumphs there wasnt there what time were you there?i was on the road ride with chello885 (who i had never met before)at 10am and went on track about 12.45. this was my 2nd year and if they do it again will be back next yearMedia File
I was on track about 2pm I think? There was a Daytona 955 and a Trophy 1200 out in my group. A great day out, I managed to stuff it up a Blade and a GSXR
good work 2nd year running when they started calling us forward everyone started looking around waiting for others to go first so i ended up at front again for the 1st proper lap i was expecting to get passed by a few but it never happened.i think chello was 3rd out on his lovely mk1 speed triple and then got past by a couple and i followed him off at the end so guess i passed about 7 others i hope paul doesnt mind me chucking one of his up(we went halves on the cd)Media Filelovely bike and looking at his track positioning in the photos compared to mine i reckon he was doing really well for a first ever time on track
Managed to download a new map to my 1050. early days yet but it certainly seems to have to made a difference. Lost most of the popping and banging and the throttle doesn't have that on/off feel it had before which makes it more rideable at slow speeds now. fitted some mini winkers Oxford mercury leds. excellent quality, metal body
left 8t in the rqin so i could sort my garage now when i turn the light on it isnt blocked by the shelves i had in the way, just gotta get rid of the big bags of garden waste now so i can crack on with the bandit
Tonight I took my bottom yoke out and drifted the bearing off (without damaging it, so I only need to buy a seal, not an expensive bearing). Took off the Arrow lowboy bracket and sidestand bracket. Then I drained my coolant, which got rather messy. As soon as you take off the rad filler cap it starts overflowing from there and running down the rad, meanwhile, when you take off the bottom rad hose you have a nice fountain from that, while the rad outlet, because of it's angle, spews coolant all over your exhaust, horn, oil filter etc. A fair bit found its way onto the garage floor, and some splashed onto my front tyre and brake disc, so I had to wash the front wheel ASAP. So after I'd drained it all I had a fair bit of cleaning up to do, then removed the very ugly silver coolant inlet elbow from the left side of the engine. Called it a night after that, got fed up.
Tonight I took my bottom yoke out and drifted the bearing off (without damaging it, so I only need to buy a seal, not an expensive bearing). Took off the Arrow lowboy bracket and sidestand bracket. Then I drained my coolant, which got rather messy. As soon as you take off the rad filler cap it starts overflowing from there and running down the rad, meanwhile, when you take off the bottom rad hose you have a nice fountain from that, while the rad outlet, because of it's angle, spews coolant all over your exhaust, horn, oil filter etc. A fair bit found its way onto the garage floor, and some splashed onto my front tyre and brake disc, so I had to wash the front wheel ASAP. So after I'd drained it all I had a fair bit of cleaning up to do, then removed the very ugly silver coolant inlet elbow from the left side of the engine. Called it a night after that, got fed up.
Sounds like a bit of an up-fuc* - not at all what we expect from you!
Not a case of a f!$% up, just unavoidable. The moment you disconnect the rad hose the coolant's gushing out of that so you've got to get that pointed down into the container, and the angle ofthe outlet on the rad means that the coolant dousn't drain straight down into your container, it pisses all over the exhaust and oil filter etc then runs sown into the container, so it's inevitably messy and going to lead to some cleaning up work. God knows why they angled the rad outlet towards the engine, rather than straight down.
Captain StripleR: Not a case of a f!$% up, just unavoidable. The moment you disconnect the rad hose the coolant's gushing out of that so you've got to get that pointed down into the container, and the angle ofthe outlet on the rad means that the coolant dousn't drain straight down into your container, it pisses all over the exhaust and oil filter etc then runs sown into the container, so it's inevitably messy and going to lead to some cleaning up work. God knows why they angled the rad outlet towards the engine, rather than straight down.
The ones I like are where you have a miniscule drain screw aiming horizontally, unscrew it having positioned the basin, and a modest trickle emerges. Then, as you release the rad cap, it becomes a horizontal jet of incredible force, travelling 2 or 3 ft before flooding the floor.
There is a little M6 drain screw at the bottom of the outlet elbow under the engine that you're meant to open after draining the rest through the rad hose to get the last dregs out, but that's positioned to piss all over your exhaust headers too, and not exactly easily accessible. The dealer said that 'cos it's a pain to get to the mechanics there don't even bother using it. Nice to know they do a job properly when you're paying main dealer labour rates, lol...
Captain StripleR: Not a case of a f!$% up, just unavoidable. The moment you disconnect the rad hose the coolant's gushing out of that so you've got to get that pointed down into the container, and the angle ofthe outlet on the rad means that the coolant dousn't drain straight down into your container, it pisses all over the exhaust and oil filter etc then runs sown into the container, so it's inevitably messy and going to lead to some cleaning up work. God knows why they angled the rad outlet towards the engine, rather than straight down.
Why didn't you disconnect the hose at the bottom / water pump end then you can aim the hose into the container ? It works for me on my Speed Triple.
The bottom rad hose doesn't go to the water pump, it goes to the coolant inlet elbow on the left side of the engine, which is horizontal, so would be equally messy, if not more so.
Wheeled it out of my garage do I could sort my garage out and tidy it up, hang a couple of ladders up to make space for another push bike to add to the fleet I seemed to have accumulated
Tried to get my alarm to go into valet/service mode so I could unplug it and put in a blanking plug. The bike battery ran down before it would work, so now that's on charge.
Meanwhile I've sorted an old duvet, 2 pillows n a couple of sweatshirts for sound deadening and awaiting sensible o'clock.
I donlt know about other makes, but the Datatool alarm has its own battery. If you disconnect the bikes battery or let it go flat then eventually the battery in the alarm goes flat too.
so sometimes when reconnecting the battery it may take a while for the one in thh alarm to recharge.
don't forget to disconnect the LIVE and EARTH cables in the correct order. Earth First then Live when discconnecting. Reverse for Re-connecting
Took my lad out for a run this morning (18 yo). The longer we were out the better his pillion abilities got. Never knew he was there in the end. Bike performed faultlessly.
Got service mode to work with no trouble this time, exactly the temperamentality that made me want to remove the alarm. Disconnected the battery earth (probably not
Tested (I want to leave the alarm in place as a "just in case" if/when I sell it) and the motion detection came back on. Turned that off and it seems to have gone out of service mode (no 15sec beeps) but took it a couple of miles up the road without setting it off. I'm now assuming the battery disconnect/becomes live function is looking for a voltage change.
I'll take it to my local bike night tonight with tools for complete removal to hand. Knowing my luck it'll go off half way down the road by the police office and my next entry will be on a new post - What did your Triumph do to you today? - answer "Got me arrested for TWOCing"
Received my big syringe from Ebay for filling my calipers - also good.
Received my new brake hoses from HEL - bad, they're not right. The rear is close, but f!$% knows what the fronts are meant to fit, certainly not a Street R. FFS, why do these things always have to be complicated. I even offered to send my OE hoses down to copy, since they don't list my bike in their catalogue, but they were adamant they gad the specs. Definitely the R? I asked, it's different to the normal Street. Yes, we've got the details they said. Did you not use them then, and just pick two hose lengths and four banjos completely at random?
Had to go to Newport and Porthcawl (seaside town in South Wales) today so took the S3, but for the trip down to Newport I had to use the motorway. To be brutally honest I hated it!!!! Trying to maintain a tuck (arms and head out of the wind is no problem) but keeping the legs tight to the tank caused me serious discomfort in the groin area. Kept it between 70 and 100 hence the tuck, but not a good position for speeds over 85. Rode back on the A roads (with the legs splayed like a chicken and out in the wind) and what a major difference. Easier to keep the legs tucked on a sportsbike with rearsets but not a comfortable thing to do on a bike like the S3. Totally unnatural!!
Bike went well though and I got 115 miles till the fuel light came on. Works out around 35mpg.
Captain StripleR: Received my gel seat (good, cheers Blizzard).
Received my big syringe from Ebay for filling my calipers - also good.
Received my new brake hoses from HEL - bad, they're not right. The rear is close, but f!$% knows what the fronts are meant to fit, certainly not a Street R. FFS, why do these things always have to be complicated. I even offered to send my OE hoses down to copy, since they don't list my bike in their catalogue, but they were adamant they gad the specs. Definitely the R? I asked, it's different to the normal Street. Yes, we've got the details they said. Did you not use them then, and just pick two hose lengths and four banjos completely at random?
I too had a set of SS lines from Hel for my 955i - the rear one was far too short - same story - 'that's what we have it listed as' - anyway, they asked 'how long then?' - I told them - new line arrived next day. s!$% happens matey!
It's not just the lengths, they bear absolutely no resemblance to the original lines, they appear to be for a completely different bike altogether, and I haven't got enough time to f!$% about sending the originals down for them to copy now, so it'll have to be a refund, and the originals will be going back on. f!$%ing annoying when I offered to send the originals down, but they were adamant they had the specs. I've had lines from them in the past no problem, but this has pissed me off, so Venhill next time.
i hope paul doesnt mind me chucking one of his up(we went halves on the cd)
