Looking at an America

I have a French pal who has done 120,000 kms on his - mainly two-up and often loaded with camping gear. IT HAS BEEN TOTALLY FAULTLESS.

 

Great bike, but then I am biased !

Get one with all the extra's you can, costs a small fortune to add them later, but they add no real value when buying.

 

Had to finish that one early, had do to some w*rk

Great bikes, I came from a sports bike (fed up going quick, dead or lots of points beckoning), so big change, but I absolutely love mine. 200+ miles per tank, I have found the finish on them brilliant, no corrosion problems, other than trying to keep the bare alloy wheels shiny (no chance), tyres last a lifetime compared to sports bikes.

I chuck mine around the twisties quite the thing, scraping pegs and exhaust, or bimble along smelling the roses, or tour 2 up 250 miles a day in comfort and ease. Missus loves it on the pillion seat, and actually struggle to get out without her !!!!

Best modification is Triumph Off Road pipes (TOR), as standard are way too quiet and a set of decent tyres (Avon Cobra transform handling, especially in the wet, where OE metz' are useless).

Could do with a sixth gear and maybe another 10~15 bhp, but other than that I think it's a great bike. Be keeping mine for a long time.

 

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Just bought an America my self chopping in Yamaha TDM900. I love this bike

 

WE NEED PICTURES.!!!

 

Hi Triple B, you say it's a 2008, is it carburetors or EFI ?
If it's EFI you can gain about 7hp, about 1/2 what Mr Orange says would better it. By going to the "tuneecu" website and download my tune from 2009' , this tune is suitable for efi 865 cc with short open pipes, K&N air filter and the ais disabled.

Cheers capt.

 

Capt, is your tune any good for my throttle issues? Currently going from closed throttle to open throttle is awful firstly nothing happens then it lunges forward.
2012 efi america.
Short tors.
Ais removed.
O2 sensors removed.
Map for short tors +% I can't remember exact number?
Andy

 

I had a TDM850. Cracking good ride for it's time. Got it new from what was a joint Triumph/Yamaha dealership. With hindsight I wish I had gone Triumph back then, 20-odd years ago, though I couldn't fault the yammies I had from them.

 

Hi Andy, my tune is in the tuneecu website. If you have tuneecu , you can download it and use the compare maps feature, if tuneecu won't allow you to compre then the maps aren't compatible, but you could print off the fueling map's and compare that way ? Then if you want to try my fueling map you would need to adjust your map in tuneecu and then save the changes and upload to your bike's ecu ?
It's the long way I know, but I did it a few years ago on my 99/00 sprint, found a map for a later model and tuneecu wouldn't compare or install, so I did the above manually and worked fine, try it out, you can always go back again.

Cheers capt.

 

Andy, if it's just the snatchiness at the start of the throttle ? Try adjustment on the cables and resetting the throttle position sensor in tuneecu ?

Cheers capt.

 

Hi Mr O, when I had my T100 Bonny I felt the same so I changed the front sprocket from 18T to 19 which gave it a more long-legged feel and modified the airbox and mapping (TTP map no. 3) to give more usable power.