Very accurate. I love the water and aeroplanes so I am lucky enough to be able to stay on each coast next to an air port. Water is 300m from home and away home. Auckland city has a harbour to the north and coast line East and West only a few miles apart at there nearest points
the sum total of doing anything on the Triumph today has been going into the yard and making sure the cover is on properly.... pouring down up here, gravel is being washed onto the roads from the fields and not motorbike weather at all... . take care anyone out on their bikes today
@brown mouse pillion seat looks great, can I ask if you had a complete base plate made ? Did you use steel or add on to the plastic original base?
Still not sure about my back end noises... @Dartplayer I noticed you had your rear up on the paddock stand to do back wheel off type work (brembo rear brake)(mono shock), how was that? In my Haines manual it says to use a paddock stand UNLESS Bobber or Speedmaster in which case you have to wood chock up to about 170mm. I came back from a 40 mile ride and noticed a new high pitch squeal as I walked the bike in.only happened under weight. Once up on paddock stand just the other creaky noise. And on the paddock stand.. Chain tension seems fine, no rubbing of tyre, Rear wheel alignment out by only 0.8mm ( in terms of left side to right side of rear chain adjuster marks& nuts ). Not sure whether to fiddle about and grease up the shaft ect, only done 2800 miles so cant be bearings? Or take it to Triumph ......?
I chocked back wheel with a scissor jack for mono, but use paddock stand for other maintenance. From what I have read in your post it sounds like Triumph should take a look, to avoid any issues after trying to rectify it yourself, with such low mileage. I had rear disc rubbing after new tire change, but my disc is updated floating Brembo. I hope you find the cause @Herman66
P0230 - Fuel pump relay fault. P1231 - Fuel pump relay open circuit. P0562 ..... I think.. low voltage (a generic power code)
a good spray of WD40 on the white fuel pump connector needed by the sound...... odd about the V drop though..... makes me wonder about the diodes in the rectifier... I always wonder about the ones in mine - 20 years old now.. probably leaking to earth a bit with wear and tear and in need of replacing sometime... there's always something clamouring for my ( lack of ) money
Thanks dartplayer, how do you find the back brembo and have you thought about free spirits belt conversion?
Second day of non stop rain. Friday getting my tax affairs up to date, but today, garage time. Spent the morning clearing away tools and sorting crap for the tip. This afternoon fitted a Scottoiler V system to my 800. Took an easy 2 hours and now ready for our dash down to Land's End next Saturday. Thought it would be fun to do both ends of the country in the same year, having been home from Scotland a couple of weeks.
glad you've organised it that way round - the Scotland run this time of year would be cold and miserable....
We hit it lucky, some rain in the Lake District on the way up and pissed down all the way home, but can't complain. Lovely people, scenery and roads. Certainly going again soon.
it's rained every time i've crossed over the border...usually on the way back 8) ... but it is a lovely run up the A68 in summer 8)
I like having twin rear for the trail braking I use, but prefer the chain ons retro bike. I did look at the kit though
Trying a little experiment. The grips on my Street Cup as well as all the Street Twin series are quite thin. With light weight summer gloves they are fine, but I’ve had issues the past two years riding with heavy duty gloves. They bunch up and make my hands ache and cramp. I do have arthritis issues as well. I have seen some companies selling a wrap to put on your grips to dress them up, and add some vibration dampening. The ones I’ve seen are mostly made of leather, and are pricey for what you get. So, I fell back on my years of push bike mechanicing and got some synthetic leather bar wrap with a gel layer for about $25. Should be enough to do both sides about three times. It took a few tries since I haven’t wrapped a handlebar in about 15 years, but I finally got the consistency I wanted. It did fatten up the grip a bit, and is nice and squishy. I put on my winter gloves and tried it out, all the bunching is gone and the grips feel good. One of the issues with my hands is that after riding for a long time they start cramping so bad I can’t pull in the brake lever. The larger diameter and the squishier grip may fix this. After a road test I’ll know more, but for now I’m happy with the results. The perforated wrap looks pretty good as well. If anyone decides to try this it’s pretty inexpensive, can hide worn grips, and comes in a multitude of materials and colors. Hopefully I’ll get a road test in the first of the week.
