Trident My Trident

Hi and welcome to the forum.

That is a fantastic looking Trident you have there :upyeah:

Best advice around owning a T300 is make sure you have a very good battery in it as a bad or half dead one will wreck a sprag clutch on them a lot quicker.

Also I use Marvel Mystery Oil in the fuel every time I fill up as the pilot jets on the carbs are buggers for blocking up.

Keep the maintenance up and you will have a reliable bike :upyeah:

Cheers

Steve

 

Hi and welcome to the forum - great looking bike

 

Great looking bike :upyeah:

 

They are a bit of a nuisance to work on but I once you get use to them and learn the tricks they are fine.

If you do take the carbs off again always take the throttle cable off at the handlebars as they are almost impossible to take off at the carbs :wink:

Anyway if you think the 3 cylinder engines are fun to work on then you should have a go at the 4 cylinder bikes

The coils are also can be a bit of a problem on the bike as well as the ignition pickup.

And make sure you grease the rear suspension linkages once a year.

Cheers

Steve

 

Hello and welcome to the forum. Lovely looking machine.

 

Hi Mike. I fitted some progressive springs from Sprint Mfg,made a difference but not much really. I would guess any newer springs would do the same. I also upped the sae of the fork oil to stiffen them up and make the front less lively. My oil seals have just gone and that will need to be addressed before my next MOT.

Lovely looking Trident you got there

 

Hi Mike
I put Hagon Springs in the front forks of my Trident ... small improvement was noted. Hagon rear shock was a real improvement! :upyeah:
Nice looking bike, by the way!! :upyeah::upyeah:

 

Mk1 Speed Triple front forks would most probably fit straight in. :wink:

 

Hi Mike and welcome. That is a really BEAUTIFUL bike you have there, really beautiful.

 

Very handsome bike

I remember in the 90's when I was a kid (teenager) my stepdad would often bring home the latest Triumph brochure.
The Trident was the best looking naked bike around at the time as far as I'm concerned....only the later (original) Speed triple bettered it....

but having that said, stick a pair of "clip on" style bars and the Trident would look awesome too!....esp with those pea shooter pipes. Proper café racer styling and traditional paint scheme.