Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

What, Trumpets with electrical issues? Never!!

Well, actually, they have been the bane of my Triumph owning experience for the last 20+ years. The old complaint about the early Hinckley bikes not being fitted with a big enough battery plagued my partnership with the Daytona 900 which demanded a new battery every five minutes! OK, 18 months maximum.

You'd have thought that Triumph would have sorted it out by now, or at least managed to arrange for a warning to be given, rather than this sudden expiry. However, the Daytona did at least let you know that she would be looking for a new one a month or so before packing up completely.

It could be worse though. The story is that when Massey Ferguson styled the MF135 with its shiny new shape they forgot to allow a space for the battery, hence it being crammed in at the bottom of the steering column where you can't get to the damn thing. True or not, it's a pain change over.

 

Trip home from Dublin today on the Explorer and whoopee, managed to get the hang of the cruise control! Also sussed out the trip meter and for anyone interested, since it was last reset, 2000 kms ago, it has averaged 44mph and 45mpg.

 

Battery is the original so circa June 2023. How many times it's been depleted though, I don't know. I bought the bike last year with 3K on the clock but it was delivered with a weak battery and loose terminals and failed to start the day after the courier had dropped it off. I put that down to loose terminals but it could be that it had been depleted enough to reduce it's overall capacity.I suspect that it needs to be on 99% tospin up that big engine.

 

I have an Optimiser tender. It's been on that thoughout the winter, albeit off the bike in rotation with the two batteries from my other bikes.
The Optimiser said it was at full charge after an hour of being an charge today but I'm questioning whether it can still reach full charge.

 

Same, getting ready for ole speedway boys ride tomorrow, when realized that the reason it was shitty in the rough bends in the hills last time was probably, er ...... several pounds to much in the front .. yes, we should it !

Must have transposed the figure in the manual somehow ?