Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Great minds think alike.

 

Had to be done mate. Been doing my head in going to the shed and looking at it just sat there doing nothing.

 

All fuel caps have some kind of one way valve to allow air in as the fuel level drops thus preventing fuel starvation or the tank imploding. They are often just a little rubber flap that allows air past but doesn’t let fuel or fuel vapour escape into the atmosphere. They can clog up with dust and need cleaning once in a while, as does the hose that takes away any over spilled fuel in the filler neck.

 

#1 cylinder is a bitch to get the plug out cos of the frame, right? Top tip. Once the plug is loosened use a piece of rubber hose pushed down over the ceramic neck to unscrew it all the way and remove it. Use the hose again to start the new plug in the threads, you are much less likely to cross thread it as if it doesn’t line up perfectly the rubber hose will spin on the neck of the plug before the plug bites into and damages the plug hole threads. You can use the hose to seat all three plugs, I did.

 

K&N or similar filters may only allow a very small amount of extra air flow compared to oem ones and this is not enough to notice any performance increase. The advantage is in the fact they can be cleaned and reused lasting many thousands of miles but to gain any advantage in that area you’d have to keep the bike til it had gone round the clock and then only just be ahead financially. They have been known to upset air flow sensors in some engines due to the oil residue being taken into the engine if they have been over oiled.

 

Yeah, i'm not the greatest fan of them TBH. I know many rave over them though. While i had access i looked through the TB's and saw a lot of dust/oily lumps/contamination on the back of the valves that im sure shouldnt have been there. Thats why i went back to OEM (for now).

 

I swear by the K&N filters for my high performance cars intakes, but have used OEM for my bikes. I thinks the oil for dust capture first put me off and then there is always the price. My V8 has done 160k km with 4 clean outs using compressor so was value for $$

 

Today was the day....

2002 Speed Triple 955efi

In November I adjusted all the valve timings...then got busy refurbing all the brake calipers....then got even busier replacing all the brake hoses...

After many weeks....everything went back together as it should...and my big beautiful burly blue bike coughed and spluttered and then ROARED in to life ... A welcome sound, and then a welcome ride out this afternoon.

I got some fantastic brake hoses from Venhill Engineering, they really finish off my bike nicely.

I am well chuffed!

Thank you to all who have been with me on this odyssey - you know who you are!

Safe riding all....

 

O come on, not one picture? Seriously?

 

Oh, yes, sorry....

 

BaH

 

That's what I remembered from back-in-the-day but researching on the web I found a description of the modern way on the Triumph Rat forum. And looking at parts diagrams for my bike there's a breather tube that goes from the tank, via a 'roll-over' valve and connects to the canister of carbon which is part of the evap system. That canister has a stubby tube unconnected at the other end which I assume is where air actually gets in to replace used fuel. Not relevant to my possible fuel starvation problem there's also a purge pump that that runs when engine conditions right to pump fuel vapours (that were captured by the carbon in the canister) back into the system (into the fuel injectors?).

 

Ok, ok, I know how you're a sucker for a photo...

 

Triumph rat is an American site and the evap system they refer to is for their market only, you won’t have a charcoal canister on your bike unless it’s been imported from the USA. So it’s as you were, with the little air valve I mentioned before.

 

Another tootle through the hills before we have to head home. Mrs dartplayer made the mistake to sit on the bike when it was on the stand, painful lesson

 

Googling leads me to an MCN article about Euro 4 regulations which says "...similar emissions requirements to Euro 4, including the evaporative emissions test, have been in force in California for several years.". So, I bet all new bikes sold in Europe from 2017 onwards with have a evap system of some sort,

Anyway, I definitely 100% have the evap can on my 2018 Speedmaster at the bottom of the engine on the right side level with the pillion footpeg. I tried to get a photo but it's difficult with everything being black and half hidden. The thing I see looks exactly like part 1 on the parts diagram with the little right angle tube (part 8).

 

Ouch

 

Every day is a school day, I’ve learned something today.

 

There seems to be a lot of chat going on here but is anyone in the UK actually riding their bike?
I've been out on the last three days in a row. Before that it was Christmas eve and Boxing Day. I know some of you do this weird 'wrapping up the bike for winter' thing, but in case you haven't noticed we haven't actually had a winter yet. Today (in Manchester) we've got blue sky with a temp around 9 degrees. Much of the rest of the country looks similar. Roads are a tad damp in places but so what? Stop staring at it, get it out on the road.

 

Been on my t120 for a couple of hours,now spend a week cleaning it.