Oh my gosh, Tony! That certainly added insult to injury to not only total your bike and injury your body, but also to destroy such a special helmet with such sentimental value. I do hope that the folks at Hedon will understand your circumstances and provide you with a replacement. Yes, please let us know if they agree. Do you have a photo of that helmet you could share here? Also, it is SOOO cool that you were the 10th highest fundraiser in England and in the Top 100 worldwide for the 2019 DGR! That is amazing and very impressive. I did the DGR in 2018 and 2019 in Tucson and was Tucson's top fundraiser in 2018. Not even a drop in the compared to your major fundraising efforts! But I loved the whole event and it's such a great cause. The older of my two younger brothers had prostate cancer so it's a cause near and dear to my heart. He had surgery and is doing well now, thank God.
Wow Sandi, you did really well to be Tuscon's top fundraiser in 2018. I'm sorry to hear about your brother, and I can see how that would spur you on (I also have some intensely personal reasons for supporting the DGR). Glad to hear that he's doing well, and long may that continue. This is the the only shot I have of the helmet, although it does say "DGR 2019" on the other side. From memory the black lining was unique to the prize helmets as well.
Hi Speedrattle! I am interested to learn how you get on with the Laser Monkey Chain aligning tool. I bought one last year and found it so poor I took it back and got a refund! I could not get the device to fix firmly on the sprocket so that the laser was stable and the batteries went flat in about 10 mins, even from new ones I purchased after the ones supplied gave up!
well that is terrible news. i havent used it yet but i will report back here. cant be worse than the motion pro. i had to grind metal off mine before it would fit the sprocket on an older bonneville
Beautiful helmet, Tony! I do hope that Hedon will see fit to send you a replacement under the circumstances.
My bike is now 2 years old ad out of warranty ... I'll service it my self as much as possible It is time to replace the chain and sprockets, 42,000kms and the tension is not even I tried finding the parts outside the dealer but the rear sprocket 50T is only available from triumph sites in the UK and shipping made it quite costly. The dealer had the whole kit for a reasonable price , took them a couple of weeks to get it The parts catalog shows the front sprocket nut as M20 ... 30mm, but it is actually 36mm, I have ordered a socket and should be here by tomorrow I fixed my chain breaker, the last time I used it end up a bit bent, chinese finest, it is now straight enough I'll try to remember to take pictures so I can create a post in the tiger section
well, i ve had a chance to use the laser monkey chain aligning ing tool on three machines. i t requires a clear access to a sprocket, which means that it doesnt work well on drum brake machines. on a 2007 kawasaki ninja 250 with a bolt on rear sprocket opposite a disc brake, it works fine. clamps securely to the flat sprocket mettal, centers itself accurately, and shines a red light right down the chain. works just like the mechanical motion pro tool with the indicating rod. no problems with the light or the battery. on a 1965 triumph with a 46-tooth detachanble sprocket ring bolted to the brake drum, there is barely enough room betyween the lower edge of the running chain sideplates and the brake backing plate to clamp the tool. the motion pro was the same way, until i ground off some metal to make it fit. so the laser monkey works on the 46 sprocket, and will probably also work on the 43 sprocket that is cast integrally with the brake drum. im at the land speed races in maine USA, and we just tried to fit it onto an early 70s triumph triple race machine fitted with the rear conical brake. that would be 71 and 72, if its stock, no way to tell. anyway, the conical brake drum has a narrow flat rim upon which to bolt the sprocket ring, so narrow that there is insufficient space between th elower running edge of the chain and the expanding conical brake drum to attatch th elaser monkey. so it clamps at an angle and cannot point directly down the chain. does not work. so my expeperience with this tool is that the one i got worked okay electrically, with decent batteries, but it requires an unobstructed flat portion of a sprocket perhaps an inch wide inside the chain as it runs on the sprocket teeth. if your machine has a clear flat section of sprocket about an inch wide below the chain, i think it will work. if your machine is running a rear drum brake, then maybe it will and maybe it wont.
Well, the Legend Gear side bag that bore some of the brunt of my accident has now pretty much fallen apart. I'd originally opted for the smaller size, but instead of going for a single straight replacement I actually bought a couple of the larger 13.5l bags instead. My thoughts are I can then use the remaining smaller bag as a tail bag, which would give me 37 ltrs of storage in total.
Nice choice, Tony! Maybe it was all for the best that your Legend Gear side bag "retired" itself. No use bearing those scars if you don't have to.
Haggis and Black Pudding Sausage rolls at the Meadows Park Edinburgh. Washed down with decent coffee from the two vans parked there. All gone now, so too late to photograph!
I picked up some used part bargains at the Destination Triumph Dorset sale today. I may have bumped in to @Koko55 there because he looked like a familiar face? I didn't realise until after I left!
Hi all,an update regarding my Street twin exhausts.Some may recall my earlier posts as i wanted my standard pipes to sound deeper more like a 900cc twin Bonneville as i remember them,never going to be the same exactly but nearer.I have had a pair of TEC Rebel slip on’s that were/are to me a great improvement over standard,a deep richer, more powerful sound especially under power and great on the over run changing down.After watching a you tube video that shows a chap that had drilled the baffles from his standard pipes and how it has improved the sound to his liking and mine.Yesterday a very good fella (a diamond driller ) cut the baffles from my set with great success.Today i put them back on the bike and took it out for a good run and WOW exactly what i had hoped for,feels as it should in my opinion,a 900cc powerful twin Bonneville,now i have the looks i fell for originally along with the sound that suits the bike and myself.Happy days.Yes i know there are folk that are content with how the bike sounds as is and that’s great so please resist the urge to point it out to me,thanks.OApete.UK 1 Image of very small baffle.
Hi all,the header pipe end of the pipes are around 36mm,the tiny baffle tube is 20mm small wonder its muted but regulations must be followed by manufacturers.Well i found a chap that offered to drill the baffles out if possible and with some effort he managed it.what i was after is a deep throaty powerful beat on tick over and A Bonneville sound under power and thats exactly what i have.Has bought another level of enjoyment to riding the Street Twin.Pipes look perfectly standard keeping the rear of the pipes still having the inner tube,and that tube size is all through now.I have had a pair of TEC Rebel slip ons fitted and they sounded great but i wanted the original pipes on the bike because thats what drew me to the bike originally,now is aural and visual bliss.Ride safe.Pete.Essex.
I bought the wife a drink tonight after some batting this afternoon. Half a pint of soda and blackcurrent with ice. Do you think this was too extravagant? (I did get 10% off using my batting club members card)
