Reinstalled the front wheel with a new Micheline Pilot Road 2 to match my back one. It feels great like a new pair of sneakers.

 

new flyscreen

I installed a new Barracuda Moto flyscreen, bar end mirrors on my Apex Clip-on bars. Everything has clearance and it looks great. pics of the actual bike to come tomorrow once I wash it!

 

Bought a used pitbull rear stand off a friend who sold his bike. I practiced lining up the spools and putting the bike on the stand myself and back on to the kickstand again. Also, cleaned/lubed the chain. MUCHHHH easier than my old process: Clean/lube visible/reachable parts of the chain, roll bike forward a little bit, repeat over and over.

 

Been meaning to post this since the weekend, but I installed a bunch of parts with the help of another forum member (cush1227, thanks bro). Heat-wrapped and fitted the Arrow 3-1 lowboy, Ballistic battery, LSL sliders, Attack rearsets, BMC Filter, SAI blockoff/delete, tuned with TuneECU and gave her a good washing. Mirrors, axle sliders, and body panels should be here this weekend and they'll get put on quickly too. Now the pics.

All of this involved a bit of patience and a little cursing too, but was definitely fun and made the bike more fun too.:nod:

 

What's the positioning of the rearsets like compared to the standard setup?

Al.

 

In the lowest, furthest-to-the-rear setting, they are still a little higher than the stock rearsets. They also feel more grippy on the feet.

 

Got caught in a down pour coming home from work with her today. Had to take shelter.

 

New CNC Levers from the2wheels finally arrived yesterday. Installed my new CNC levers.. after my clutch lever broke in my fall

High res pictures of the levers and fall damage here

 

full clean, and polish, chain stripped and re-lubed. this was down the old school way of rolling the bike until i could see a new part of the chain and then spraying it up. It has made me decide to order a paddok stand!

then went for a bit of a ride around the south, about 120miles all in. A32 - A3 - A272. just outside of Billingsworth pulled in to BP to get some fuel and there were 2 brand new McLaren mp4-12's parked up. filled her up and grabbed a drink had to rush a little but managed to get behind them and was then flanked by another 2 still with some cellophane on!! had a bit of a play then turned around to go home.

checked tire pressure. checked oil. checked coolant.

 

Why did you wrap the headers?

They look awful.

 

I think wrapped headers look bass-ass. Gives the bike a less polished, more attitude, punch you in the face if you step too close kind of look. Some like it, some don't....I can't wait to do mine sometime.

 

Because I agree with this.

You can pay for school, but you can't buy class.

 

changed my oil last night only to realize i bought 3qts instead of 4. :laugh:

I had a little less than a half quart left over from the last time so i'm pretty close to full. Back up to the dealer for another qt when they open.

 

Took her out to Shannonville Race Track for two days of advanced rider training. First time on the track and that was too much fun! What a great school!


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R/R failed today, going in next week for the recall..... Gutted as the weather is so good.... cider in the garden now ......

 

R/R failed today, going in next week for the recall..... Gutted as the weather is so good.... cider in the garden now ......

Not aware of any recall on the RR units.

Tim

 

lubed chain, cleaned rear wheel, waxed tank and flyscreen, sad because rain is coming.

 

Mines not a streety, but I want to play anyways... Today I installed the GPR Damper I bought off another forum member.

 

interesting blue color

 

Got my spencer modified seat back and plan on riding her tomorrow. Gonna lube the chain today.

I paid $75 plus shipping both ways and he turned it around in about 1 week.

Visually, the seat looks like factory stock, but I can feel that the foam is shaped differently. Flatter in the back and taller in the front.

My sitting bones would start hurting after about 1 hour.

For $75 I'm not expecting a night and day revelation in comfort but a noticeable improvement

 

Put 120 miles on the clock today and bought a ProGel Pad for the ride home. 86 bucks but the 60 miles home was a lot more comfy than the first 60. Riding to the girl friends tonight for naked night. Grilling some chicken breasts. Alcohol will be consumed. Fun Fun.

 

Now you are talking :nod:

 

Hats off the Triumph for finally coming around and replacing these regulator rectifiers. Mac
has the details as I read a posting either here or over on the RAT boards.

 

TechSpecs, Renthal Ultra Low bar, and cheap Chinese bar-end mirrors. Very happy camper.

 

I installed my butt fricken ugly woodcraft sliders so I can go to the track tomorrow!!!!!

 

My dealer hasn't mentioned any thing about any recall. I was just there yesterday and nothing. Isn't Triumph obligated to notify its customers of any recall or does this just apply to safety or EPA issues. I have since replaced mine with a mosfet unit. Would it be a good idea to reinstall the old one and take it in to get another one? Would that be considered moral? I can't see that it would make a difference since it is still a factory unit that was purchased with the bike that has been recalled. Any thoughts?

 

It's been mentioned several times it's not an official recall...

Is the time and effort really worth $100 to go through all that?

 

Trystan, is this a world wide recall?
Do you have contact info for who we can contact to help move this along?


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I believe it is - got wind of it being a proper recall from a UK forum. It was as simple as giving Triumph North America a call:

Customer Service: (678) 854-2010 (How is it Triumph NA doesn't have a toll free customer service line as well? Talk about being cheap)

Got a receptionist of sorts, quickly explained I was looking for some recall info and she forwarded me right away to someone that could look it up. Simply told them I was looking for recall info and they asked for the last 6 digits of my VIN and confirmed my bike is included in the recall.

Once phoning Triumph North America it took all of a couple minutes to get confirmation, very simple process but still not something we should have to do...the dealers should be aware about it. Piss poor communication on behalf of (at least) Triumph North America.