What have you done to your Triumph today?

[grouchie77]

Changed the oil. Was going to check the plugs but I'll need a 14mm plug socket for that. Figured out how to take the air filter out so I can replace it.

Devised an idea for open headers since the factory almost quite conveniently gave it Y-branches off each header.

 

[JJames]

Pics.

 

[willis]

I'll play. 2010 Triumph Scrambler here. Replaced the small 5" headlight with a 7" unit along with some cheap aftermarket mounting ears I had on hand. Also installed the high front fender mount. I tried to relocate the rectifier from under the headlight to between the frame rails but had interference issues with the new high front fender, so I just painted it black and put it back in the stock location. Last week I swapped out the stock handlebars for some #10 tracker units along with installing new turn signals and brake light. Trying to slim her down a bit and look a little less bulky.

 

[grouchie77]

Pics.

When I get a chance. I made flanges but need to bore them out to fit the pipe.

https://www.xs650.com/threads/tig-welder-and-related-equipment-suggestions.67713/post-912094

 

[grouchie77]

Factory "heat shield" essentially covers up the cat, which in itself serves as a sideways-H pipe.

Take off a heat shield and we see this.

The stainless header has been scalloped and welded to a cast stainless steel elbow with a band flange on it, which connects to the cat.

But, they left the branch and header a little long. There is no flow out of here, as it's blocked off by the elbow on the cast piece. Not a true branch since there's 1 inlet and 1 outlet.

My theory is I can take the header off, use a 1⅜" hole saw to bore into the elbow, and weld a flange on here.

Buuuuuut that's actually not going to happen.
Each header is $550+. I looked up the price for stock replacements this morning.

If I fuck something up (which is most likely to happen the first time anything gets tried), I'm out at least $550, possibly over a grand if I fuck up both headers. And once I weld the flanges on I won't be able to put the heat shield back on.

Considering I'm actually still making payments on this thing till probably the end of the year, I'm not inclined to "hot rod" it out and ruin it.

For the price of 2 new stock replacement headers I can get a full-on set of drag pipes with baffles to keep some back pressure.

Open headers=burned valves.

 

[JJames]

Cool ider though. Pardon me as my 81 xs is one of the newer vehicles I've owned, wouldn't this require a change to the ECU as well. I assume it uses one.

 

[grouchie77]

Cool ider though. Pardon me as my 81 xs is one of the newer vehicles I've owned, wouldn't this require a change to the ECU as well. I assume it uses one.

Most likely. There was an exhaust system I'd wanted for a while and they recommended at the very least letting the ECU self-tune till the radiator fan kicks on, or getting the ECU tuned at a dyno shop.

 

[grouchie77]

While prepping for a planned "rally" for today (just me and the FIL) last night, I noticed a nail in my back tire while I was adjusting the chain.

Some needle-nose pliers extracted it and after putting soap water on the hole I confirmed it was leaking. So this morning I took the wheel off. Waiting for my local Yamaha shop to open to see if they'll patch it.

"Men plan, Odin laughs."

Update: shop won't patch it (which makes perfect sense), they gotta order a new tire from New York and put it on.

 

[Highpower]

I wiped mine down.

 

[Mailman]

I wiped mine down.
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Ooooh! Drool drool!

 

[John Regular]

I thought you'd never ask, Today I peeled the clutch cable off the radiator, it was slightly melted to the vanes after a ride
. I found that there are supposed to be brackets that hold it away from the rad but those have gone missing. I rerouted said cable so it didn't make a 45 degree dive as soon as it left the adjuster at the lever. Then I looked up how it was supposed to look routed and no shit Triumph schematics show the cable taking and immediate 45 and going under the ignition switch.

I always thought that the point of a straight pull cable was to idk go straight for a bit then make as little sharp bends as possible. Where my middle finger is, is where the cable ran before I re-routed it. The whole mess-o'-wires at the neck, on a 1050 at least, is legendary for being cramped and tight so much so that turning the bike tugs on the harness. There are hacks in forums like remove this bracket and cut this zip tie and it should free it up a bit but my forks won't fall to the side on there own when the tire is off the ground. That's the other thing I've been doing is trying to make sense of tuning the suspension. I have just always ridden it as it was and thought that's good enough. I guess I need stronger springs for my weight ( most Americans weight) and probably change the fork oil since it's old enough to vote. I had Triumph put the tires on and they said it's fine as long as it's not leaking. I think they just didn't want to do it at the time. Then they went and moved their shop to Portland 2.5 hours away, bastards! A new dealership opened in Salem (1 hour away) and they only work on 2014 and newer bikes, WTAF! Other than that it's been running quite well. Oh and I finally got a weather proof area to keep it once the weather changes,
But that's another story

 

[Guy]

What have I done to my Triumph lately ?.. Repairing some frame damage and suspension bushing replace project

 

[grouchie77]

View attachment 376160 What have I done to my Triumph lately ?.. Repairing some frame damage and suspension bushing replace project

This counts

 

[John Regular]

I'm sure I did Something, it's at the edge of my mind, but I'm not sure what it is?

 

[grouchie77]

Got my wheel back from the Yamaha dealer and put it back on.

 

[Jan_P]

Apologize if off topic.
I had one nail in the rear .. Dont believe over 1000 miles I Knew where it must have been happening the road workers had used a Hilti
Nailgun shooting planks for Asphalt I have used them myself. It is a special looking nail
What the h**** this is dangerous leaving these out there.
I got the message from the road company
Saying --- correct that is the type we use but we have picked all up . BS I could not prove otherwise .Had to pay up.

Another time a small hole in the rear air out . A helpful friend filled some air and I was able to drive a short distance to a tire shop
3 - 5 miles or so He put in a plug for the trip home and replacement of tire.

I Was working away from home so I asked a girlfriend take it to the Tire Shop assuming it go south .
necessity knows no law; I didn't think she would pull it off.
She arrived with the wheel in her car, had haggled the price down by $10, and had a written receipt—I was taken aback.

edit a third time .Came in from a high speed 100 Km / h -- into a Roundabout leaning -- bike started pumping sideways with not much air in the rear
drove on to the nearest gas station that had

 

[Jan_P]

Not mine but preliminary negotiations
1971 Bonneville.
750 Cylinders Morgo I dont like that ..but since it was there . compromises is necessary at times
Condition as it looks not started yet OK 5 -6 on a scale 10
Not been polished for a while .It will start sparkle after that.
Fairly new Mufflers not stock
Paint is a 5 .. maybe a 4 Black uncertain how it will look.
There is a leak drops under it on the ground
Minor dent on the tank I could barely see it.

It was on the back of a Chevrolet El Camino for sale .But the bike was there as an
Accessory. Not really mentioned it should go.
Owned it 20 years not used it much about 1000 miles a year.
But talked to the man , First numbers mentioned $ 3 k
I got his Phone number. Lets think about it.
As it sounded it was a runner ..kick and drive it home.
But not started yet

Feel Free Comment. Price What to look for and on the leak .

 

[Its been a long time]

Not mine but preliminary negotiations
1971 Bonneville.
750 Cylinders Morgo I dont like that ..but since it was there . compromises is necessary at times
Condition as it looks not started yet OK 5 -6 on a scale 10
Not been polished for a while .It will start sparkle after that.
Fairly new Mufflers not stock
Paint is a 5 .. maybe a 4 Black uncertain how it will look.
There is a leak drops under it on the ground
Minor dent on the tank I could barely see it.

It was on the back of a Chevrolet El Camino for sale .But the bike was there as an
Accessory. Not really mentioned it should go.
Owned it 20 years not used it much about 1000 miles a year.
But talked to the man , First numbers mentioned $ 3 k
I got his Phone number. Lets think about it.
As it sounded it was a runner ..kick and drive it home.
But not started yet

Feel Free Comment. Price What to look for and on the leak .

I'm not an expert by any means on Triumph. Morgo top end is OK, I think. Even in a awful market, it's probably worth $5 to $6k in the UK. Well worth $3k I'd say.

 

[JJames]

Pics
We need pics
No expert either but sounds like a deal. You have to assume some additional expense possible for things like tires, consumables, fuel line, chain? At 3,000 I would want to hear it run. Cool bike though, good luck.

 

[RC4MAN]

While prepping for a planned "rally" for today (just me and the FIL) last night, I noticed a nail in my back tire while I was adjusting the chain.

Some needle-nose pliers extracted it and after putting soap water on the hole I confirmed it was leaking. So this morning I took the wheel off. Waiting for my local Yamaha shop to open to see if they'll patch it.



"Men plan, Odin laughs."

Update: shop won't patch it (which makes perfect sense), they gotta order a new tire from New York and put it on.

Ok, I'm going to put this out there. On my Harley V-Rod I now have 80k miles. In that time I've had 11 sets of tires and have had rope type plugs in 8 rears.
All but 1 successfully and run them till the tread was gone with no issues or leakage.

There's only 1 that failed and that's because the puncture wasn't a hole but a gash. Long story but several years back the wife and I rode up to NC, Bryson City for a 4th July weekend, got a motel room and made daily rides out of it. On Sunday morning, the actual July 4 holiday we set out from the hotel heading for the Dragon's Tail and hadn't gone but a few miles when the bike started to feel squirrely. I pulled over and noticed the rear was going down quickly. A mile ahead was a gas station so I rode it to there and pulled in. Apparently on NC highways they use a metal bracket to hold down lane reflectors, the brackets have ears on them and I must have run over one that was sticking up.
Got out my trusty plug kit and it took 2 to adequately fill the gash. I borrowed some Windex spray from the cashier to check for leaking air after filling it up and found no leakage.
So it's a Sunday, a National Holiday what do I do, how likely am I to find a odd size tire and get it installed to save our weekend or do I call my neighbor in north metro ATL and ask him to drive up and haul me back. I figured if there was anywhere that would know of a place to get a tire it would be the Dragon Store so the wife and got back on our bikes and started off on the 15-20 odd miles along Lake Fontana towards the store.
About 10-12 miles along the journey the bike started getting wiggly again and we pulled over at a scenic lake side rest stop and sure enough the tire had spit out both plugs. I got on my wife's bike and rode on the the store while she waited on a bench in the shade at the rest stop.
As you can imagine the store was packed with about 20 people in the check out line to buy shirts and stuff, I barged up to the front and asked the cashier if there was a bike shop around that might be open. She told me about Wheelers in Robbinsville and that was a free local use pay phone out in the parking lot with a list of phone numbers for local services. I found their number, called, they were open and they had a tire the correct size and that they were only doing tire changes that day.
I also saw a number for a tow service, rang it, told the guy about where my bike was and he said that he'd meet me there so I rode back and in a short time a guy with a van and trailer pulled up, we loaded up, I hopped in, the wife followed and he took us to WHeelers.
It happened to be the anniversary of their opening and they had some guys playing guitars and another guy was grilling free burgers and dogs while you waited. About an hour later we were fed, I had a new tire mounted, we finished our planned day trip and made it back to the hotel.