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[mazambaan]

14 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:

Suspension is a dark art…

My RF600 I recently mucked around with it. Read the manual and slowly worked through it on the front. Sort of made an improvement but I rarely bother the chicken strips these days… 

being a lard ass I normally just stiffen the rear and off I go. All these new fangled suspensions are a waste on me. 

Glance at that Youtube oke; Dave Moss Tuning (I know there are hundreds - he is a suspension guy), I also follow the bike handbook but he's quite good, seems to me.

[Thug]

A couple of more photos:

 Extras that have already been added or changed on the bike are:

- rear fender elimination kit (I do have the original rear fender)

- Sump guard

- Flyscreen'

- Indicator lenses changed to white

Items planned are:

- Cat delete and fitting of an X-Pipe

- Double seat and rear passenger pegs

- Cone Engineering shorty slip-on exhausts.

 

Also seriously thinking of changing the colour to either Competition Green or Diablo Red.

 

 

[IceCreamMan]

Funny enough I saw a Mini Countryman on the weekend in a very similar green, looked gawjus….

[Thug]

Was looking through the papers I received with the bike last night and came across an invoice for a radiator guard.

S'true as Bob, I have an aluminium radiator guard. One less item to purchase!

Just placed an order for the following from the UK:

- Union Jack points cover

- Union Jack throttle body covers

- Union Jack clutch badge.

 

Lets see if they arrive before Christmas.

 

[IceCreamMan]

9 minutes ago, Thug said:

Was looking through the papers I received with the bike last night and came across an invoice for a radiator guard.

S'true as Bob, I have an aluminium radiator guard. One less item to purchase!

Just placed an order for the following from the UK:

- Union Jack points cover

- Union Jack throttle body covers

- Union Jack clutch badge.

 

Lets see if they arrive before Christmas.

 

And here I thought triumphs were modern day bonies…gonna lag at my mate Charley.

Even my 1983 gammas have cdi ….same as my archaic Harley.

 

tongue in cheek ne 

 

[Thug]

45 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said:

And here I thought triumphs were modern day bonies…gonna lag at my mate Charley.

Even my 1983 gammas have cdi ….same as my archaic Harley.

 

tongue in cheek ne 

 

Used to be called the Points cover on the vintage Meriden Triumphs but now known as the ACG.

What ACG stands for (in relation to Triumph), I have no idea.

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[IceCreamMan]

21 minutes ago, Thug said:

Used to be called the Points cover on the vintage Meriden Triumphs but now known as the ACG.

What ACG stands for (in relation to Triumph), I have no idea.

Mate of mine with a Thruxton ordered a bunch of parts and had them delivered to me. I then DHL to him which took 3 days. Works out a little more but it got there. 

[Thug]

21 minutes ago, IceCreamMan said:

Mate of mine with a Thruxton ordered a bunch of parts and had them delivered to me. I then DHL to him which took 3 days. Works out a little more but it got there. 

I have a Postbox Courier address in the UK and use that. 

As you say, works out a little more expensive but the purchases are hand delivered!

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, Thug said:

Used to be called the Points cover on the vintage Meriden Triumphs but now known as the ACG.

What ACG stands for (in relation to Triumph), I have no idea.

Another Consumer Grappie ... the same way they cleverly do a "fake carb"

[Thug]

 

13 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Another Consumer Grappie ... the same way they cleverly do a "fake carb"

 Correct.

My carburettored efi throttle bodies

Edited November 26, 2021 by Thug

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, Thug said:

 

 Correct.

My carburettored efi throttle bodies

I have not ridding the Triumphs yet, especially not the T designation motors .... how torquey is that 1200T?

When looking at buying the Harley, there was a 2016 900 Triumph Speedmaster I had my eye on, but when I went to look at the bike at the dealers (Non Triumph Dealers), there was just so much rust and the bike looked tatty. Been on sale since forever and they did not want to budge on the price at all, so I moved on....my old 2008 HD looks brand new compared to that Speedmaster.

I have however popped my head in at the Triumph dealership in CT as their bikes are really appealing to me!

[Thug]

Plenty of torque on that motor.

Will take it out over the weekend and ride it in "Sport" mode.

 

If you do pop into Triumph CT, have a chat with Mike Romeo.

 

 

[Hairy]

17 minutes ago, Thug said:

Plenty of torque on that motor.

Will take it out over the weekend and ride it in "Sport" mode.

 

If you do pop into Triumph CT, have a chat with Mike Romeo.

 

 

I have met him, but also the lovely lady that works there too......#JustSaying I might chat to her again.

[Hairy]

This 

 

 

leads to this

 

[the nerd]

19 hours ago, Hairy said:

This 

 

 

leads to this

 

 

I really enjoyed that episode! 

[Andymann]

On 11/26/2021 at 12:29 PM, Thug said:

 

 Correct.

My carburettored efi throttle bodies

They got it nice and close!