Triumphrat

BombFactory · 05-15-2008

Hey Boris955i,

Welcome to the forums. First off, I'll point out that if you own a 955i you will probably find more help pertaining to your bike over in the Daytona Deliberation forum; the forum we are currently posting in is for the younger brother Daytona 600/650 and other 600cc Triumphs. The 955i forum can be found on your main menu bar to the left or here: http://www.triumphrat.net/daytona-deliberations/

As for your throttle issue, skittles is correct that it is your cable binding up. This used to happen on my 955i. Make sure that the cable going from your hand throttle has room to move, because if it binds it will pull your throttle open. When the previous owner converted to braided brake lines he/she might have routed the throttle cable the wrong way. If you do not have enough room for the cable to move, try to find a new route and disconnect the cable up at the clipon and slide it where it needs to go (Just pay attention to how the two cables attach to your hand control.)

Changing the brake fluid is not hard, but there are little pieces of knowledge that if not known can lead to a huge headache. Use the 'search' tab on the upper blue horizontal bar of this screen and search for words like: bleeding brakes, brake fluid, mushy brakes, flushing brakes, etc. This subject has been widely discussed and you should find all the info you need. The key to flushing brakes is to never let air get into the lines, so don't drain the fluid reservoir empty and then fill it back up; you drain it until it is almost empty, add new juice, drain, add new juice...until the reservoir is replaced with new fluid. Then you can easily drain the lines while pouring new fluid in the reservoir. I hope that helps, and check out the Daytona 955i forum; there's a lot of good people over there to help you. Also, the Speed Triple forum will relate to you, as your bikes are almost identical up until 2005, and they too are very cool Rats.