This is the winning bike of the year out of all the previous monthly winners as voted by Triumphrat.net members:
oldndumb's '06 Sprint
2006
Sprint ST
1050 cc
Trident
Modified stock seat
Polished wheels with repainted centers.
Accessories:
There are several accessories I will mention, but two are highly noticeable. The Trident exhaust with polished tips always gets attention, as well as the polished rims. I opted to use gloss back for the wheel centers for maximum contrast. The stock pewter colored centers did not do the rims justice, whereas the gloss black makes them pop.
The next items that should be noticeable are the forks, top clamp, fender, front calipers, ConvertiBars, and the sliders. The fork swap was courtesy of DEcosse's brain work and my sweat. Thanks, Ken.
The current top clamp is a Cycle Cat. It replaced the TL clamp with CF cover that I had on her after the swap. It is sitting on a shelf waiting for me to offer it. I guess this is where I should mention the pre-load adjusters. They were originally anodized gold to match the gold stem nut after the fork swap. They looked out of place so I stripped the gold to bare aluminum and clear coated them.
The fender is a CF Coerce. Nothing much to say about it other than it looks proper for this bike and provides a nice contrast to highlight the gold six pot calipers. Nothing much to say about the ConvertiBars either except to say that they do as advertised
Now, when it comes to the sliders, there is a lot I could say. Their design and fabrication were done concurrently. That is another way of saying there was a lot of trials with twice as many errors along the way. I originally had a set of LSLs on her, but was never comfortable with their mounting method. My home brew set sort of copies the R&G concept but places the slider in the optimum position for max fairing protection.
Other mods to her that are not as noticeable include:
Hidden Escort radar detector with a Helmet Assisted Radar Detection (H.A.R.D.) module. Panel mounted LED indicator switch was installed to power the Escort
Headlight modulator.
Acumen PD8 programmable shift light.
DataTool gear indicator.
Kraton diamond pattern grips.
NEP cruise control.
ClearAlternative LED integrated tail/turnsignal light.
Lockhart Phillips tag frame with integrated LED turn signals.
Hypr-Lite LED brake lights.
OnD tail tidy mod.
Zumo
Autocom.
SAI block off plates.
OnD air filter mod.
OnD modified air plenum.
18t sprocket.
Slots cut into the sprocket and chain covers to match the lower chain guard.
Heads-Up LED Voltage Monitor.
FH012AA Rectifier Regulator. She might have been the first?
DEcosse charge system mod.
The obligatory Pazzos. The adjuster tabs were originally colored, but I stripped them at the same time as I did the pre-load adjusters to match.
Solid aluminum dip stick. Probably the only ST with such.
Aluminum mesh in tail fairing vents.
Lowered via the eccentric flip to include a shortened side stand. The center stand was also shortened but has since been removed.
Helmet lock with billet bracket.
Honda rear view mirrors. The stems were also reversed and flipped. That, along with spacers gave the best view.
Bar end LED turn signals since the mirrors do not have signals in them. I have tried several other front turn signal configurations, but have settled on these...I think.
Solid aluminum fairing 'swoosh'.
There have been other mod/accessories that were flops and subsequently removed. They are sitting on my shelf of shame. My home brew radiator cover is presently removed but will be reinstalled after some revisions.
She was sexy when I first met her, and she still raises my pulse every time we get together. Without complaining, she has made up for my failings on the track, and has been willing to do 1000 mile days. I'm a lucky man.
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