Went in for my 500 mile service today (it was late at 640 miles so I changed my own oil and only paid $151).
I may have mentioned elsewhere that I couldn't get the shock's lockrings loose to add sag to the rear of the bike - I tried, a local mechanic tired and today the dealer's tech crew tired as well.
Reason - the book has it wrong. The book says to loosen the lockring and turn the lower adjuster ring anticlockwise to decrease spring preload - The lockring isn't threaded - It goes up and down by moving the circlip to a different groove*. You can't turn the lower ring anticlockwise unless you've turned it clockwise and then you can turn it back to the original position - but this will give you no gain in sag.
The dealer** was 30 minutes on the phone with Triumph in Atlanta, took pictures and was pretty confident I'd be getting new shocks from either Triumph or Öhlins - after we knackered the ****e out of them trying to go 'by the book' (sure... once you see it, it's obvious as hell, but too late for my pretty shocks :frown2:
* You need a special spring compressor (due to the reservoiur) to compress the spring to move the top ring.
**Cascade Moto Classics - exclusively Triumph and arguably the best motorcycle dealer in the world.
I may have mentioned elsewhere that I couldn't get the shock's lockrings loose to add sag to the rear of the bike - I tried, a local mechanic tired and today the dealer's tech crew tired as well.
Reason - the book has it wrong. The book says to loosen the lockring and turn the lower adjuster ring anticlockwise to decrease spring preload - The lockring isn't threaded - It goes up and down by moving the circlip to a different groove*. You can't turn the lower ring anticlockwise unless you've turned it clockwise and then you can turn it back to the original position - but this will give you no gain in sag.
The dealer** was 30 minutes on the phone with Triumph in Atlanta, took pictures and was pretty confident I'd be getting new shocks from either Triumph or Öhlins - after we knackered the ****e out of them trying to go 'by the book' (sure... once you see it, it's obvious as hell, but too late for my pretty shocks :frown2:
* You need a special spring compressor (due to the reservoiur) to compress the spring to move the top ring.
**Cascade Moto Classics - exclusively Triumph and arguably the best motorcycle dealer in the world.