Triumphrat

trumppa · 03-05-2007, 02:31 AM

Hi guys,
saw 07 and 06 side by side, differences: 07 has smaller oil cooler,
better shaped mirrors, a new pipe cower behind/under the drivers right foot,
chromed covers on the silencerss (06 grey) + some invisible changes.
Why is that oil cooler smaller?

crashmasterd · 03-05-2007, 02:46 AM

Supposedly the size of the oil cooler is dependent on where the bike is sold. Cold climates get small oil coolers, hot climates get large. Early 1050 bikes (05 and part of 06) all had large oil coolers.

Seems silly to me.

amberale · 03-05-2007, 02:48 AM

Coz the 07 is designed to run on fully synthetic oil so it doesn't need so much oil and it can run hotter.
:roflmoa2:

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crashmasterd · 03-05-2007, 03:03 AM

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On 2007-03-05 00:48, amberale wrote:
Coz the 07 is designed to run on fully synthetic oil so it doesn't need so much oil and it can run hotter.

What do they make that synthetic oil out of down there in OZ? Grease rendered from the fat of a Dropbear? :hihi:

amberale · 03-05-2007, 04:50 AM

Fractional distillation of fermented wombat psiss.

Oh no, that's Fosters. :-D

Personally I think the oil cooler size is a furphy designed to take the heat[pun intended] off the 07 ECU debate.

:hammer:

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DirtMcGirt · 03-05-2007, 08:37 AM

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On 2007-03-05 00:46, crashmasterd wrote:
Supposedly the size of the oil cooler is dependent on where the bike is sold. Cold climates get small oil coolers, hot climates get large.

makes me wonder :???: i got the smaller one and i live in miami...

dr_gallup · 03-05-2007, 08:52 AM

The oil cooler was a running change, same with the mirrors. My second 06 has both changes. I imagine the smaller oil cooler was found to be adequate to meet Speedies cooling needs and was a cost reduction. Companies do this kind of thing all the time as they do development work.

Devious2XS · 03-05-2007, 10:12 AM

On the 955s the oil coolers changed sizes as well.

I would bet that it has to do with suppiers and costs more than anything.

drainbamage · 03-05-2007, 01:57 PM

Quote:

On 2007-03-05 02:50, amberale wrote:
Fractional distillation of fermented wombat psiss.
Oh no, that's Fosters.

:roflmoa2:

dragonrider · 03-05-2007, 03:33 PM

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On 2007-03-05 06:37, DirtMcGirt wrote:

Quote:

On 2007-03-05 00:46, crashmasterd wrote:
Supposedly the size of the oil cooler is dependent on where the bike is sold. Cold climates get small oil coolers, hot climates get large.

makes me wonder :???: i got the smaller one and i live in miami...

That's me too!!! I got the smaller one. According to "Triumph" they said that after two production years, they found out that the need for such a large oil cooler was overkill and it was reduced in size. They should have reduced the price of the bike accordingly.