Triumphrat

SR1 · 02-12-2006

The Triumph place is 30 miles away and costs about $90 for me to take my own tires there and have them put them on my Sprint.

There's a place not 5 miles from me that can do it for $60 and it would help foster a good relationship with the local guy. His shop usually deals with Japanese bikes.

I know there is one (just one, right?) one-time-use nut on the rear axle. I will have to tell him about that and make sure he can handle it. Are there any other "watch out for" things he should know about?

Should I just go to Triumph or should this guy be able to handle it? (yes it is a real store/garage, the owner is the chief mech)

ST-ern · 02-12-2006

Ask if you can watch while he does it.

Tell him the torque setting for the big nut. (It's 145 nm on the '04 model).

Prob safer removing the wheels yourself and taking them down tho. Use the official torque settings for everything, and copper grease on the threads.

SR1 · 02-12-2006

It's an 05...anyone have that torque spec? Why copper grease?

markml · 02-12-2006

146 Nm according to the service manual, though you may have to tighten it slightly beyond that to align the holes. The manual doesn't say the big nut should be replaced after every use, and it's the only nut you need to remove to get the wheel off. The retaining clip came out pretty easily on mine, so hopefully that won't need mangling either and you can reuse it too. You can use the copper grease, aka anti-seize compound, to make sure the next time you need to remove the nut it will come off.

It's quite easy to remove and reinstall the wheel, so I should think that most any shop could handle it.

Mach1 · 02-13-2006

The copper grease he is referring to is C5. Sold at any hardware store. Works great in all applications, hot or cold.

Panthers_Den · 02-15-2006

Make sure he has the equipment to handle a SSSA rear wheel. One of my favorite local japanese dealerships couldn't do my rear wheel tire change cause they didn't have the SSSA adaptor. They referred me to another dealership nearby and those guys ended up scratching the painted surface on my rim :cry: Naturally they claimed it was already there from a previous tire change (even though that was the first tire change the bike had seen).

triumphite · 02-15-2006

I get my tires done at a Kawasaki dealership 2 miles away from my house. Our bikes are pretty universal when it comes to nickle and dime stuff. The only thing they thought they were missing was a 45mm wrench to take off the SSSA bolt. They did have one hidden somewhere and did both sets of tires in about 30 min.

Don't worry. Go to the local guys.

rodneybrown · 02-15-2006

SR1,
Not sure where in NC you are but there are some robbers in this part of SC. One shop told me $15 each if I bought the tires from him $30 if I did not, another was $50 and a third was $60 each. I found a Honda dealer who did them at $10 each if I brought them in which I did. Leave them in the morning, pick them up in the afternoon. The guy does them between jobs sorta like a manotany breaker. Taking the wheels off myself gives me a chance to look the bike over too.
Rod

katrider · 02-15-2006

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On 2006-02-14 23:08, Panthers_Den wrote:
Make sure he has the equipment to handle a SSSA rear wheel. One of my favorite local japanese dealerships couldn't do my rear wheel tire change cause they didn't have the SSSA adaptor. They referred me to another dealership nearby and those guys ended up scratching the painted surface on my rim :cry: Naturally they claimed it was already there from a previous tire change (even though that was the first tire change the bike had seen).

+1...unless they can do VFRs too.

Also, you know to be especially careful right after the new tires are mounted because they are going to be very (no...VERY) slippery. Mold release on the rubber and actually in the rubber, too. I am careful for about 2 tanks of gas (250 miles??).

ST-ern · 02-16-2006

Just did my own changes, well kindof.

Needed stickier rubber front and rear now that I've pushed her to the limits - on Michie Pilot Roads.

Went to the wreckers hoping to find some decent Pilot Powers but no luck. There was a nicely trashed Kwacka tho with near new Dunlop D208RRs which I got for a fair price.

After having read posts and instructions on Trumpy websites and forums, I removed the rear wheel and took it with the 'new' rubber to a Honda place - cos they're setup to deal with offset hubs. $20 to change and balance (and they get to dispose of the old rubber).

It wasn't at all difficult to remove and remount the wheel with the right tools and the good advice of the virtual fraternity of grease monkeys :wink:

The front my dealer did as he was changing the discs under warranty. No charge

Haven't really tested the Dunlops yet but there's a hoon coming up on Sunday which will tell.

btw - gruesome collection of Hayabusas at the wreckers; they appear to shear one or both sides of the frame at the headstock (without having been mono'd). Just bad welding it seems. The shear happens suddenly and you're cactus.