Triumphrat

zaner30 · 03-22-2008

Here's my response to the engine life expectancy thread.....

We had a little speed bump with a fried stator & regulator, so she hung on 49,821 for a while, but got to the big 5-0 on the way home from work Friday!

Zane

kubbie · 03-22-2008

congrats on the milage. next up the iron butt?

Catenaccio · 03-22-2008

Good to hear as I want my Speed Four to last forever. Any secrets to its longevity?

zaner30 · 03-22-2008

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Originally Posted by Catenaccio

Good to hear as I want my Speed Four to last forever. Any secrets to its longevity?

Other than regular service and frequent chain lubrication, not really. That's about the only pampering it's gotten with most of it's time spent commuting year round on our awful highways around here through rain, cold & the occasional snow flurries. Oh, I guess in the spring I spend some time crawling around with some corrosion remover getting the salt off the pipes and other exposed metal.

Zane

Will · 03-23-2008

My TT600 lasted 45K miles with a fuel cutoff raised 1500 rpm higher than stock and a lot of other fuel injection experiments. Not to mention several random trips to the pavement. 100K miles is something I fully expect to see regularly from Triumph 600s and the Daytona 650. It wouldn't surprise me at all to find one with 200K miles on it in a decade or so, as long as it had decent routine maintenance and wasn't flogged on the track.

BBDGriptonia · 03-24-2008

And a few hundred dollars spent on "minor" repairs...

redl1nerpm · 03-24-2008

awesome! I wonder if anyones ever beat that on a TT or S4?