Triumphrat

psasak · 09-28-2006

Last night, during a nasty lightning storm, my K&N filters showed up on my porch. That was all the excuse I needed to start cutting in the morning. Morning comes and it's still raining - Bonneville goes up on the lift, and I started dismantling the bike. Rear fender off, upper shocks disconnected, battery out, and everything connected to the airbox discombobulated. Using pictures of existing NARKs, I more-or-less cut around what I wanted to be left with at the end. I cut the right side down to save the screw hole for the rear brake resevoir. I cut the left side apart to save the slots for the relays and re-attached them. The starter relay I re-attached to the front of the battery box with two small screws (shortened so as not to gouge the battery).

I made a small bracket to fit to the front of the battery box to hold the fuse box - it fits right next to the starter relay.

As someone else did on this board, I made two brackets to support the carbs - using the cylinder head bolt under the gas tank. The brackets I made are 4.5 inches long and the holes are exactly 4 inches apart center-to-center.

After getting it all put back together, I had about three hours invested in this, and a handful of airbox screws left over.

The crankcase breather is from Bela Corse. I'm not sure if I want to leave it right there, but until an idea pops up, there it lies.

... and it's still raining...

vertwrks · 09-28-2006

Good use of a rainy day!!!

Nice job, looks like your hose clamp to the crank breather filter may be a bit crooked but am sure you were in a hurry to finish up and have gone back and straightened that up.........but seriously thats good stuff. I am all about supporting the fine folks at New Bonneville and Bella Corsa but you just saved yourself a wad of cash and ended up with the same end result.

Kudos to your bad self, please post how you like the set up and if you need to rejet after opening up the front end.

psasak · 09-28-2006

The crankcase breather came with a connector to fit what looks like a 1/4 inch tube. The existing crankcase breather tube is about 1/2 inch inside diameter... gotta come up with a fix for that, too...

I'm thinking about getting a smaller tube, threading it over the breather filter connector, then sticking it into the breather tube. I dunno...

DickBender · 09-29-2006

psasak,
Welcome to the dark side.
Nice work.
Is yours a 790 or an 865?
The reason I ask is that if it is a 790 the 125 mains will be too small.
Secondly if it is an 865, when it stops raining, would you care to comment on performance increase.

Darcy

keef · 09-29-2006

Good work.

I've done something similar with my airbox, though you've removed more of the upper part of it than I did. I suppose I just went for the "minimum intervention" option.
As for the breather filter connector, how about wrapping insulation tape around it until it reaches the required diameter.
Incidentally, I'm a little curious as to what is mounted on the chrome bracket around the frame on the extreme right of the second photo - is it the clamp for a pannier rail?

Thrux-ton-up · 09-29-2006

Nice bit of fabrication there. JCW

psasak · 09-29-2006

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The reason I ask is that if it is a 790 the 125 mains will be too small.
Secondly if it is an 865, when it stops raining, would you care to comment on performance increase.Darcy

Still %^&$# raining. I'd love to see what it'd ride like now... Yes, it's a 790. I think I've got some bigger mains in my bag of tricks in the garage. I'll havta see...

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I'm a little curious as to what is mounted on the chrome bracket around the frame on the extreme right of the second photo - is it the clamp for a pannier rail?

That's my helmet lock. I'm not sure if I like it - I've got my eye on another from British Customs.

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As for the breather filter connector, how about wrapping insulation tape around it until it reaches the required diameter.

I thought of that... I was hoping to come up with something a bit more elegant - although duct tape is the handyman's secret weapon.

[ This message was edited by: psasak on 2006-09-29 06:23 ]

Thunder_Forever · 09-29-2006

Doesn't that just make you want to leave the side covers off??!! Looks good. I plan on making mine as well as oppossed to buying the overpriced kit.

psasak · 09-29-2006

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On 2006-09-29 07:35, Thunder_Forever wrote:
Doesn't that just make you want to leave the side covers off??!! Looks good. I plan on making mine as well as oppossed to buying the overpriced kit.

It does! Everything I just did hides under the sidecovers - you can't see a thing with them on...

I just couldn't get around the idea of spending $300 for a mod that is possible to do on my own. All I needed was some simple bench tools...

Loxpump · 09-29-2006

I did that air box mod also. I didn't remove all of it just enough to clear the filters. It made a nice storage box for tools or whatever. Just need a set of thumb screws for the side cover for easier access.