Triumphrat

Moondogger

This afternoon I removed the octopus (AIS) from my T100. Pretty straight forward job, I used the kit from British Customs. The only tough part was removing the bolts from the cylinder heads. I ended having to cut the tubes about half way down and use a deep socket to remove them. They are on TIGHT. I tried using a wrench, but the bolt would not budge.

After the removal the bike seemed to start easier and the popping on decel after I installed the Staintunes is completely gone. I'm happy, 20 bucks well spent.

-Alex

Baltobonneville

Now you can mount your horn, or an aftermarket horn that fits, where the AI valve used to be, under the tank. I put the NewBonneville horn there, it's a good fit and a bit louder than stock (still not loud enough, though).

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Marty
2005 Bonneville Blue 790cc, AI removed, Staintunes RC, Unifilter, no snorkel, 118/40/Thrux needle/1 shim/3 turns, tachometer, Ikon 7610s in back, Ricor Intiminators in front, Pirelli Sport Demons, D9 gauge panel.

ohiorider

It's been so long ago since I removed it, I cannot remember where the AI valve was mounted. But if there's room there for a better horn, I'm all for it. My older BMWs came with dual Fiamm horns that literally blasted stupid drivers out of their trance. The new BMW horns barely get my attention, much less that of some cager doing the cell phone thing.

Bob

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03 T100 Lucifer Org and Silv: 122/42 jets, TORs, 18T, UNI filter, no AI, Polaris bellmouth, Metz 880 tires, Prog. 440 shocks (105/150 springs), 11-1124 fork springs, Thrux fork caps, gaiters, MotoTwin low bars, 6024 lamp, htd grips, 12v outlet.

666Bonneville

i looked on the british customs site, and couldn't find the kit. do you have a link?

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Triumph.... Turns an ordinary man into a mechanic.
2006 Scrambler
2005 CRF 450
1959 Triumph Trophy
1950 Triumph Thunderbird

SoCalHawk

Newbonneville.com has a good one. here's the link. Took me about 20 minutes to complete.


http://www.newbonneville.com/html/ai_removal_kit.html

666Bonneville

thanks for the link!

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Triumph.... Turns an ordinary man into a mechanic.
2006 Scrambler
2005 CRF 450
1959 Triumph Trophy
1950 Triumph Thunderbird

Moondogger

Here is the British Customs link:

http://www.british-customs.com/store...moval-kit.html