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View attachment 781782 Heavy lifting with new swingarm is done. Plenty to do still but most of it easy and simple like installing exhaust and bleeding rear brakes etc. Still waiting for Furukawa connectors for my new reg/rec, finnish post service is just one gigantic black hole really, 3 days from UK to Finland with Royal mail, then 11 days and counting with Finnish Posti and I'm not holding my breath to ever see that package. (White powder everywhere is not cocaine, I soda blasted most of the parts, including nuts and bolts.)

Sure, “soda blasted”…


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[h_aapalahti]

Sure, “soda blasted”…


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Yeah, had a blast 😂

 

[LeT]

Fitted a new chain slider to my swing arm after new chain and sprockets last weekend. The chain was first adjusted to give full slack before cracking the hub nut and taking out the back wheel. I supported the weight of the bike on its side stand with a car jack under the swingarm linkages and a scissor jack as a backup under the brake caliper.

I changed to a 46 tooth rear sprocket and 18 front with a new DID VX3 530 chain.

Satisfying to have a deep clean too.

This wear was after 24000km/16750 miles.

The old slider compared to the new shows how thin it had worn in the four tracks left by the chain plates (inner and outer, both sides).

Installed with all the old crud gone.

 

[JonSS]

Definitely a flasher relay - I just went and checked the bin for the packaging, and I'm almost certain it was flashing on the dash when I first installed it. Seeing as the indicators flash on their own even with a permanently on current, I'll keep an eye on it. If it goes pear-shaped, I'll get another. At least they're cheap.

I went back to the shop and swapped the flasher relay for a new one. It blinked as it should for about a day. The rear ones still do their sequential flashing thing from the inside LED to the outside, but the front ones which are not the sequential type stay on solidly, apart from the slight dimming. I disconnected the rear ones and there's no improvement to the front ones. I might get in touch with the manufacturer (both sets plus the relay are all the same brand) to ask if the two types are incompatible and damage the relay or if I'm just unlucky. The two relays were off the same shelf at the same store, so if it is unusual behaviour, it could be a bad batch.

I stopped by the Triumph dealer across town to ask about the stem mount for the Quad Lock phone cases and he says that the top nut on the '02 Daytona should not be coming off for that. I'll stick with a handlebar mount and maybe try to fashion something with the thread at the top of one of the forks.

Also, noticed an annoying pattern emerging again with the overheating. It's only a 5.4 km trip to the dealer that took 16 minutes (I actually like that Google Maps knows where I've been sometimes) and at traffic lights, it will get up to 103 when the fan kicks in and the fan brings it down or at least maintains. Movement brings it down again... until about that 15-minute mark where it just gives up cooling and will go to 105, 106, 107, 108, 109. After about 20 minutes at the dealer, I headed home. 5.8km, 17 minutes and (thankfully) at the last set of lights before home, same thing. I went for a ride in the cooler evening, just cruising in 40-60, occasional 70km/h zones, stopping occasionally for a minute or so to replicate the conditions. It holds temperature perfectly until a point where it just loses it. I know they're not built to be riding around cities, stopping and starting all the time, but I thought It should do better than this. Looking at my posts and the replies on this forum from several years ago, it also seems as though it should do better. The radiator is very recently flushed and not looking too bad externally for a 20yo. It's pretty consistent, so maybe that is as good as the cooling system is. Now that I've been to this dealer, I'll book it in for a service and ask what they think, but would appreciate any thoughts from you guys

 

[h_aapalahti]

View attachment 781782 Heavy lifting with new swingarm is done. Plenty to do still but most of it easy and simple like installing exhaust and bleeding rear brakes etc. Still waiting for Furukawa connectors for my new reg/rec, finnish post service is just one gigantic black hole really, 3 days from UK to Finland with Royal mail, then 11 days and counting with Finnish Posti and I'm not holding my breath to ever see that package. (White powder everywhere is not cocaine, I soda blasted most of the parts, including nuts and bolts.)

Ok, I guess hell is now frozen because finnish post after all did get my furukawa connectors to local post office and that 55km took them only 24 days 🎉. So I wired my new and shiny series type reg-rec SH847 to the bike, and put her back together enough to test. 14.4 to 14.5 all the time, gotta say that I'm pretty damn happy about the voltage consistency through the rev range.

 

[sussurf]

Also, noticed an annoying pattern emerging again with the overheating. It's only a 5.4 km trip to the dealer that took 16 minutes (I actually like that Google Maps knows where I've been sometimes) and at traffic lights, it will get up to 103 when the fan kicks in and the fan brings it down or at least maintains. Movement brings it down again... until about that 15-minute mark where it just gives up cooling and will go to 105, 106, 107, 108, 109. After about 20 minutes at the dealer, I headed home. 5.8km, 17 minutes and (thankfully) at the last set of lights before home, same thing. I went for a ride in the cooler evening, just cruising in 40-60, occasional 70km/h zones, stopping occasionally for a minute or so to replicate the conditions. It holds temperature perfectly until a point where it just loses it. I know they're not built to be riding around cities, stopping and starting all the time, but I thought It should do better than this. Looking at my posts and the replies on this forum from several years ago, it also seems as though it should do better. The radiator is very recently flushed and not looking too bad externally for a 20yo. It's pretty consistent, so maybe that is as good as the cooling system is. Now that I've been to this dealer, I'll book it in for a service and ask what they think, but would appreciate any thoughts from you guys

Have a look at your thermostat.
Make sure you get as much coolant in the radiator while cold. Take out the bleed screw and squeeze all the hoses to coax out the bubbles. Seal it all up then top up expansion tank.

 

[JonSS]

Make sure you get as much coolant in the radiator while cold.

I thought I'd done it well enough before, but I took off the radiator cap and let the bike heat up to about 95. The level never changed, apart from a regular little surge and then release, never quite enough to spill out of the top. After it was cooling for a little while, the level of coolant started to drop. There was some air hiding somewhere. I topped it up, closed it up and went for a ride this evening. I gave it a good workout and it was as good as ever. It had a really good little bit in the backstreets of Ermington (in Sydney). A P-plate driver came hard and fast around a fairly blind T-intersection, cutting the corner onto my side of a concrete island to save himself a couple of metres and maybe a second, nearly taking me out. I thought I'd be petty and follow him around for a while to see if I could waste some of the time he thought he was saving. I went on my way when he started to get a little dangerous, but he might think twice before doing it again any time soon. Yes, it was really petty, but I didn't overheat.

 

[SCHIM955I]

Finished up the new shock, Chain & sprockets, Wheel Bearings, and Rotor.
Next: Radiator Flush, Oil Change, Bleed Rear Brake, Order Custom Front Brake Lines .........

 

[h_aapalahti]

We have finally had some almost decent weather, have just been riding every time I've got any time to spare. Small 50 to 100km shakedown rides in home corners after reg/rec mod and sprint gt swingarm mod. Everything seems to be working nicely, I really like the geometrics with busa front and sprint gt swingarm, they kinda balance each other out. Had a real blast today riding some nice twisties, and a great burger made out of local ingredients in a grill down the road.

 

[JonSS]

I replaced the side stand with one from a 2007 Speed Triple today. The original's base had worn down to just the circumference of the shaft, so prone to stick into soft things. It looks as though it might have been a common problem, as this one from the later bike has a much thicker base.

 

[SCHIM955I]

The fuel idiot light was randomly coming on.. found the wires at the bottom of the sending unit to be cooked brittlely hard & cracked. When I moved them around to see how bad they broke completely off ! I did a solder repair, but wire still really brittle, so didn't love the repair. This part still shows available on the enter-web, we'll see ....

 

[SCHIM955I]

Received new fuel level sending unit & installed.

Made some tank grips & put those on.

 

[LeT]

Received new fuel level sending unit & installed.

Made some tank grips & put those on.

She's looking epic!

 

[h_aapalahti]

Last week I have disassembled and assembled my Daytonas seat, tank and airbox etc. Every day. Now it takes less than 10min to have my throttle body in hand, I'm getting kinda good at this. I had air leak at intake side that I just couldn't find until today. My IACV was busted but there was other leak somewhere too that I tried to hunt dow, it just started acting up when bike was up to temp and ridden hard for a moment, then rpm started hovering at 3000-4000. I changed my injector o-rings, sealed intake manifolds, also washed injectors with ultrasound while I was there, tried with older style of IACV while waiting for my spare to arrive but nothing helped, at least much. Today I changed whole throttle body complete with sensor, got finally new IACV, changed hoses also even though old silicon hoses were about year old, but what I think made most difference was that I took off little spacers from the clamps that tighten the throttle body to manifolds, I think that constant heat soak and time had molded rubber parts so that clamps couldn't tighten it firmly enough and that was where that air got in. Well, now I have clean injectors and absolutely no air leaks and damn how she pulls and purrs again, happy to start a weekend ride in 6 hours 👌.

 

[FLY-TRI-GUY]

Well motobike Dr. h_aapalahti u r quit the bike surgeon, u got her all buttoned up and ready to go, I hope u get a great ride in!…FTG

 

[h_aapalahti]

Well motobike Dr. h_aapalahti u r quit the bike surgeon, u got her all buttoned up and ready to go, I hope u get a great ride in!…FTG

This bike is way of life, 75% garage 25% on the road 😂

 

[SCHIM955I]

Finally the 2022 Triumph winter upgrade project is done - only 4 months past due !
Now need to shake this thing down, make sure I didn't screw anything up, then put some miles on her .......

 

[Dantona]

Finally the 2022 Triumph winter upgrade project is done - only 4 months past due !
Now need to shake this thing down, make sure I didn't screw anything up, then put some miles on her .......

Looks great. Can i ask what seat you have, and how you rate it? The standard seat on mine sees me getting pretty sore in the sit bones area pretty quick. I think i need to get it upgraded.

 

[SCHIM955I]

Looks great. Can i ask what seat you have, and how you rate it? The standard seat on mine sees me getting pretty sore in the sit bones area pretty quick. I think i need to get it upgraded.

That is the stock seat with a SARGENT seat cover. Just had the local shop put the cover on with some updated foam.
I've put some 8-10 hour days in saddle on her in the past 10+ years.

 

[h_aapalahti]

This bike is way of life, 75% garage 25% on the road 😂

800km weekend ride almost to the border of Russia and back with guys, zero troubles on my bike, that 1969 rat Triumph tried to shake its carburetor off couple of times and threw her license plate to the motorway. That red bike is Honda VF750C, quite interesting combo - high revving 100hp v4 engine in a cruiser frame, guy who owns it said that it has top speed of 240km/h. Sunday ride didn't start under best possible signs as we hit heavy rain 340km from home, first couple of hours it was raining and roads were wet, best thing ever when you have 0 fenders on your bike and your rain gear is german bundeswehrs rain pants that are as good as any jeans but colder. Luckily it didn't rain all the way back. After that pic I left other guys and was heading home, about 30km left when some dude in his newish AMG 43 or 63 started to act like a 3 year old and wanted to race me. That Merc was fast no doubt, just not fast enough. You just don't win many races against litre class bikes in a car unless you have something very unusual under the bonnet 😂. 100 000€ AMG vs. 2000€ Hinckley junk pile, had a blast 🤣.