Triumph Street Triple

My 2004 model Daytona 955i was fine, and so have most Triumphs I've
seen. I don't know where people get the idea they are cheaply built
compared to Jap stuff; I found the finish to be far superior to any
Kawasaki, Suzuki or Yamaha, and on a par with older Hondas.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer
Fireblade 929 (For sale)
CBR600F-W trackbike
SR250 SpazzTrakka,
SR250 wivva topbox
TS250C
RD400F, somewhere
I see a bright new future, where chickens can cross the road with no
fear of having their motives questioned

 

An H2 engine in an KH500 chassis. Ye Gods. Actually, it seemed to handle
that corner reasonably well.

Fwap-fwap-fwap

 

The Suzuki was great: a real child of the 1970s. The Yam, oddly, was
rather good to ride. I had one. Just not good to own.

 

Hubba hubba hubba. That is fantasic!

Oi, TOG, get a load of this

Me too.

 

Hmm. I wasn't too impressed with the finish on my Sprint ST, but then
there were a few other issues that grabbed my attention a little
more. Like it's ability to leak petrol out of every possible orifice in
the tank...

 

That's what turned it from porn into PORN for me.

 

He got there before you.

Well, it saves on heating bills, I suppose.

 

It was visible from orbit

 

That would be brave/foolish depending on your perspective.

 

For no obvious reason, this had me laughing like a drain.

 

Oh dear Ged.

<sobs> Why did I sell it? <sobs some more>

 

curses.

 

How times change - I did say you were all conventional now...

Either she didn't notice and you're home scot free or else she's
saving up something special.

 

I'm sure that the person who coined the phrase "revenge is a dish best
eaten cold" was a woman.

 

I had the GT750 Kettle (M Model) terrific bike. Did over 100K miles on it!
and still sold it for a reasonable sum.
Never let me down, even when a mate dropped it on CIHAGM session and the
snapped chain took the gear indicator sender out.
The fucker was Thirsty!! tho', on a good spirited run I could get it down to
around 17 to the gallon.

--
Greybeard

FLHR -03 UK (95 cu-in Stg 2. Big Boy 2!)

Garmin Zumo 550, To get me home!

ukrm@foxtails[dot]co[dot]uk

 

presumably you pay something upon import into .be? Is it extortionate
like .nl?

 

I think it did. And it was everything except the camchain, IIRC.

I've owned an early 750 that was a bit of a rat with a somewhat
chequered history, so it did have its little foibles, many, to be
fair, from mechanical fuckwittery. Oh, I forgot about the electrics.
And the constantly snapping cables. And the rust. And the shagged
bores. And the flapping primary chain. And what exactly was the point
of a bucket 'n' shim DOHC motor that redlined at 7500RPM? Err, anyway,
it was very pleasant to bimble around on at legal-ish speeds: it
sounded nice and was reasonably torquey and smooth. It was my first
big bike, so obviously my spectacless are a little rose-tinted. Those
are my spectacles over there, with the tail-light lenses in them.

A colleague had an 850: prettier and reliable as far as I recall. This
one was completely stock and had actually been looked after properly.
It was faster and had a stunning headlight, but was somehow a bit of a
let-down for me. I was expecting it to be massively different to ride
and it wasn't.

 

Ah no, the tensioner was manual. Mine ate the 'W'-shaped top camchain
guide - there were a few bits of waffer-thin alloy lying in the
cylinder head when I opened it up.

<sniff> Well, I liked it.

Mine was a little, err, odd. The fuel tank was crazed, so it looked
like it was covered in leatherette, and a previous owner had grafted
on an alloy tailpiece and a Guzzi Le Mans foam seat.

 

My 1973 GT750L had over 50K miles when I bought it and it went on to do
about 10K more in my hands with no problems

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer
Fireblade 929 (For sale)
CBR600F-W trackbike
SR250 SpazzTrakka,
SR250 wivva topbox
TS250C
RD400F, somewhere
I see a bright new future, where chickens can cross the road with no
fear of having their motives questioned

 

None, it was on stock bores/pistons.

Just seen it, replied.

I must remember to take the phone off silent when I get home.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer
Fireblade 929 (For sale)
CBR600F-W trackbike
SR250 SpazzTrakka,
SR250 wivva topbox
TS250C
RD400F, somewhere
I see a bright new future, where chickens can cross the road with no
fear of having their motives questioned