Your Steamers ENGINE SOUND. Any bonus sound effects as mine?

[Mustang]

 
the torque drops off significantly after 6500 rpm any ways

[nickjtc]

I really don't rev mine much above 5500rpm. 2 reasons really,
1. Mechanical sympathy for the bike that has served me well for 13 years.
2. There's enough torque below that to keep me smiling.

I thought I was the only one who didn't thrash his engine. :icon_wink: Even with my gearing (19/46) the engine has lots of grunt at the bottom end.

[Danwarb]

the torque drops off significantly after 6500 rpm any ways

I'd beg to differ with my 97 Tiger ! I get a solid pull from 2000 to 9000 revs !!

[nickjtc]

I'd beg to differ with my 97 Tiger ! I get a solid pull from 2000 to 9000 revs !!

woohoo

[threepot]

I really don't rev mine much above 5500rpm. 2 reasons really,
1. Mechanical sympathy for the bike that has served me well for 13 years.
2. There's enough torque below that to keep me smiling.

And you don't like going over 80mph !?

[GavD]

And you don't like going over 80mph !?

You've never been to the Isle of Wight have you? They have a policy over here of resurfacing the roads in the villages, and leaving the open roads to fall apart. it's a tactic they use to enforce a 30mph limit everywhere on the island!!

[Danwarb]

You've never been to the Isle of Wight have you? They have a policy over here of resurfacing the roads in the villages, and leaving the open roads to fall apart. it's a tactic they use to enforce a 30mph limit everywhere on the island!!

Hence why you have Steamer !

I flipping love getting airs of the local speed ramps !! Ha ha !!

[threepot]

No,never been. I've heard its nice though?But it seems to be a problem everywhere. But lots of good roads here,so you'll enjoy 

[GavD]

Can't wait TP 

[Sin_Tiger]

You've never been to the Isle of Wight have you? They have a policy over here of resurfacing the roads in the villages, and leaving the open roads to fall apart. it's a tactic they use to enforce a 30mph limit everywhere on the island!!

That's shocking enough but to be actual written policy  Can you imagine the law suit if someone comes a cropper and they can prove it was due to negligent road maintenance  one large pineapple (you'll understand that being ex blue suit) for the man who wrote that.

[GavD]

That's shocking enough but to be actual written policy  Can you imagine the law suit if someone comes a cropper and they can prove it was due to negligent road maintenance  one large pineapple (you'll understand that being ex blue suit) for the man who wrote that.

It's more my thoughts on the matter than actual written policy Niall, but I do have to meet the local Highway Authority every 3 months as part of my job, and they do seem to have some strange ideas sometimes.

[JayDub]

one large pineapple (you'll understand that being ex blue suit) for the man who wrote that.

............ and for the landlubbers???
..... or is that related to the saying about the 'rough end of a pineapple' I wonder.

[GavD]

you got it.

[Danwarb]

Jay,

You said you recognise the same clacking sound with every engine turn on your Steamer.

You mentioned checking the valves. Can you do this on your Steamer and let me know what you find?

Cheers,

Dan

[JayDub]

The clacking sound is only heard from the r/h exhaust can on tick-over, and isn't valves (I don't think) it's not really in sync with engine revolutions, its more erratic.
As for the valves, checking them involves removing the cam cover and measuring the gap between cam and shim on each of the valves, then replacing the shim for a thicker or thinner one to adjust the gap to within tolerance:
http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/msg,34259
I re-shimmed mine last week and the noise is still there.
I think you may be still adjusting to steamer ownership, we've all gone through it but begin to realise that these bikes are a different beast, with their own idiosyncrasies which you learn to live with - just check everything is as it should be and maintain it properly and it will be fine...