its arrived!

[ChazzyB]

Neil, my experience with the temp gauge is that in normal riding (not stop/start traffic), the needle barely clears the solid block at the bottom of the gauge. Same on both my wire-wheel Girly and 955i Speed Triple.

My Tiger once puked its coolant when I left it running for a while on the drive. I had to pull the tank to refill the system, got the air out  and it's never done it again. Weird.

[NeilD]

yep my Steamer was the same with the temp gauge.. not sure why it decided to puke it out at that point as I'd done some sitting in traffic and getting lost stuff earlier, and prior to getting home I'd had a good 70 miles cross country run pretty much without stopping... oh well we shall see what they do..

[drunk_uncle]

You said that the seat was in the high position.  Are the seats adjustable on the late model girlies?

[Bixxer Bob]

Err,,,   Yup!!!

[drunk_uncle]

Thanks I am a brand new Tiger owner.  I love the bike, just wish I know what was causing the stupid grinding sound when I use the clutch!!

[metalguru]

Thanks I am a brand new Tiger owner.  I love the bike, just wish I know what was causing the stupid grinding sound when I use the clutch!!

I think that removal of the clutch case may reveal some tired clutch bearings, only a guess as can't listen to it or look at the adjustment, but if it is noisy when the clutch lever is pulled then a good place to start!

[Chris Canning]

So how are we getting on with the transition from carbs to injection  :D

[Nick Calne]

Only just noticed this thread.  Glad to see you got a new bike Neil.  Hope it's working out.  Bound to be niggles with a new bike til you get used to it.  Same whatever you get.

Oh and you'll have to change your avatar thingy now.  That blue bike is in my garage!  :lol:

[NeilD]

well its affectionately now known as The Big Black B'stard, so maybe that gives you a clue..  :D   Actually I've been out on it today and just ridden it and tried (quite succesfully) to ignore the hunting - its booked into my local Triumph  Stealer on Monday for them to plug it in and see what map is loaded, and whether any other faults show up.. also got a rad cap on order..
Only thing I will have to watch out for is the 'on/off' nature of the throttle if I'm on a wet road...

[metalguru]

Only thing I will have to watch out for is the 'on/off' nature of the throttle if I'm on a wet road...

I used to have an 885i that I called Christine after the car...That was the one I hit a horse on last year so proved my point that it was possessed!!
Spent more time working on the thing than riding it!!

Slightly more serious though the hunting can be cured very easily, do you have an OBDII lead and a laptop? If you have you are quite welcome to try my map which has eliminated the surging and on-off throttle...Quite a few other miladies as well.

[NeilD]

hi.. I dont have a laptop, hence why I'm giving it to the dealer to start off with and see what they come up with..  plan is to get a laptop in the pre/post christmas (oooh no, I said it!!) sales and at that point i'll get a cable and try your map.  8)

[NeilD]

well, the BBB is overnighting at the local Triumph dealers, tomorrow they will spend another day I suspect scratching their heads trying to work out why the POS wont run properly..
they're happy with the 'map', appparently the fault is related to #1 cylinder, they think it might be the throttle body ? . they've checked all the valve clearences and they're ok, compression test was ok, they removed the scottoiler (as I requested) however some halfwit (at Laguna Ashford I believe) has removed the throttlebody and drilled n tapped a hole rather than use the correct T Piece..  
anyway apparently #1 cyclinder is running lean, and the only way to get it rich enough is to adjust the t/body till its virtually full on and theres hardly any movement on the flap?? by the way this may or may not be what he said, so dont shoot huim down too quickly!
anyway I've got to run the loan bike back in the morning so I'll try and and get an update.. feckin thing!

[Chris Canning]

Did you buy it private or from the dealer were the bike is.

[NeilD]

bought from another (non triumph) dealer... it went back to him initially and was returned with the 'they all do that' line after it had been on a dyno (apparently).. which is why I've now taken it to a Triumph place for some proper fault finding which I can go back to him with...

[Chris Canning]

bought from another (non triumph) dealer... it went back to him initially and was returned with the 'they all do that' line after it had been on a dyno (apparently).. which is why I've now taken it to a Triumph place for some proper fault finding which I can go back to him with...

What a bugger,because mine has been a gem over the years,with every chance it'll get wheeled out the garage to go to Le-Mans on thursday even though the forecast is good and I should take something else. :roll: