Triumph Classics

[kst24]

Bike looks good in mag... too bad about the helmet.

Guess looks is more important to him than safety!

[cruise]

Originally posted by JamesPorn1@April 23, 2007 10:57 am

Manual written for cold climate....let the engine run for a minute or so and you can ride off at decent speeds but DO NOT rev the sh*t out of the bike for the first few km...u want the oil and engine to get to its operating temp before you do that.

 

Magneto are for really old bikes, triumphs have been running CDI for a very very very long time now.

 

are you refering to the oil cooler on the frame near the engine of the rectifier mounted in between your forks beneath the light? either way try not to obstruct airflow

 

On air filters...never a right or wrong answer, depends on what you want to do and how you want the bike to look. open pods look great and is good for top end but when riding in the rain it could be a problem and bottom end suffers as well....

Thanks for that. Ok I'll look out for the CDI unit - haven't figured out the parts of the bike yet. Can't imagine why the mechanic said magneto. Ya I guess the thingy I mentioned is the rectifier. It's in front of the oil cooler actually, below the headlights, yup, and there's four or five electrical wires running into it. Got to be the rectifier.

[willkhc]

hey bros, just wondering you are interested in mobile washing and polishing. pm me if u are keen. thanks

[triple]

Originally posted by cruise@April 21, 2007 02:23 am

- How long should I warm up the bike in the morning? The throttle gets responsive quite quickly and I wonder about overheating the engine, so my standing warm up is about 3 minutes. My previous bike (also air-cooled) required no warm up at all - recommended procedure was to start the bike and "ride off as soon as possible". So I've formed this habit over the years. But I doubt if the same holds true of the Triumph. What do you guys do? Is 3 minutes too short? At least 5?

 

- Does the bike use a magneto for ignition? The mechanic causally mentioned "magneto" in passing that day. Magneto? For ignition? Is it a Triumph thing?

 

- What is this thing I see on the TriumphRat forum about getting rid of the airbox and installing a better set of filters (air filters?) - is that sound procedure?

Hi,

 

Congrats on your new ride....

 

Warming up of engine is to allow the engine oil to circulate before your ride. A couple of minutes is good.

 

I suppose you're referring to airbox snorkel? Many riders have it removed, more air access to airbox. Freer flowing air filter such as K&N, Twin Air and many more are worthy investment. But if you current air filter is like sponge, it should be good. More air does not equates to more power, air/fuel mixture is important.

 

Clean air and clean oil is a cheap source of insurance for your bike.

 

Cheers...

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Originally posted by Throttle@April 19, 2007 03:12 pm

quiet in here, when are we having our triumph retro meet up??

Yo Yo Ca-Pi-Tan...I was about to ask the same question...I need to clock some miles...The last time I rode my bike was when I met you guys.......

[Throttle]

wah lau.....so long ago? at least i still clock some 5 - 10 km once a week riding around dunearn, tanglin, farrer ahahahah

 

after you told me about the ML350, i also went to look see leh.

prices actually very reasonabe and quite good value.

 

These days very tough, baby crying allt he time so need to help my wife do things at home. plus next month will be travelling twice.

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Originally posted by Throttle@April 25, 2007 01:55 pm

wah lau.....so long ago? at least i still clock some 5 - 10 km once a week riding around dunearn, tanglin, farrer ahahahah

 

after you told me about the ML350, i also went to look see leh.

prices actually very reasonabe and quite good value.

 

These days very tough, baby crying allt he time so need to help my wife do things at home. plus next month will be travelling twice.

Congrats on your new born...enjoy the night feeds...

 

I backed out on the ML350 last minute because my wife doesn't like the rear door opening...juz like my Landcruiser...so I took a RX300 Super Luxury Version instead...she fancies all the automatic crap that comes along with it...

 

*FACT* : it is good for babies to cry...helps build the lungs...

 

OK!...enough of Babies & Cars...lets get back on track here...*Triumph*, makers of fine cars...bikes & not forgetting, women's under garments

[Throttle]

Originally posted by Chow Yun Fatt@April 26, 2007 09:04 am

...*Triumph*, makers of fine cars...bikes & not forgetting, women's under garments

 

wah lau......

 

see if next week can do anything or not. will be travelling two or three weeks in MAy.

[Throttle]

haiz....still too busy....

havent ridden in 2 weeks ....

Thunderbird collecting dust already

[swirlacer]

whoa..just checked out onemotoring website and there's only 50 plus triumph bikes in singapore!!talk about unique~!

[cruise]

Originally posted by swirlacer@May 07, 2007 10:28 pm

whoa..just checked out onemotoring website and there's only 50 plus triumph bikes in singapore!!talk about unique~!

Where do you find such info on the onemotoring website. Got URL?

[swirlacer]

yea yea,u can go to some coe website of onemotoring. then they have this comparison of vehicles by make, cc, and a lotta other stuff. there's a few hundred ducatis last time i looked.

[seb033]

info can be found here

 

lta.gov.sg

 

hope it helps

[Throttle]

Triumph Population didnt grow much alsways around 50++ it seems.

LAtest figure shows 70++ , not bad, growing slowly....

 

I definitley wont scrap my Thunderbird for sure.

[Throttle]

Have not ridden for 2 weeks already.

This coming week I'll be in town, hopefully we can do a Triumph Meet Up???

 

cheers Dudes

[cruise]

Originally posted by seb033@May 09, 2007 11:16 pm

info can be found here

 

lta.gov.sg

 

hope it helps

Thanks man

[NormalAspirated]

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[Throttle]

wah cool, one of the forumers here rides a damn cool Thrux too.

[NormalAspirated]

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[Throttle]

Have you seen our Chow Yun Fatt's Speed Triple?

 

Superb !!! Tip Top!!!!!!!!!

 

Triumph makes the best streetfighters in my opinion

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Originally posted by Throttle@May 17, 2007 06:12 pm

Have you seen our Chow Yun Fatt's Speed Triple?

 

Superb !!! Tip Top!!!!!!!!!

 

Triumph makes the best streetfighters in my opinion

Thankz for the compliment Ca-Pi-Tan...

[Chow Yun Fatt]

Titanium Exhaust I dun have...But you can check out my Free Flow System...

 

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n232/ChowYunFatt/1stHybridMotorcycle.jpg

[Chow Yun Fatt]

A Chance to *HAW LIAN* a bit...

 

*Tip of the DAY*...: The Secret to keeping your bike Sweaky Clean is to leave it at home & not ride it...

 

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n232/ChowYunFatt/DSCN0352.jpg

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n232/ChowYunFatt/DSCN0350.jpg

[swirlacer]

well, looks like triumph speed triple has got a new little brother. the street triple 675. adaptation of the daytona 675. price is stated to be lower than the daytona. and this bike will much smaller than its big brother. Go Triumph~

 

now....where's the daytona 1000?

[Throttle]

They should call the speed triple Super Muscle T instead.......heh heh

 

here's a picture of my favourite Triumph Model, this one made in Japan...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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