What did you do to your bike today?

Captain · 15 Jun 2017 at 18:32

Evotech tail tidy fitted, wired in the new numberplate light, tidied the cables up really well with the built in section for cables. 1 hour to fit. Waiting for a 7x5 number plate too. Excuse the dirt.

New Rizoma clutch and brake levers, these are excellent quality, 10 minutes to fit.

Diddums · 15 Jun 2017 at 19:27

What's the adjustment like?

The tidy looks ace.

Captain · 15 Jun 2017 at 19:32

Adjustment is good, I have altered the clutch so the biting point is close to the bars, no more stretching.

Diddums · 15 Jun 2017 at 19:47

Awesome, at least the new owner will be able to adjust it as well in a few weeks time

Captain · 15 Jun 2017 at 19:49

Diddums said:
Awesome, at least the new owner will be able to adjust it as well in a few weeks time

It's not going anywhere

tom_e · 15 Jun 2017 at 20:26

Fitted new horn, fitted new rear indicators, put dinner plate reg back on and adjusted the chain.

The new indicators were fun originally the left had died turns out the wire inside had rusted out. Right was still fine. Fitted new left one all working, fitted new right one and dead no flicker of light and the threaded rod had come out of the rubber in the indicator.

Half an hour later after totally stripping down the new indicator and hammering the rod back in and reassembling the little ****er hooked it back up and magically it's flashing away happy as Larry :rolleyes:

anyway after all that it should now pass it's MOT on Saturday.

Don't expect that indicator to last long though, luckily they're only cheap ones so I'll get another set in as a spare.

Daftbrown · 15 Jun 2017 at 21:09

Sprayed radiator and downpipe grilles red. I haven't yet attached the downpipe grille as it involved fiddling with a near unreachable nut in dying sunlight. It might be overkill anyway, will see...

Captain · 15 Jun 2017 at 21:12

I wondered wtf was going on then, opened the page and greeted by a huge pussy

Thought it was Diddums..

The_Abyss · 16 Jun 2017 at 00:20

Huge bonus points for the cat. Even though I dislike them.

Diddums · 16 Jun 2017 at 07:20

Clov!s said:
I wondered wtf was going on then, opened the page and greeted by a huge pussy Thought it was Diddums..

Oi, I'm way furrier than that :mad:

russell664 · 16 Jun 2017 at 08:01

Diddums said:
Oi, I'm way furrier than that

You better be soft...

Snaggle · 16 Jun 2017 at 15:14

Clov!s said:
Evotech tail tidy fitted, wired in the new numberplate light, tidied the cables up really well with the built in section for cables. 1 hour to fit. Waiting for a 7x5 number plate too. Excuse the dirt.

New Rizoma clutch and brake levers, these are excellent quality, 10 minutes to fit.

Looking good.. Just need to lean it over now ... Anyone for chicken dippers >?

Captain · 16 Jun 2017 at 15:17

Snaggle said:
Looking good.. Just need to lean it over now ... Anyone for chicken dippers >?

Still getting used to it before I start leaning right over. Only had it 2 weeks, won't be much longer.

acemastr · 16 Jun 2017 at 23:44

Change the oil in the R6 for some sexy red Motul 7100.

Exhaust is still pretty shiny for being a year old

tom_e · 17 Jun 2017 at 02:41

Mmmm strawberries!

tom_e · 17 Jun 2017 at 12:00

MOT done, clean sheet not even a loud exhaust advisory. That makes me a little sad.

On the plus side the guy couldn't believe it had over 41k on the clock

Southy_ · 17 Jun 2017 at 17:56

Test rode this
http://i.imgur.com/KIkRpjh.jpg
Being the owner of a 2010 Street Triple R I wasn't that impressed with it.

If you wanted a new bike and didn't already have a triumph it would be great, like all the versions have been, but it isn't a big enough improvement for me to splash out 10k.

Scooby_WR1 · 18 Jun 2017 at 19:37

After a couple months of neglect i decided to spend this afternoon giving it a proper clean.
What do people use on the exhaust manifold? I have tried metal polish with wire wool but it has just turned them shiny brown instead of dull brown, i want to get them back silver again.

tom_e · 18 Jun 2017 at 19:39

Harpic max power (yes the toilet cleaner) will get them shiny silver again.

gcaster · 18 Jun 2017 at 20:28

tom_e said:
Harpic max power (yes the toilet cleaner) will get them shiny silver again.

What do you use to clean them with? Is it a wire wool and scrub like **** affair, apply and leave for a while or otherwise???