New Triumph's

Jerry Doe

Jerry Doe

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Hello all,

Someone suggested I created a new forum for modern triumphs. I have always been against this idea, as there is the very good RAT forum. BUT, now I own one and I know a lot of you also own them, I thought, well why not!

So here it is. Post away...

Jerry
 
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I have a very early (1991) 900 Trident which I bought when it was twelve months/1,000 miles old. It has now coming up to 104,000 miles & still runs perfectly. My wife & I have been to France thirteen times, Switzerland twice, Spain twice, Italy, Andora, & Germany. The only time the bike has let us down has been due to the ignition control unit, the coils, & the ignition pick up, all of which are German made PVL. These items have been replaced with British made Gill parts which Triumph fitted to slightly later bikes anyway, & have proved reliable. The engine oil still doesn't require topping up between 5,000 miles changes, & the powdercoat on the frame is still in excellent condition. I upgraded the front brakes many years ago to four pot calipers & floating discs, & changed the starter sprag at 70,000 as it was just starting to slip occasionally. I also rebuilt the carbs, Mikuni BST 36mm as the flat slides run in plastic guides which are a sacrificial part to save wear on the bodies. As they wear the slides start to move at a slight angle, which then wears the needle jets/ emulsion tubes.
So all in all a very good bike, but compared to my older bikes, a little bland.
 
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Matchless said:
I have a very early (1991) 900 Trident which I bought when it was twelve months/1,000 miles old. It has now coming up to 104,000 miles & still runs perfectly. My wife & I have been to France thirteen times, Switzerland twice, Spain twice, Italy, Andora, & Germany. The only time the bike has let us down has been due to the ignition control unit, the coils, & the ignition pick up, all of which are German made PVL. These items have been replaced with British made Gill parts which Triumph fitted to slightly later bikes anyway, & have proved reliable. The engine oil still doesn't require topping up between 5,000 miles changes, & the powdercoat on the frame is still in excellent condition. I upgraded the front brakes many years ago to four pot calipers & floating discs, & changed the starter sprag at 70,000 as it was just starting to slip occasionally. I also rebuilt the carbs, Mikuni BST 36mm as the flat slides run in plastic guides which are a sacrificial part to save wear on the bodies. As they wear the slides start to move at a slight angle, which then wears the needle jets/ emulsion tubes.
So all in all a very good bike, but compared to my older bikes, a little bland.
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I had a 1993 900 Trident from almost new for 2 years and really enjoyed it. I’ve just checked it and the MOT ran out last year, and it’s still only done 38k miles. I then got a 900 Trophy for a year until the Blackbird came out - I was sold immediately after one ride.
 
I forgot to add Maxton modified forks & monoshock from very early on, as the suspension was struggling to cope with two big adults & tank bag/panniers.
 
As a further aside regarding the 900 Trident, Easter 1995, I asked my wife what we were doing ’this weekend’ nothing was the answer.

So I rode down to Lands End from home, then rode to John O’Groats, got there, turned around and ride back down to Lands End, and then home again.

just short of 1800 miles and 32 hours. I encountered snow at Aviemore on the way back, and kept it at around 95-105 for as long as I could, stopping just to refuel me and the bike.

I won the Tourco Trophy for my troubles, setting a new non-stop record according to the Le-JoG committee.
 
I have a couple of gripes with new Triumphs. 1) I know next to nothing about them. That's OK, I like em well enough, have ridden them a few times and I really like the Street Triple BUT 2) I hate the fact that they named one of their modern bikes "T100." I have a T100 and every time I search for parts I have to play funny games with the key words to find the older bikes and parts.
 
Had a couple of Hinckley bikes, a 900 Trident bought new in 2000. A nice bike, and had the standard problems with HT coils and ignition pick up coil. Very thirsty, was lucky to get 35mpg out of the thing. It died in a blaze of when it bust its camchain at 75000m. No indication of a problem, just a bang and graunching noises.

Subsequently bought a '06 carbed Scrambler, a cool bike. Got 83000 on it now, its looking grubby but going nicely.
 
Does "modern" cover everything from the 2001 Air Cooled carb'd & later EFI bikes through 2016 or does "modern" mean only the latest water-cooled? All models or just the retro classic types?
 
Tornado said:
Does "modern" cover everything from the 2001 Air Cooled carb'd & later EFI bikes through 2016 or does "modern" mean only the latest water-cooled? All models or just the retro classic types?
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It covers what you would like. It’s just another place to discuss as well as the RAT.
 
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Here's a modern Triumph out on tour about 1500 miles from home base. That was the trip where a Harley owner in Wyoming walked by and sniffed " You won't get far on thet Triumph set up like thet!"
 
And here is the Daytona 955 almost back together after plowing into a deer.
The Daytona was assembled at Hinckley.

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worntorn said:
View attachment 105896View attachment 105895Here's a modern Triumph out on tour about 1500 miles from home base. That was the trip where a Harley owner in Wyoming walked by and sniffed " You won't get far on thet Triumph set up like thet!"
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Did you tell him that your bags were there just to allow you to collect bits that had fallen off the Harleys that tried to do the distance? 🤣
 
One of the fellows I was touring with did inform him that we had just ridden from Vancouver Canada without a hitch. That didn't register, I think it went clear over his head.

Glen
 
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