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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2016, 09:45:37 pm »
Don't worry, he's banned!

I took the 12 for its MoT today (failed! Between yesterday afternoon and this morning, the horn connector fell off; you couldn't make this stuff up) and there was the same colour Trumpet in the showroom; common as muck!
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2016, 10:36:24 pm »
Quote from: Phmode on March 08, 2016, 09:45:37 pm
failed! Between yesterday afternoon and this morning, the horn connector fell off

Why does shit like that always happen at the most inconvenient possible moment?

Quote from: Phmode on March 08, 2016, 09:45:37 pm
common as muck!

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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2016, 10:47:28 pm »
I actually couldn't believe it. I stormed outside in high dudgeon, stuck the ignition key in, fired the bike up and stabbed the horn button. Eff all! Stab, stab, stab, stab, stab! Eff all, eff all, eff all, eff all, eff all!

Rode it up the hill, tore off the left side panel in the hissing sleet, stared in disbelief at the connector dangling in the air behind the compooter and sobbed hysterically! Out with almost every tool I posess and ten minutes later all was well.

The guy was very good about it (most unlike him, the tester from hell) and the pass was duly issued on my return back down the hill!

Brian (who shouldn't have bothered to test everything on the bike before he took it for the test  :o )
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2016, 11:04:55 pm »
Are you sure the tester didn't pull it off to wind you up especially after last year?
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2016, 11:42:46 pm »
Well, I might have thought that had it not been for the fact that I pulled the twin horns off on Sunday and re-fitted the standard single horn. I did test it after the event and it worked fine.

The problem was the 'latch' on the connector, which didn't! I had to hit it with a really big hammer a squirt of WD40 to get it to seat correctly.

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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #20 on: March 09, 2016, 07:12:05 am »
Common the horn connector?  Someone up there is playing with you. :o
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2016, 07:53:53 am »
Maintenance Fettling induced failure, Brian. Unlucky.

I think we need a Triumph triple sub-section of the Other Bikes area. That way I could avoid seeing Martin's triple porn unless I really wanted to sneak a peek when no one was looking.

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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2016, 02:47:59 pm »
It got worse Dusty, because while I was fiddling, the 'inner' part of the connector (which doesn't seem to have any means of retention, although it is 'keyed' into the outer shell) came out complete with moulded-in pins. Bugger and b'lox!

Anyway, all's well, as they say, that ends well.

Brian (who has now given up fiddling, mainly cos Rome has stopped burning what with all the bloody rain and sleet  >:( )
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2016, 04:13:50 pm »
Quote from: Costas on March 08, 2016, 09:36:17 pm
I hate you

Hang in there Costas, I'm nearly finished! :)

In 2005 I decided to change the '99 ST for one of the last 955 STs before the 1050 (which I didn't like as much) was released.

This one was more oriented towards touring and was kept mostly stock.
Mods included Corbin saddle, ThrottleMeister cruise control and more subtle paint.


2005 Sprint ST 955i by Martin Fay, on Flickr

Unfortunately the '05 wasn't as well built as the '99 and the minor performance increase came at the expense of much poorer fuel economy and reduced fuel capacity so the touring range was drastically reduced.

I only kept this one for about a year.

When I went to trade it in Triumph offered me a pathetic trade in deal against a 1050 ST.
On the other hand BMW were keen to get an instructor out on a K12 to tempt potential punters and knew that I'd be using it regularly for trackdays so with a trade in deal for a fully loaded K12 costing me less than the 1050 ST my Triumph days ended and I defected to BMW. 8)
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2016, 07:53:22 pm »
You've got taste, was proven, now for this bike that specific exaust is the only one that gives this looks.
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« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2016, 10:40:22 pm »
It was so hard to find an exhaust that looked good on the ST with panniers.
It was a shame that Triumph couldn't make an underseat exhaust that could work with panniers like Aprilia did with the Futura.
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #26 on: November 12, 2017, 11:59:01 pm »
Just plain ugly  to my eyes.
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #27 on: November 13, 2017, 08:25:14 am »
Wow Ron, holy thread revival Batman.  :)
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #28 on: November 13, 2017, 08:38:14 am »
Weird, but he did provide me with an excuse for drooling over those Triumphs again!
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Re: A New Milennium. British (and some Italian)
« Reply #29 on: November 13, 2017, 09:09:08 am »
Seems I got the wrong bike,
My remark was meant for the Speed Triple.
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