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Robissimo
| Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 06:24 pm: |
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Hey Jon, Was the first photo taken in front of the whaling museum? It looks vaguely familiar. |
Gschuette
| Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 06:25 pm: |
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Sweet! Got to ride one at a demo recently. Surprising amount of power and great handling. I'm sure you'll be happy with that bike for a while! |
Nukeblue
| Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 06:50 pm: |
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ZERO warranty issues with my tiger 800, 8500 miles... supposedly needs valve adjustment at 12k. reports of some going 24k & still not needing adjustment |
Sifo
| Posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 07:40 pm: |
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The wife's Street Trip has had a pretty good record, except for a coil that slowly went bad, and an idle speed solenoid that went bad. Almost forgot the stator too. Stator was a real easy replacement BTW. My Sprint ST has been troublesome with the ABS system. The next step is to replace the ABS computer, over a grand just for the part. That's not happening. It also had the voltage regulator go bad, and it looks to have a replacement coil that is slightly different from the other two. Both bikes made it to 24K before requiring valve shim adjustments. It's still plenty of work to check them, but it's a bit more to get the cams out. I would certainly buy another Triumph. In fact, the Sprint was purchased as a utilitarian tool, but the more miles I put on it, the more I came to like it. I have 3 other friends with Triumph triples that have been close to trouble free. |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 06:17 am: |
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Robissimo - Yes, that is the Sag Harbor Whaling Museum. Looks like it could use a bit of paint doesn't it? Built in 1845 for $7,000, this building was originally the home of Benjamin Huntting II and his family. By coincidence, I live about two blocks away on Main Street in a house Benjamin Huntting built for his daughter Eloise in 1856. Looks like the paint on mine is a bit better maintained.
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Robissimo
| Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 01:28 pm: |
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I don't understand how lax they have been in maintaining it. It's also a slap in the face to the masons Beautiful house; awe and jealousy inspiring. I grew up in sag harbor from age 10 to 23. I still have family there and visit several times a year. I wish there were more local employment opportunities there. Nice bike, by the way! |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 03:01 pm: |
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Thanks. I guess it is rather far for you to travel on one of your Buells, but if you ever do get back here on one of them, let me know. The lads and I normally go on what we consider to be a somewhat spirited ride from Sag Harbor to Amagansett or even Montauk of a Sunday morning when the weather is nice. Or even not so nice. Through the back roads of Northwest Woods and Springs. You are welcome to join, of course. As is any Bad Weather Biker.
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Sifo
| Posted on Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 02:44 pm: |
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An update on my Sprint's ABS system not working. This morning, I took a long shot and disconnected the huge electrical plug that goes into the ABS computer (disconnect the battery first of course). It's working again! Hopefully it will stay that way. |
Littlebuggles
| Posted on Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 11:45 pm: |
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Nice bike Jon, glad to read about you finding another bike that inspires you. Single headlight looks god, though I prefer the wonky, angular new headlights Triumph is putting on those bikes these days. Would like to get a Speed Triple myself... one of these days. |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 03:43 pm: |
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Just an idea, but I would make sure to try a Street Triple before just automatically going for the litre bike. The Streety weighs about 70 lb.s less, and turns the same time in the quarter. It handles much better, and is much more fun to ride as a result, especially if like many Buelligans, you're a fool for the tight twisty stuff. Jes' sayin'. I've ridden both. |
Sifo
| Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 05:39 pm: |
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One thing, the Speed has a comfier seat than the Street and the torque is hard to beat. Beyond that the street is more than competent in every way, except a seat that is trimmed to the bone to allow for shorter riders. |
Smoke
| Posted on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 - 05:24 am: |
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have fun Jon!!! tim |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Monday, May 06, 2013 - 10:00 am: |
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I guess I should thank Sifo for encouraging me to upgrade the seat on my Streety, even if it were a bit pricey. At least I got this Corbin leather used, on eBay.
Happy now? PS: nice to hear from you Tim. I still remember how you and the guys got my bike back together after it fell on the trailer and broke the handlebars at an early March Badness, leaving me a bit disheartened. |
Sifo
| Posted on Monday, May 06, 2013 - 10:43 am: |
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You're welcome! We were heading out for a ride yesterday when a cylinder wend dead on the wife's Triple. I'm guessing it's a coil again. Last season when trying to pin down what was going on I was having trouble pinpointing what cylinder was going bad. This was complicated by a dealer looking at it and I wasn't' sure if they had put the coils back in the same places. At this point I think there were in fact two coils failing intermittently. I had that feeling last season, but couldn't nail them both down. This raises the question, should someone be worried about this if they get a Street Triple? I tend to think, no. These coils are commonly used in the automotive industry and typically very reliable. I think it's more likely that the supplier had some quality issues on a batch that went out the door. I fully expect that once this is sorted out, ours will prove to be a solid performer again. |
Fahren
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 08:31 am: |
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Swamp Road; Two Holes of Water. >:-) I am in Montauk, Jon. Nice bike. |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 09:09 am: |
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Chris - those are the ones! We have a Sunday morning ride, leaves the Sag Harbor Long Wharf at ten. We ride out to Amagansett, occasionally to Montauk. All on the back roads until we get to Napeague. You are well come to join us any time. |
Sifo
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 02:59 pm: |
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One more thing that I'm impressed with is my dealer. I walked in this morning and asked if they had a coil. This afternoon, the bike is back to running! The odds of getting a part like that for the Buell, even when they were making them was slim to none. |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 03:18 pm: |
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Boy, you got that right. One of the reasons I bought a Buell in the first place was that I naively assumed that I could just waltz into any Harley dealer and get all the parts and service I needed. I guess one service appointment at my local Harley dealer was all I needed to realize that with one or two exceptions, Buells and Buell riders were definitely not welcome. I finally found one or two Buell friendly parts guys like Daves, and bought all my parts from them. I did all the work myself. |
Sifo
| Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 - 06:10 pm: |
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I certainly can't speak for all the Triumph dealers, but my local one has a great reputation. Triumph does have a very good national parts tracking system. Last summer when a coil went out I stopped at a dealer, I think in Lincoln, NE and they were able to tell me where the closest replacement coil was for me. Turned out it was at my local dealer. Also you can do your own tuning with a cable and shareware software, TuneECU. Maps are pretty openly available, including the TOR maps (Triumph Off Road) that are developed for their performance exhausts. TuneECU will help with normal maintenance and trouble shooting much like ECMspy. I hate the idea of a bike that I can't do basic work on. |
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