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Cracking looking day out lads

I’m sure you can lead the way Rob, the future is looming [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk :lol: :lol: :lol: today i cleaned lots of wires and found a dodgy brown wire, ish so faffed with that, turned it on and bingo elsie is good, i then sat and watched it burble away warming up sounding...

So mucho pulling wires apart, swearing and calling it names and checking every wire i could find and bingo all my electrics are back, the motor is sounding crisper than ever ... im actually looking forward to getting out to run the motor in.

well :thumbup: motor in pipes blah blah blah all sorted, 3rd kick it fired and sounds sweet as a nut :thumbup: .. now all i have to do is find out why the only electrics i have id head light and tail light, nothing else :sad2 i checked the wiring diagram and makes as much sense as a bucket of weasel...

oh i wouldnt worry, it just means thats the triumph and the LC now with electrical death

No pictures as i smashed the crap outa my phone when i dropped it but. engine in, clutch casing on, oil pump pipes on , carbs on. that was fun getting the airbox boots in place :clap: and then the pipes popped on, all it really needs now is coolant and fuel sorted and a check over and i should be go...

Lol iv a fair idea what it is..the ignition wires are short on them and cause problems..

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Well it's in now .removed the top water feed and it near jumped in ..

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well today as it was windy but dry i got kitted up and went out on the Triumph, or rather i would have if it didnt have total electrical death other than indicators horn and brake light :confused , checked the fuses, all ok, still no life including dash lights and starter button.. wheeled it back to...

So close.infact its stuck and wont go in or come out . Ggrrrrŕ
Il have to remove the top water feed to allow room to tilt it then it should jump in itself..

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Freshly built motor. Ten mins should throw it in right? Oh not a chance..it came out but with the top end removed now complete it's a pita to get back in.. Battle lines drawn up today it's going in if I have any skin left on my knuckles lol https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240407/687336e8f127d33a1...

how hard can it be to put a little 250 engine into a frame sweet jesus i could change a vtr engine faster... the fight resumes today

It must be an age thing guys having to check our rings so often

RodneyT wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:08 am Forgot to mention these offset the pegs by 25mm. They're also available with 40mm offset

iv just bought something similar for the rear pegs on the triumph to lower them for the wee lassy when she goes pillion, worked a treat

Good to see the ole girl again Rob, looking great 8) 8) Chris. cheers chris :thumbup: . one thing i did notice was it felt like it was steering really slow :shh: i thought maybe after riding the trumpet it was just how it was but had a look around and i hadnt noticed that over the last say year bit...