Bought a new bike

[gettin2dizzy]

Money has changed hands, pick it up tomorrow :drink:

Been looking at fireblades for weeks. Knew I wanted an IL4 sportsbike....

This is neither ;)

[Dave20046]

it's not another bloody versys is it? :razz:


My guess is a speed triple

[gettin2dizzy]

:lol: no.

YC and rictus would approve ;)

[Dave20046]

drz?

[gettin2dizzy]

Nope! Howls like a lancaster bomber

[Dave20046]

I didn't think yc approved of anything :scratch:


Big bandit?

[TazDaz]

Duke! :)

[Girth]

TL?

[Dave20046]

ah **** yeah possibly a duke

mmm

[Rich]

Best not be another Daytona 675!!!

[gettin2dizzy]

Best not be another Daytona 675!!!
Nope. But closer ;)

[Dave20046]

thoguht it wasn't a sportsbike?

Sprint?

[TazDaz]

Street triple?

[ThEGr33k]

A blandit howl like a lancaster!? There are only Big twins do that...

Soooooo

SVthou
Tlthou
Some other V2... :confused:

Triples grwl like a lion... ha ha :cool:

[Girth]

T595i?

[gettin2dizzy]

Street triple?
Too girly ;)

[ThEGr33k]

Daytona 955i (been mentioned though) Speed triple. Some real muscle :o

[plowsie]

595

[gettin2dizzy]

Speed triple. Some real muscle :o
:smt039

In black. 955i Speed triple, with all the extras. Looks like something from mad max :lol:

[ThEGr33k]

:smt039

In black. 955i Speed triple, with all the extras. Looks like something from mad max :lol:


Nice, the 955 motor is supposed to be a pearl! My old man loves his Sprint ST :D Only thing with them is that they are SOOOO quiet, my dads with no silencer is still quieter than mine with after market exhausts. LOL All good though, run with no end can :smt035

[Dave20046]

it's not another bloody versys is it? :razz:


My guess is a speed triple

lol

[gettin2dizzy]

Nice, the 955 motor is supposed to be a pearl! My old man loves his Sprint ST :D Only thing with them is that they are SOOOO quiet, my dads with no silencer is still quieter than mine with after market exhausts. LOL All good though, run with no end can :smt035
This is anything but quiet! Has the triumph can on (and mapped for it :) ) and sounds amazing. Not ridden it yet though. Haven't been on a naked since my 125!

[Rich]

Nice one Rob, thats abit of a beast. Will this bike be going up the Cat n Diddle?? Perhaps i'll get to inspect it myself!!! :-)

[ThEGr33k]

This is anything but quiet! Has the triumph can on (and mapped for it :) ) and sounds amazing. Not ridden it yet though. Haven't been on a naked since my 125!


Hmmm odd. Oh well, dont matter does it.

So when you pick it up? :cool:

[gettin2dizzy]

Nice one Rob, thats abit of a beast. Will this bike be going up the Cat n Diddle?? Perhaps i'll get to inspect it myself!!! :-)
Oh yes! Not sure I'll be able to manhandle the machine to keep up with you SS guys, so I'll just pose ;)
Hmmm odd. Oh well, dont matter does it.

So when you pick it up? :cool:
Tomorrow! ... I hope. Bloody bank holiday trains :(

[ThEGr33k]

Oh yes! Not sure I'll be able to manhandle the machine to keep up with you SS guys, so I'll just pose ;)

Tomorrow! ... I hope. Bloody bank holiday trains :(

Course you can. :cool:

Just go steady with the noise maker! :smt037

[gettin2dizzy]

I want it now!

[Magnum]

Whats the insurance like for an 88 year old?

[gettin2dizzy]

Whats the insurance like for an 88 year old?
Same as the SV luckily. And insured in my scummy home in Manchester.
It's driving me mad waiting already. Having to suppress myself with beer :rolleyes:

[ThEGr33k]

Same as the SV luckily. And insured in my scummy home in Manchester.
It's driving me mad waiting already. Having to suppress myself with beer :rolleyes:

Same... wtf!? Your younger than me with less NCB arn't you?

[Rich]

Same... wtf!? Your younger than me with less NCB arn't you?

They must have seen a photo of you though, asking for trouble ;)

[gettin2dizzy]

Same... wtf!? Your younger than me with less NCB arn't you?
88 with 3 years no claims ;) (-65!)

[Dave20046]

Can't wait til I jump the 21 boundry insurance wise

Instant death :mrgreen:

[ThEGr33k]

88 with 3 years no claims ;) (-65!)


Ah similar to me then... (23 in May) well I got 4 Year NCB. How much for the insurance then?

[gettin2dizzy]

£400 TPF&T stored outdoors, in chav-central manchester. Would have been £300 with a garage...
+ 60 day Europe cover
+ Cover on other bikes

Bike does have alarm + datatag though. It's got allllllll the extras. Triumph can, stainless belly pan (oh yeah ;) ) and other shiny shiny metal parts that make it look straight out of mad max! Also in showroom condition. Quite how a 10 year old bike can look that good I don't know. I want it now! I do!

[Girth]

Thats expensive!

[Dave20046]

£400 TPF&T stored outdoors, in chav-central manchester. Would have been £300 with a garage...
+ 60 day Europe cover
+ Cover on other bikes

Bike does have alarm + datatag though. It's got allllllll the extras. Triumph can, stainless belly pan (oh yeah ;) ) and other shiny shiny metal parts that make it look straight out of mad max! Also in showroom condition. Quite how a 10 year old bike can look that good I don't know. I want it now! I do!
lucky man. I'd kill to have cover on other bikes available to me!

[gettin2dizzy]

Thats expensive!
Same as the SV stored outdoors. Was £620 for fully comp, but I don't plan on dropping it ;)

[yorkie_chris]

:smt039

In black. 955i Speed triple, with all the extras. Looks like something from mad max :lol:

Nice one.

Pics?

[gettin2dizzy]

Nice one.

Pics?
Not very good ones. Looks so good in the flesh. Didn't think I'd like the metal bits, but they're such good quality. Bellypan £400, radiator cover £300, Flyscreen £300 :shock:

https://mcnclassifieds.bauersecure.com/Photos/Large/5357b100-af72-4f97-b147-170e03f6ca83.JPG
https://mcnclassifieds.bauersecure.com/Photos/Large/MC7520876.jpg

Will get some proper ones tomorrow.

[yorkie_chris]

Needs a http://www.triumphchepassione.com/scarichi/595.jpg

On it. Made by a company called "wunoff" for the T509s and the 955is I believe.

[gettin2dizzy]

The one on is the triumph can, and is mapped for it. It's bloody loud! Has a real rasp to it. Do like the wunoff though ...


This is going to be an expensive bike. I just searched ebay for 'speed triple'. Jesus there's some kit! :lol:

[yorkie_chris]

Hehe :-D

The wunoffs are awesome, my dad had one on an early 955 'tona. Sounded like doooom! Very angry snarl to it, first ton up at 11ish. Ace bike!

Ask rictus about his blueprinted motor. Tempting stuff...

[gettin2dizzy]

Yeah I remember reading about it :D There's something so good about a triple rasp. Going to be interesting when I've put my home made panniers on. 20kg (when empty!) behind the back wheel :lol:

[Rich]

Not very good ones. Looks so good in the flesh. Didn't think I'd like the metal bits, but they're such good quality. Bellypan £400, radiator cover £300, Flyscreen £300 :shock:

https://mcnclassifieds.bauersecure.com/Photos/Large/5357b100-af72-4f97-b147-170e03f6ca83.JPG
https://mcnclassifieds.bauersecure.com/Photos/Large/MC7520876.jpg

Will get some proper ones tomorrow.

I still reakon it would look better all black.. :cool:

Looks brutal thought i'll give it that!!! You go steady :-D

[gettin2dizzy]

I've got the black parts too ;)

[Rich]

I've got the black parts too ;)

Thats that then, sell the stainless bits to pay for your insurance!!! No brainer!!! :p

[shonadoll]

ooh, that is a gorgeous bike.

[ThEGr33k]

Thats expensive!

Why how much are you paying?

[gettin2dizzy]

Hehe. It works really well in the metal, I wasn't convinced by the photos. Makes it look even nastier! Can't wait to get out though. Haven't had a proper ride since August!

[gettin2dizzy]

I think it's one or two teeth down on the front sprocket. First three gears should be interesting!

[yorkie_chris]

Bad idea, better to go up on the back...

[gettin2dizzy]

Bad idea, better to go up on the back...
Whyso? I've got the original too. So can always put it back on. Had a boot full of kit!

[yorkie_chris]

Smaller front wears the chain a lot more I believe.

[Dave20046]

Smaller front wears the chain a lot more I believe.
I've heard that too (possibly from you :razz:)
The front wears more than the back as is anyway so it makes sense.

[ThEGr33k]

Id agree with Chris after what happened to me. Go bigger on the back :D

[yorkie_chris]

Smaller front sprocket puts more tension into the chain. A larger rear keeps the chain tension the same for a given amount of power but the wheel torque and hence drive force is increased.

[gettin2dizzy]

Should at least be entertaining! Planning to do a 2k Euro-tour this summer on it (+ pillion) :)

[Girth]

Why how much are you paying?


£450 on the thou TPFT

Quoted £697 for a brand new Street Triple Fully comp, 90 days euro, legal, other bike cover etc, £200 excess too.

[ThEGr33k]

£450 on the thou TPFT

Quoted £697 for a brand new Street Triple Fully comp, 90 days euro, legal, other bike cover etc, £200 excess too.



Damn, UL. £450 FC inc Full European cover, full breakdown cover, full legal cover, protected no claims, 14K miles a year, £200 excess. :rambo:

[Lozzo]

I love Triumph triples, I hope you'll be very happy with it.

Nice, the 955 motor is supposed to be a pearl! My old man loves his Sprint ST :D Only thing with them is that they are SOOOO quiet, my dads with no silencer is still quieter than mine with after market exhausts. LOL All good though, run with no end can :smt035

You are having a laugh. My Daytona 955i SE had the genuine high level carbon race can and sounded like the world was ending. My dad hates bikes, but even he admitted it sounded nice... "just like a Hawker Hurricane starting up when I was a kid during the war" was how he described it when I fired it up outside my parent's front door one evening.

Loud doesn't come close to describing the cacaphony it emitted.

[gettin2dizzy]

I love Triumph triples, I hope you'll be very happy with it.



You are having a laugh. My Daytona 955i SE had the genuine high level carbon race can and sounded like the world was ending. My dad hates bikes, but even he admitted it sounded nice... "just like a Hawker Hurricane starting up when I was a kid during the war" was how he described it when I fired it up outside my parent's front door one evening.

Loud doesn't come close to describing the cacaphony it emitted.
Cheers :) That's the same can as mine :smt081 We couldn't even speak over it idling!

[ThEGr33k]

Wonder why my dad's is so Quiet then... Or maybe mine is sooo loud :-?

Oh well :p I do like the sound of triples. :)

[the_lone_wolf]

yet another triumph convert, even if it is a bit of a melton mowbury pork pie to the crustless cucumber sandwich of the 675...

fit the tor can to my 675 tomorrow, allow the howling to commence;)

[gettin2dizzy]

yet another triumph convert, even if it is a bit of a melton mowbury pork pie to the crustless cucumber sandwich of the 675...

fit the tor can to my 675 tomorrow, allow the howling to commence;)
the_howling_wolf :rolleyes:

It's a mans bike. None of this little girly 600 business ;)

[yorkie_chris]

I keep looking at speed triples. I'll have one when I get some brass and throw it in beowulfs general direction with the instruction to "put some manner of pipe under the seat and make it really f##kin antisocial"

[the_lone_wolf]

It's a fat man who can't wrap his body round a daytona's bike.

EFA dude;)

[yorkie_chris]

Compared to an anorexic weedy southern poofters bike?

[the_lone_wolf]

Compared to an anorexic weedy southern poofters bike?

who are you calling "southern":p

[gettin2dizzy]

Haha. I didn't realise we'd met! :P

[Ed]

It looks bloody fantastic, a right brute:cool:

TLW - we'll have to howl together... MM2:cool:

[rictus01]

:lol: no.

YC and rictus would approve ;)

indeed I do, but then I'm biased

good excuse to post a few pics then...........:D

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I'll stop there, but a total of 6 T5's, 4 speed triples, a t595 and a Daytona 955i (both had the fairings taken off and the speed triple front treatment).

truely awesome machines.

Cheers Mark.

[rictus01]

If you want any info on suspension settings, mods, power upgrades, exhausts, tuneboy mapping, bodywork options, well just about anything about the 97-01 T5's give me a shout, it's somewhat of a specialist subject............:cool:

Oh and as Chris said, 153bhp Monster sitting in a speed triple frame currently........:D

Cheers Mark.

[ThEGr33k]

Oh and as Chris said, 153bhp Monster sitting in a speed triple frame currently........:D

Cheers Mark.

Re-bore involved? :confused:

[rictus01]

Re-bore involved? :confused:

Nope, but hand build by a man in a shed, the great britsh institution.

Cheers Mark.

[ThEGr33k]

Nope, but hand build by a man in a shed, the great britsh institution.

Cheers Mark.

Impressive power :)

Whats done to it?

[rictus01]

Impressive power :)

Whats done to it?

Just about everything that can be, would be the short answer, but high lights are,

ported, polished , blueprinted, hot cams, custom throttle bodies, bigger injectors, custom mapped, ram air convertion,post 2002 internals, balanced airbox/exhaust, bigger rad, bigger oil cooler, thinned butterfly spindles,exhaust delipped,forged pistons, pickup mod,full maxton fork rebuild, full maxton rear shock rebuild, coated bearings, changed gearbox ratio's, changed final drive ratio's,head skimmed resulting it higher compression.

bodywork and frame mods as well, Rizoma twin stacked projector fairing, led indi's and stop/tail, pressure rear brake light switch, gilles rearsets, splitfire plugs........and many more bit's n bobs.

Most of the engine work was beyond my ability (I done the one before this and managed 139bhp), so wasn't cost effective at all (read cost a fortune).


Cheers Mark.

[ThEGr33k]

So a fair amount of monies spent on it then! Dang. :smt023

[the_lone_wolf]

It looks bloody fantastic, a right brute:cool:

TLW - we'll have to howl together... MM2:cool:

wow, what a noise;), just loud enough too

like a mounrful yowl until ~6000rpm where it turns into a growl, >10krpm and it sounds like an IL4 that's hit puberty and it's voice's broken:p

[gettin2dizzy]

Well, picked the bike up this morning after sleeping in (a long story, but I seem to have been indoctrinated in to a hells angels gang… ) . So I got on the bike, headed for the motorway and everything seemed good. Nice power, strong brakes, all pretty civilised. Would zoom up to 140 with no effort, and even sitting at 120 didn’t feel too bad. So surprisingly comfortable on the motorway... erm... private racetrack all in all, (which confirms that fairings must be for girls). Got home, had a cup of coffee and all was good :) To be honest I expected something more wild.

Before the coffee had chance to cool down I gulped it, got back on the bike and headed for some twisties. 35 miles to the cat and fiddle, with oodles of roundabouts to warm you up en-route. Plodding along I up the pace a little, and things started to come together… rather nicely ;)

It wasn’t until I started gunning it that I knew what this bike was about. That triple howl that seems to go berserk after 6k rpm. That has both a sense of urgency and anger that craves more revs, more gears…more gas! And rather bizarrely sounds not too dissimilar to a Ferrari v8 at full chat (weird eh). Those brakes that seem hell bent on stoppie-ing at every single red light. But that’s fine, as you can then launch yourself off again in a hail of triple-roar. Quite why you’d need more umph on a naked bike I’ll never know. Bumps that went unnoticed on the SV turned in to jumps – the front wheel lifting itself clean of the ground on every occasion. If there’s anything I’ve learnt today, it’s what steering dampeners must be for!

But I was a little worried that the twisties would show the triple’s weight. I was already pretty rubbish on the SV so thought the ‘barge-like’ handling was going to be more than I could handle.

WRONG! Holy **** this thing goes, stops, and corners like a dream! The flightiness of the SV was the bike after all. The triple just grips and grips, and lets you know exactly what’s going on at all times. The wide bars are great for just chucking it on its side, where it feels so planted and stable. The grunt coming out of the corners is biblical, just hurtling you towards the horizon with no regard for anything in the way. I can see how you could get in to big trouble with this thing. **** happens a lot more quickly than the SV. Did I mention that it’s quick? ;)

All things considered, this is one hell of a bike, no wonder people keep them so long. That engine is just perfect, and seriously meaty, the suspension and brakes make no disguise of its sportsbike background, and it’s a great place to be, behind the bug eyes :)

[yorkie_chris]

the suspension and brakes make no disguise of its sportsbike background, and it’s a great place to be, behind the bug eyes :)

The original was simply a 900 daytona with the fairings ripped off and a headlight bolted on...

Glad you like it. Want one even more now. Tw4t.

[gettin2dizzy]

You won't regret it! SV was a good bike. This is a GREAT bike!

[yorkie_chris]

I've been keeping my eye out for a rashed up 'tona T5 or 955i to rip the plastics off (which are for girls, glad you have been converted :-P). But I don't have £1500 at the moment...

[ThEGr33k]

http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/image.php?u=35138&dateline=1220432697
Get that done :smt118

Those wheels look the sex!

[gettin2dizzy]

I also noticed today that you don't get as many nods from sportsbikes. Weird. Every kid asks you to wheelie though, so all is not lost ;)

[ThEGr33k]

I also noticed today that you don't get as many nods from sportsbikes. Weird. Every kid asks you to wheelie though, so all is not lost ;)


I enjoy scaring the kids when they come over and say "Nice bike mate" so I start it up. So many jumps and "F-Me man". :smt118 Kids, funny people. :rambo:

[yorkie_chris]

Mine sometimes does a bit of a backfire before it starts when it's cold. By coincidence I park it with the back end facing a bus stop.

Watching 40 students dive around as if they've been shot is f##kin hilarious

[Dave20046]

I enjoy scaring the kids when they come over and say "Nice bike mate" so I start it up. So many jumps and "F-Me man". :smt118 Kids, funny people. :rambo:
it's not just the kids grown men do it too lol.

[Dave20046]

Mine sometimes does a bit of a backfire before it starts when it's cold. By coincidence I park it with the back end facing a bus stop.

Watching 40 students dive around as if they've been shot is f##kin hilarious
hehe our bikes have similar stylez :p

[missyburd]

Great writeup G2D! Wish YC would hurry up and get more funds, rob a bank, an old lady, do SOMEthing* :-D



*I take no responsibility for any of the following actions should the person in question take me up on my "advice"...
I enjoy scaring the kids when they come over and say "Nice bike mate" so I start it up. So many jumps and "F-Me man". :smt118 Kids, funny people. :rambo:
Bless em, I expect they've had deprived lives and don't have much to compare your falco to :D

[ThEGr33k]

Glad you like it G2D. Just make sure your right hand doesnt get you in trouble! I know its too easy to go too quick :(


Bless em, I expect they've had deprived lives and don't have much to compare your falco to :D


No, its not fair for me to set an un attainable standard from the off... Im sorry. :smt110

[gettin2dizzy]

Glad you like it G2D. Just make sure your right hand doesnt get you in trouble! I know its too easy to go too quick :(



No, its not fair for me to set an un attainable standard from the off... Im sorry. :smt110Yeah, too easy on this. At one point I was thinking 'this isn't as quick as I thought', then looked down at the speedo and was doing 120 :smt017 i thought I was doing half!

Great writeup G2D! Wish YC would hurry up and get more funds, rob a bank, an old lady, do SOMEthing* :-D



*I take no responsibility for any of the following actions should the person in question take me up on my "advice"...

Bless em, I expect they've had deprived lives and don't have much to compare your falco to :D

Why thank you :) Make him buy one. They're ace. End of ;)

[yorkie_chris]

Don't worry I am keeping my eye out for a cheap one :-D

[missyburd]

Don't worry I am keeping my eye out for a cheap one :-D
:smt041:smt041:smt041

[gettin2dizzy]

2002 up here for £2.2

[yorkie_chris]

That's not cheap!

£1400 is about the best I've seen, that's for a crashed T5 daytona.

[gettin2dizzy]

That's not cheap!

£1400 is about the best I've seen, that's for a crashed T5 daytona.
http://manchester.gumtree.com/manchester/38/37516038.html
Been up for 2 weeks.

[yorkie_chris]

Ahhhrg haven't got the cash...

[the_lone_wolf]

Ahhhrg haven't got the cash...

no, but you have a woman and red lightbulbs are cheap down at B&Q...

;)

[ThEGr33k]

no, but you have a woman and red lightbulbs are cheap down at B&Q...

;)


I dont think that will help either... :(