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08-03-08, 10:49 PM

Last year I did a head gasket job and full service on one of those, that bike hadn't been run for 6 years and kept outside. What amazed me was the over-engineering of some components, such as the exhaust and top end of the motor. When the head was off the bores were like new, you could still see the factory honing marks on them. Not bad for 75,000 miles. I had to use a nut splitter on the exhaust nuts and put new studs in with brass nuts. Despite the neglect I found it an incredibly easy bike to work on.

The air filter on those is the complete airbox, they cost about 45 quid.

08-03-08, 10:49 PM	#6
Lozzo Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Project Triumph Last year I did a head gasket job and full service on one of those, that bike hadn't been run for 6 years and kept outside. What amazed me was the over-engineering of some components, such as the exhaust and top end of the motor. When the head was off the bores were like new, you could still see the factory honing marks on them. Not bad for 75,000 miles. I had to use a nut splitter on the exhaust nuts and put new studs in with brass nuts. Despite the neglect I found it an incredibly easy bike to work on. The air filter on those is the complete airbox, they cost about 45 quid.