Project Triumph

This 1993 Triumph Trident Sprint 900 has had one careful owner from new. Unfortunately for it, that owner was me! Sometime in late 2003 or early 2004 I put it in the garage, popped on the disc lock and walked away from it. This week it emerged from the garage for the first time since then.

I don't know, I started working away from home, a couple of weeks turned into a couple of months, the battery died, I started driving everywhere, whoosh, a couple of years had passed, then I got the SV. There are no excuses.

Anyway, there was no small amount of Plus Gas and swearing involved in getting the brakes unseized and the fairing off just to get it out and see what kind of hand I've been dealt. Lord only knows what the inside of the petrol tank and carbs look like. BUT, have tools, will recommision!

I will keep you all informed.







Might not do any harm to wish me luck...

[Richie]

Good Luck...

Is that the one with the indicators that are about the same size as the brake light?

[Richie]

Originally Posted by Grinch

Is that the one with the indicators that are about the same size as the brake light?

correct

Originally Posted by Grinch

Is that the one with the indicators that are about the same size as the brake light?

That's the fella. They are secured to the frame with 19mm nuts! Actually the offside one still is, I had to disassemble it from the bulb side and work the fairing round it. That nut is never leaving the bolt, ever. What other horrors await?

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.

[rictus01]

you cruel cruel man, what ever did that poor T3 do to you ?


sort it



Cheers Mark.

Originally Posted by rictus01

you cruel cruel man, what ever did that poor T3 do to you ?

A man on the T3 forum called me 'bike killer', sniff

I will, I'll sort it...

Well, we're past the point of no return...


Installation is just the reverse of removal right? Right?

Any advance on these guys for carb spares by the way?

[RingDing]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

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

If you're feeling tight then you can dissasemble the airbox, clean the filter and reassemble. That's what I used to do on my Trophy 900, had no problems with it.

Top bikes, mine had 87,000 on it when we parted. Bit heavy but great motor and good finish.