Mileage: 28,470

MOT – passed no problem.

New brake pads all round ( EBC sintered up front, cheapies rear ) plus new fluid.  I’m always surprised by the improvement in performance after cleaning the calipers, greasing the pistons and new fluid – much better bite, and feel at the bars.

NB:  RHS caliper needs new seals.

New battery.  Not 100% the last one was shot but after recent electrical weirdness – a new bettery seemed required.

Found electrical issues after being dumped by the side of the M25 with a dead battery.  The fuse I put in line with the re-wired line out from the reg/rect had melted.  On further inspection, I found that the heated grips loom had melted also.  Not sure if this is because of whatever caused the fuse to melt, or because of a suspected short-circuit in the grips ( wire touching handlebars? ), or vica versa.  I have widen the handlebars, and getting the wiring for the grips to fit was tricky and didn’t necessarily go that well.  Anyway, I swapped out the faulty maxi fuse-holder, removed the burnt heated grip loom, and all seems well up to this point.  Might have to strip down further to see if the ‘melting’ of the heated grip loom got any further.

Clutch needed adjusting at clutch end.

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The old one wasn’t finished, but had two punctures which did not want to be plugged.

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Mileage: 24899

A spring broke in the gearbox – meaning that the gear lever didn’t return to it’s correct position after changing gear – meaning that I had to tip it back into the return position manually after each gear change before I could select the next gear – meaning the bike was almost unrideable. I was very worried, and fully expecting that it would be the main return spring inside the box itself which is an engine out and cases split job, but I took it down to Les and Jay at Tri-Moto over in Greenwich, who correctly diagnosed a faulty spring behind the clutch – and fixed it for me. £155 inc.

I’d not heard of Tri-Moto before – thoroughly recommended – very friendly and knowledgeable – plenty of tea and very reasonably priced. They are ex main dealer techs, so they know their Triumphs.

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Mileage: 24195

Cleaned thoroughly and ACF50′d. New oil and oil filter ( K&N ). New air filter ( K&N ). New fuel filter ( BMW item, same as Triumph filter, only cheaper ). New spark plugs ( Iridium ). The outgoing plugs looked excellent and were a good colour – wouldn’t want to see them looking any leaner though. Always gratifying to see all three plugs looking identical too. Need to remember to check the new plugs in a k miles or so – I’m wondering if the ECU will compensate for the free’r flowing air filter.

Cleaned filthy petrol filler cap and lock – blow crap out of drain tube. Attempted ( only semi-successfully ) to drip some oil down the throttle cable tube for lubrication. I adjusted the cable at the bodies end to allow for more adjustment at the handlebars.

To do: Get Dave Wilkins to do valve clearances and balance throttle bodies. Flush and replace coolant.

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Just got back from a weeks’ camping in Castellane near the Verdun Gorge in France with the Tiger and my good lady.

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