Had a go on my Daytona...

Hmm. I went for the other choice. You just have to ride like there is
ice on the road all the time, and avoid all heroics if possible.

 

Gertrude's got crash bungs - under her footplates.

 

I've only got a bike because I can't afford a car as well.
Was sorely tempted with Bear's Jag (

 

If I do get a car, it'll be a Land Rover, another old military one I think.

 

Oh dear.

 

If they're same as the type used to hold in steering locks then whack the
head with a chisel to make a screwdriver slot (it needn't be too deep)
and using a screwdriver they should come out nice and easily.

Although why the mirrors have snap off bolts defeats me.

 

Have you seen the price of sports-bike mirrors? Like 80 odd quid a
pair for OE ones.

Plus there is additional bending damage to the fairing and sub-frame
if they stayed in place.

Best thing I always thought were Suzuki's indicators on flexible
stalks. They don't appear to have them on the newer bikes.

 

Blimey, that's a bit cheap, innit?
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MattG says...

No problem, it's surprisingly easy to line the holes up with the
mountings.

 

Stritchy says...

Chris has the choice, he owns a little Renault 5 as well.

 

Christofire wrote:

In the spirit of posting pics:
http://www.dash.dsl.pipex.com/chris/daytona/oops/oops.html

Taken with a phone camera so that explains the quality. Not quite as
good as Andy R's though.

 

<noted>

I'll probably send it anyway as it'll come in handy. Cheers Andy.

 

I'd love the mirror. <emailed>

 

Heh, I've never been one for heroics, but I may give it a little try on
the FZR. I know that handles well, so any slow riding is down to me.

 

It's fortunate that you didn't crack any engine side covers. Doesn't
look too bad though.

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Blimey. Narcissism is alive and well in ukrm.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the

Looks as if the sticky-out bits are made of toffee. Whether to avoid
serious injury to rider/pillion/ped or simply to guarantee replacement
orders for Triumph is unknown.

I recall lobbing older bikes down the road - bits didn't bend all that
easily and when they did they were easily straightened for the most
part. It looks as if most low-speed offs these days would leave the
rider stranded with an unrideable bike.

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Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

After reading much of the advice in this thread it did give me
something to chew over. I was getting close to thinking "well, it
needs new bits, lets get on with it", but I'll have another think about
what I need, what it's going to cost, and there's a few things have
turned up that I need to check tomorrow.

With all this in mind, today I set about dismantling and tackling some
of the obvious and easy jobs. Left dip headlight was out, and apart
from being a bit nadgery it should be easy enough.

The front fairing was coming off anyway, so that wasn't too much of a
drag. A few troublesome fastners, but nothing a bit of gentle
persuasion couldn't overcome. On removing that I was confronted with
the headlight unit and a mass of stiff, well taped wiring loom. A
quick check in the book says "remove these three nuts to remove the
headlight unit". Ho ho ho. To get access to two of said nuts you've
got to remove a fairing bracket or nothing will get near it. There's
not enough room for a spanner, and with the fairing bracket in place
you can't get to it with a box spanner or a small socket. The bracket
is fixed with torx screws.

Well ha-ha Mr. Triumph, I've already got some torx bits for my
multi-tool-esque screwdriver. With those dispatched I set about the
nuts, and of course one is seized. At this point my mind harks back to
one of Pip's tales of headlight changing and doing it in-situ. I
wonder if I could do the same (but without ending up with a headlight
unit full of bulbs and assorted instruments used to try to remove said
bulbs).

I resolve to remove the whole bolt stem and that works. So, the final
nut is underneath and has about 15 degrees of movement on a spanner.
Again, victory is mine - I got the ratchet spanner set from halfords
ages ago (currently on offer - 40ukp at my local one) and after a while
the nut is loose. Some more persuasion sees the headlight unit in my
hands. Check the bulb and the filament looks as knackered as the one I
took out of the SOC the other day, so off to halfords for a new one.

A while and some horrific christmas shopping traffic later, new bulb
in, I connect it up and try the lights. It doesn't work. Bugger -
I've got a duff bulb, I'll have to fight back through the traffic.
Hang on - I'll just test it in the RHS one to see if it is the bulb.
Bulb works. Hmm. Test the old bulb, it works. Arse. A cuppa and a
wiring diagram later, and it's either the wiring or the dipped bulb
relay. As the other light works it must be the wiring. Well, I can't
see how I'm going to sort that, so I check the relay.

Which is lying just out of it's socket in the rear seat unit...

 

Tough break mate.

What I'd consider doing in your position is losing the plastic and
converting it into a Speed(ier) Triple.

But then, I quite like unfaired bikes.

 

"Christofire" <> struggled to ejaculate:

****, that hurts, doesn't it?

Nemmind, you have a spare bulb now.