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Dean084 Two Stroke Sniffer
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Posted: 21:10 - 13 May 2015 Post subject: My sprint St 1050. |
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This is my new pride and joy! My first big bike some might say I should have gone smaller for my first bike but I couldn't resist. ____________________ Deano |
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Posted: 21:13 - 13 May 2015 Post subject: |
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S'alright as a first big bike - it's not that fast and it's quite a predictable old lump
Are your mirrors colour coded? The picture quality isn't all that so can't tell. Mine are just black plastic.... |
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MarkJ World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:26 - 14 May 2015 Post subject: |
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Welcome to the Sprint owners club What year is it?
Arry is right the adjuster/cam/hub can seize, although taking it all apart and copper greasing the adjuster isn't too hard a job - I did this last night in under an hour including greasing the rear wheel bearing. You can potentially re-stake the nut, or buy a new one for £20.
Air filters get very dirty very quick so you know, and spark plugs potentially have rubbish caps which let water in and makes the plugs rust. And the rear suspension linkage can seize up and the pivot it hinges on is potentially a PITA to remove.
Make sure you've got the 5/8 front master cylinder instead of the crappy 14mm (the number will be stamped on it). 14mm = lots of lever travel.
Great bikes though, comfortable and yet fast enough. |
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Posted: 12:07 - 15 May 2015 Post subject: |
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Very nice.
That adjuster seizing seems to be a problem on ss swing arms, my VFR suffered from the same problem. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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It looks ok - waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy better than old fugly 955i ____________________ Current Bike: Yamaha XSR900 Previous bikes: Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade, Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja, Aprilia RS125 2-stroke |
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Dean084 Two Stroke Sniffer
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Posted: 17:41 - 15 May 2015 Post subject: |
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Thank you all for the nice comments and the helpful info! ____________________ Deano |
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Dean084 Two Stroke Sniffer
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[quote="MarkJ"]Welcome to the Sprint owners club What year is it?
Its 2006. Is there an actual sprint owners club do you know? ____________________ Deano |
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MarkJ World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:28 - 15 May 2015 Post subject: |
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Not that I know of but doesn't mean there isn't one. Triumphrat forum and bikersoracle seems to have plenty of threads about the Sprint.
2005-2006 bikes generally came with the sticky brake pistons and smaller front master cylinder, just so you know. Not a bad thing, just if you get quite a lot of lever travel that's what it is. Cleaning the pistons sorts it for a while but it'll come back. I have a 2005 and I've swapped the m/c and pistons for the better ones. Also you've probably got the not-so-good spark plug caps (I do too).
Enjoy It's superb two up, the Mrs loves it. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 8 years, 347 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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