Triumph Trophy stuff

[CRM]

Gave the 12 A good service last week,cheakied the Shim's,cam chain,new plugs and airfilter changed the gearing and its running sweet and even the reserve tap works now looking forward too the run this weekend

What have you changed the gearing to? Interested to know what sort of fuel mileage you get. Mine cruising at say 120 indicated gets 6.5-7.0 l/100 km - say 40-45mpg. Have you got standard pipes on yours? I was thinking yesterday how I'd like to hear a bit more of that lovely engine and de-restrict it a bit . Staintune did some but I can't find on their site now. This guy has drilled some holes in the end for better sound . Not sure about that whether it de-resrticts or just sounds louder..

[dogsnbikes]

What have you changed the gearing to? Interested to know what sort of fuel mileage you get. Mine cruising at say 120 indicated gets 6.5-7.0 l/100 km - say 40-45mpg. Have you got standard pipes on yours? I was thinking yesterday how I'd like to hear a bit more of that lovely engine and de-restrict it a bit . Staintune did some but I can't find on their site now. This guy has drilled some holes in the end for better sound . Not sure about that whether it de-resrticts or just sounds louder..

Am now running 18/40 as it should be,not the 18/44 it was which was giving me 200k/tank of fuel just reving too high I will have a better idea after this weekend what the milage is...yes still standard pipes but am looking at a set of Two brother mufflers to go on later in the year and since TB dont do a kit for the trophy it will be a mix kit but similar too what they have to the ST1300 has

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Am now running 18/40 as it should be,not the 18/44 it was which was giving me 200k/tank of fuel just reving too high I will have a better idea after this weekend what the milage is...yes still standard pipes but am looking at a set of Two brother mufflers to go on later in the year and since TB dont do a kit for the trophy it will be a mix kit but similar too what they have to the ST1300 has

Yeah 200 km isn't great... i went to Auckland yesterday a apart from some roadworks and a bad 45mins around Carrington/NW motorway it was a clear run - got 250km before hitting reserve - 20litres to fill. Did another 230km to next fill - 17 litres - not great

[dogsnbikes]

Yeah 200 km isn't great... i went to Auckland yesterday a apart from some roadworks and a bad 45mins around Carrington/NW motorway it was a clear run - got 250km before hitting reserve - 20litres to fill. Did another 230km to next fill - 17 litres - not great

I found over the weekend I had great milage

Monday did a run from Auckland to Raglan then to Katikati and got 224.6miles or 359.36ks that was on 24litres at 60-65mph so still had a liter in the tank Maybe

[CRM]

I found over the weekend I had great milage

Monday did a run from Auckland to Raglan then to Katikati and got 224.6miles or 359.36ks that was on 24litres at 60-65mph so still had a liter in the tank Maybe

I have both Nology coils in mine now and its running very sweet but economy is pretty poor - around 7.5 litres/100km or about 37mpg. That puts the theoretical range at about 330km right to empty. I rode to Taupo on Thursday and back on Friday with my daughter on her new (2003) SV650. I would consistently put in 50% more gas than her (she would put in say 12 litres I would put in 18 say). I guess that's okay seeing my bike with me and gear all up would weigh about 340kg and she would be about 240 max. Plus I've got nearly double the CC's. But it still hurts to get worse economy than my old Civic

Wondering if changing the gearing to be taller might help?

[dogsnbikes]

I have both Nology coils in mine now and its running very sweet but economy is pretty poor - around 7.5 litres/100km or about 37mpg. That puts the theoretical range at about 330km right to empty. I rode to Taupo on Thursday and back on Friday with my daughter on her new (2003) SV650. I would consistently put in 50% more gas than her (she would put in say 12 litres I would put in 18 say). I guess that's okay seeing my bike with me and gear all up would weigh about 340kg and she would be about 240 max. Plus I've got nearly double the CC's. But it still hurts to get worse economy than my old Civic

Wondering if changing the gearing to be taller might help?

You could trying going one tooth bigger in the front, what revs are you pulling at say 60mph??

[Flip]

Mine only ever did 7 l/100km. When I used to pick the speed up it used to drink fuel.

[CRM]

You could trying going one tooth bigger in the front, what revs are you pulling at say 60mph??

Mine doesn't miles an hour Haven't been out to test this out as yet. I assume it's standard gearing but could be wrong.

[CRM]

Mine only ever did 7 l/100km. When I used to pick the speed up it used to drink fuel.

Yeah I guess there is a cost to speed and power and coolness .

[dogsnbikes]

Mine doesn't miles an hour Haven't been out to test this out as yet. I assume it's standard gearing but could be wrong.

Go with a 100kph,I find mine is most eco at 60mph which is around 96kph

[CRM]

Go with a 100kph,I find mine is most eco at 60mph which is around 96kph

I rode Whangarei to Hamilton today, going back tomorrow via Tauranga. Was pretty cold and I was thinking how big tourers like the Trophy are about the only way to go for long-distance all year round riding - so nicely tucked in against most of the weather. Maybe I'm just getting old and soft . 100km/hr is about 3600RPM - I find cruising at an indicated 120 at about 4000RPM (probably 110 actual I would think) she is in a zone without risking the wrath of the .

[Flip]

At 120 I spend a lot of time catching up and passing cars. When passing I am going 140ish and then you are in the cop zone.

[CRM]

At 120 I spend a lot of time catching up and passing cars. When passing I am going 140ish and then you are in the cop zone.

I had my Tomtom running on my iPhone which gave true KPH (apparently) - 120 indicated is actually 113 according to the Tomtom app. So I tend to travel around the 110 indicated mark and speed up a bit while overtaking - but with the Trophy overtaking is never a drama .

On my round trip Whangarei/Hamilton/Tauranga/Whangarei I averaged 7.5 litres/100km - about 38mpg. That's with nitrogen in the tyres at 42 rear and 36 front me at 80kg plus riding gear and probably another 20kg in the panniers. I tend to fill up around the 260-280km mark which is around 20-21 litres. It's not a great range unfortunately.

[ratusratus]

I had a 2002 Trophy and man did it suck the fuel down!!!
On our trip down south the bike drank more than me :-(

[Flip]

There is only really one place and time I really miss my 1200 Trophy, that is when I have to pass cars, the HD just doesent have the bottom end punch of the T1200.

I never really worrried about the fuel consumption but mine used to do 7-7.5/100km from memory. It had a K+N air cleaner and had been rejetted and tuned.