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    I agree with the indicators.

    Hand signals out in the country towns are fine, but in the city...it’s a better option to keep the hands on the bars.

    LED polarity on an old Triumph needs some thought but I’m sure you are across that.
    Ginge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    Front brake switch ( lack off)
    I put Magura levers on the BSA and apart from the fact the originals are shitty rubbish the other reason was a front brake light switch can be fitted

    Quote Originally Posted by Ginge09 View Post
    LED polarity on an old Triumph needs some thought.
    6v LED stuff is easy to get for them in either - or + earth
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    118 miles today, Scenic Drive, Helensville for coffee, back via shore and ( drum roll) the Harbour Bridge and motorway to Penrose.
    Might look at some repop Hella bar end indicators for city use.
    Also ordering set pos earth led lights to ease joes load.
    What about those headlights with the built in Leds whats the OEM 7 inch.
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    Same with the tail light a half clever dude could add the indicators to a pattern taillight. one of these later Lucas ones would make a good starting point
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...2493361896.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katman View Post
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    Rode the Tiger 100 around on Saturday, will be good when the jet kit arrives from Amal as runs lumpy around town with its richness.
    Other bikes are starting to get jealous.

    Stripped down the modified R90/S forks and reduced the air gap to 100 ml to see if that would improve the harshness, not sure why it only had 50mm, probably just added in the stock amount of 5 wt without subtracting the heavier springs and sportsvalve space.
    Has adjustable rebound and compression internals along with .66kg/mm linear springs.
    Sunday took the R90/S for a run up Woodcocks road and it was a lot nicer to ride over large bumps which on SH 16 there are many.
    Called into Kumeu Hot Rod show, never been before and its huge.
    Never seen so many beardy blokes with black singlets and wrap around shades before either.
    Clearly Hot Rodders/Bikes don't understand the terms overcapitalisation or ROI.
    My fav was a late 50's stockish Plymouth Fury.
    DeMyer's Laws - an argument that consists primarily of rambling quotes isn't worth bothering with.

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    Just buy a new amal premium - they are really sooo much better

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Just buy a new amal premium - they are really sooo much better
    So is a Mikuni
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    So is a Mikuni
    I hear those ones that start with a K are quite good as well. Used 4 today without any bother at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ View Post
    Just buy a new amal premium - they are really sooo much better
    I have those on the Norton, they are great.

    Quote Originally Posted by Kickaha View Post
    So is a Mikuni
    You'd put a Mikuni on a BSA?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    I hear those ones that start with a K are quite good as well. Used 4 today without any bother at all.
    If I wanted to put Japanese parts on a bike, I'd buy a Japanese bike
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    There was a nice Triumph 500 on TM the other day at a good price,

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    [QUOTE=Voltaire;1131152160]I have those on the Norton, they are great.



    You'd put a Mikuni on a BSA?



    If I wanted to put Japanese parts on a bike, I'd buy Kinda like me having Konis pon the CB. This Jap vs the rest thing is soooo old. Folk just need to get over it. That goes both ways BTW.

    The current Triumph marque wouldn't exist if John Bloor hadn't insisted his engineers go to Japan and find out about thier manufacturing and production line techniques. In other words it's not the Triumph of yesteryear dispite what folk imagine what the reality is.

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    Who is John Bloor?
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    John Bloor was the multi-millionaire who bought the Triumph name(note-not the company) and set the new Triumph marque up originally with triples and four cylinder 4-stroke bikes. https://www.carolenash.com/insidebik...imate-triumph/ Later they bought out the parallel twin series after Kawazaki dropped the W650 on the market.The W650 at the time was touted by some of the press as more "Triumph than a Triumph". Did you sleep though the the late '80s early 90s and miss it? It was all over the M/C press. Any relation between old Triumph and new Triumph is purely asthetic and marketing hype. The most perfect and ultimate illusion in the motorcycle industry you could say.

    Even now they don't have the rights to affix the original Triumph badges on the new bikes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    You'd put a Mikuni on a BSA?
    At some stage I will be, nothing wrong with Amal but if I'm going to put a new carb on it'll be something I can buy bits for off the shelf locally
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
    Quote Originally Posted by Warren Zevon
    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonez View Post
    John Bloor was the multi-millionaire who bought the Triumph name(note-not the company) and set the new Triumph marqe up originally with triples and four cylinder 4-stroke bikes. https://www.carolenash.com/insidebik...imate-triumph/ Later they bought out the parallel twin series after Kawazaki dropped the W650 on the market.The W650 at the time was touted by some of the press as more "Triumph than a Triumph". Did you sleep though the the late '80s early 90s and miss it? It was all over the M/C press. Any relation between old Triumph and new Triumph is purely asthetic and marketing hype. The most perfect and ultimate illusion in the motorcycle industry you could say.

    Even now they don't have the rights to affix the original Triumph badges on the new bikes.
    Well.... new Triumphs, well I never, what next ... new Norton’s.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Voltaire View Post
    Well.... new Triumphs, well I never, what next ... new Norton’s.
    At least Enfield have a basicly continuous liniage of production. Not started decades after the old marque died off

    Don't get me wrong. I like the variaty of bikes we have to chose from but be realistic about the Companies real history and not marketing bull shit.

    Looks like the new Norton marque is going down the toilet anyway.

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