Triumph Trophy stuff

[Big Dave]

Always liked the Trophy and its a mystery to me why Triumph stopped making them.

The Tiger took its sales away.

It will return to their lineup shortly if all those spy photos are kosher.

[CRM]

Get a spare coil or two and put 'in stock'. They will fail.

I see you are a prophet

Riding around the North Island this week it started to missfire. Coming up from Wanganui today it got really bad - running on 2 or three cylinders and hardly able to make 100km/h. I stopped at the Honda dealers at Taumarunui and got them to see what they thought. They tested the battery and found that it didn't seem to be charging. I was running my iPhone Tomtom GPS App off a plug I installed last week and disconnecting that seemed to help it a bit - enough to at least get to Hamilton with some improvement.

Reading some forums it sounds like this could be the coil symptoms - but would that also tend to drain the battery? I don't want to buy new coils if it is a charging issue but neither do I want to pay a mechanic to spend a day checking everything then find out I could have just replaced the coils and all would be fine .

I sounds like reading the forums that a company called Nology (www.nology.com) makes better coils that are cheaper than the OEM Triumph ones. Anyone got these and can recommend? They list a NZ company called Autopia Ltd in Chch as NZ distributors. Anybody heard of them?

[Big Dave]

It's 5 years since I owned my Trophy but Nology rings a bell as being the preferred replacement.

More a 'known issue' and personal experience than prediction - frustrating I know - I kept spares in the shed - my T'bird chewed a few out too.

Also check the timing pickup. They have been known to fail and cause a miss too, but my money is on coils.

[CRM]

It's 5 years since I owned my Trophy but Nology rings a bell as being the preferred replacement.

More a 'known issue' and personal experience than prediction - frustrating I know - I kept spares in the shed - my T'bird chewed a few out too.

Also check the timing pickup. They have been known to fail and cause a miss too, but my money is on coils.

Yeah thanks for that. I limped home from Hamilton this morning a couple of cylinders down most of the time. I called at the Triumph dealers in Te Rapa for a chat and the guy in the workshop there was very helpful. He said if the valves haven't been adjusted for a while (which they haven't) start there, then check the coil. He said they do foul plugs easily and tend to run too rich and once fouled don't clear easily - so new plugs most likely required - then look at things like the in-line fuel filters etc if still not going right.

It will be nice to have it running properly again - it's especially awkward trying to do tight turns and pulling out of petrol stations etc when it's loaded up heavy and running badly - I had a couple of moments . Also when you go to overtake and not sure how many cylinders you are getting .

Apart from that I gave the Triumph a good run around the North Island and it was very pleasant - Whangarei-Rotorua-Napier-Masterton-Wanganui-Hamilton-Whangarei. The Scott Oiler worked well. I do need some new tyres though. I'm thinking Michelin Pilot Road 2's (the 3's sound good but way expensive).

Shot below of a local from Wanganui yesterday getting cosy with the Trophy - thought it was kind of cute.

[dogsnbikes]

Apart from that I gave the Triumph a good run around the North Island and it was very pleasant - Whangarei-Rotorua-Napier-Masterton-Wanganui-Hamilton-Whangarei. The Scott Oiler worked well. I do need some new tyres though. I'm thinking Michelin Pilot Road 2's (the 3's sound good but way expensive).

Shot below of a local from Wanganui yesterday getting cosy with the Trophy - thought it was kind of cute.

I have a road 2 on the rear and a conti on the front

TBH the conti is shit so will be replacing it with a road 3 very shortly and will put road 3 on the rear when the road 2 is retired as its near new and was on the bike when we picked it up last week

This week I have done Chain and sprokets,rear brake pads,rear wheel bearing as there was 2 different rated bearings in the hub and new battery as what it had was shit and under powered for the bike...next on the list is front pads and cheak front bearings

I have a lighter plug and hotgrips that I will be installing at a later stage

I discovered that my trophy is UK new with its first service done by ONGAR MOTOCYCLES,DUNMOW, ESSEX and was sold in Wanganui in April 2006 to a fella in Nth Canterbury and has only travelled 10'000 miles in the last six years

[CRM]

I have a road 2 on the rear and a conti on the front

TBH the conti is shit so will be replacing it with a road 3 very shortly and will put road 3 on the rear when the road 2 is retired as its near new and was on the bike when we picked it up last week

This week I have done Chain and sprokets,rear brake pads,rear wheel bearing as there was 2 different rated bearings in the hub and new battery as what it had was shit and under powered for the bike...next on the list is front pads and cheak front bearings

I have a lighter plug and hotgrips that I will be installing at a later stage

I discovered that my trophy is UK new with its first service done by ONGAR MOTOCYCLES,DUNMOW, ESSEX and was sold in Wanganui in April 2006 to a fella in Nth Canterbury and has only travelled 10'000 miles in the last six years

Yeah I really liked the Pilot Road 2's I had on my VFR800. Cycletreads has them on sale at present for $289 for rear and $209 for a front. 3's are $399 and $279. So I think I'll go for the 2's this time round .

[dogsnbikes]

I found by running a Road2 rear and pilot power2 front on the Daytona I was changing both my tyres at the same...It will be interesting to see what I am running on the trophy in 12 months but I suspect it will be road 3 rear and pilot2 up the front or something similar.I will be putting the road 3 front on the trophy soon and going back to a pilot power 2 front on the daytona....

[CRM]

Just got the Trophy in the shop and yes - one coil is very weak and the other isn't flash either so I've ordered some replacements from Nology. I used Triumph Performance Parts in Australia as the local distributor in Chch must have gone down in the quake. Cost is about $310NZ plus freight for a pair. The Triumph ones were $325 each. Plus the Nology ones are apparently much betterer . part number is 152-001-70T and two are required.

Also ordered some new tyres from Cycletreads - a pair of Conti Attacks on special for $378 all up - cheaper than one Pilot 3 . I like deals.

So with the coils, tyres and getting the mechanic to do the valves and set the carbs and change the oil plus put in the Nology's and fit the new tyres is all going to add up to a bit . But hey - someone's got to keep the economy going

[dogsnbikes]

Just got the Trophy in the shop and yes - one coil is very weak and the other isn't flash either so I've ordered some replacements from Nology. I used Triumph Performance Parts in Australia as the local distributor in Chch must have gone down in the quake. Cost is about $310NZ plus freight for a pair. The Triumph ones were $325 each. Plus the Nology ones are apparently much betterer . part number is 152-001-70T and two are required.

Out of interest in ref to coils how many k's has your trophy done??

[CRM]

Out of interest in ref to coils how many k's has your trophy done??

54,000km. I got it at 49,000 and it was running pretty well - it was just over the last 1000 that it just got worse and worse

[CRM]

Trophy still in shop . The mechanic installed the one Nology coil to replace the one but tells me the spark is so much better than the standard Triumph one that he's reluctant to finish the tuning as he'd have to set up the carbs different - plus it takes quite a bit of work to get into the coils - so he's suggesting I wait for the second one on back order to arrive...

I can definitely see the point but that could take a while and the nice weather is slipping away . So anyone got a spare Nology 152-001-70T floating around they could flick me - - then I can replace it for you when the backordered one arrives...

Hey it's worth asking.

[dogsnbikes]

Have swapped the Front PR3 from the Daytona to the Trophy so will be nice too see how it handles on our way to katikati today I hear there's some rain in the air

Interesting about the coils,I may order some soon then at least I will have them in stock,

[CRM]

Have swapped the Front PR3 from the Daytona to the Trophy so will be nice too see how it handles on our way to katikati today I hear there's some rain in the air

Interesting about the coils,I may order some soon then at least I will have them in stock,

Yeah they are definitely a good investment. There's a good article on them here. I'm interested to see how they affect the fuel economy as apparently they can make quite a difference.

The trick seems to be order them before you need them . Go careful in that rain .

[CRM]

Got the Trophy back from the shop on Tuesday . I couldn't wait for the second coil to arrive so just running with one Nology and one original . Also has the new tyres on - got Conti Attacks at a good deal from CycleTreads .

The bike is running very sweet after having the new coil, valves adjusted and a tune up. Less vibration - I guess from the valve adjustment. Fuel economy shows no improvement though (worse if anything )- still around 6.5 litres/100 km or 43 mpg or 15 km/litre.

The Conti's are great. I rode to Aucks yesterday - it was wet on the way and they worked okay apart from a bit of skittering up the Bryderwyns on smooth wet tar (probably still losing their new tyre coating). In the dry coming back they were predictable and good feel - very pleased with the choice for the Trophy . As you can see from the pix not been right to the edges yet - had a couple of scares with the old Metzelers so getting used to these gradually .

[dogsnbikes]

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The bike is running very sweet after having the new coil, valves adjusted and a tune up. Less vibration - I guess from the valve adjustment. Fuel economy shows no improvement though (worse if anything )- still around 6.5 litres/100 km or 43 mpg or 15 km/litre.

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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