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Back in the first lockdown, the sprag clutch failed on my Triumph. This is a bullshit job to fix, involving splitting the engine. Initially I planned to do it myself but dropped the engine and decided it was totally beyond me. This was back in May, but earlier this week I finally took the engine to a garage for them to do the surgery. Fingers crossed re-assembly can begin fairly soon (with minimal time for the engine to spend sat on my driveway wrapped in tarps again). I'll probably put everything back as it was initially, just to see if it will start again, but then...
This bike is inherently undesirable but I really like it and it suits my reserved riding style, so I'm thinking of spending a bit of time fucking with it. A load of Motogadget stuff, potentially a new rear shock (I won't do that bit), and I'd like a new exhaust system that is a little more present without being obnoxious. Hopefully it can be a bike I keep riding for ten years or so.