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Borrowed a mates triumph the other date, gearbox was mostly made out of half gears and neutrals. Only had 15k on it but felt awful, quickly had zero confidence in it staying in gear on any fast corners. Suspect one of the gear shift linkages being either too floppy or near seized was causing it to just jump between gears
BrickMan-
The little CNC thing has made a bit of a difference, but there’s shedloads of play in the assembly.
I think I need to:
- Coke can shim the bush on the lever where it bolts to the rearset
- Remove excess play/replace link rod
- Tighten chain
To be honest the chain tension is probably making the biggest trouble. It’s inconsistent depending on how I’m riding so I think the excess chain slack is negating any benefits elsewhere.
When it’s smooth it’s lush, but sometimes it’s crud - and it seems smoother under a particular load, which says to me chain slack.
- Coke can shim the bush on the lever where it bolts to the rearset
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Sounds like there is something not right, especially at 15k.
Am of the opinion that once confidence drops riding style/efficiency drops.
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Re-reading, the Triumph sounds awful.
pdlouche
lynx
Only fitted once I got home from a 150 mile jaunt, will test today. I love the bike so far, but it is easy to hit false neutrals when shifting aggressively at top revs.
There’s a lower acceleration super smooth clutchless shifting point where it feels brand new… and then there’s the rest of the time. I know it’s me and it’s getting to know the bike, but I want to take all the slack out the shifting system.
Half tempted to fit a simple lever and remove all the linkage. It would mean GP shifting but at least it would be a solid click each time.