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    Catastrophic brake failure

    Thank you, but a leaking bleed screw is an inconvenience, a catastrophic failure is/can be a life changing moment. I'm not talking about a damp caliper, I have a pilots license and out of habit always do a quick walk around check before getting on the bike, so a leak would have been spotted. I...
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    Catastrophic brake failure

    Thanks, I'm in Australia, and Triumph parts are in England, so everything stripped cleaned and awaiting arrival of the seals, about a week hopefully. I doubt you will experience anything like this given how new your bike is, it was more for the folks on older machines, I used to be a mechanic on...
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    Catastrophic brake failure

    Hey folks, can anyone shed some light on this? It's part of a conversation I'm having with a member and it occurs to me that the broader community might have some insights into just exactly what happened. I have been accused of riding my bike like a sports rather than a tourer, old habits die...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    No worries, more than happy to help. They can be a bit of a complicated demanding bit of kit, not dissimilar to some wives/girlfriends, but hey, the smile they can put on your face is unquestionable. tc ex pom in Oz
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    ****, on the spot now :oops: yes from memory, but as explained it doesn't make a whole lot of difference, I think it more important to have them all on the same page, if there is a 10% difference in spark intensity or whatever as long as they are all the same page it's ok, what you don't want of...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    Woohoo, very excitement. Short answer, no not really. Long answer: Coil Polarity So after melting my brain it appeared the difference was whether the spark traveled from the central electrode to the little arm (earth) or the other way round, from the arm to the central electrode. After much head...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    Yeah it's weird, especially when you find out why they deliberately designed an out of balance engine. Noise! Yep, for the uninitiated triumph did this to produce a unique exhaust sound, I think kawasaki did a similar thing (can't remember now but one of the big jap makers did the same thing...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    I don't think it would run at all given the T plane crank and uneven firing intervals, but I don't know, I did cylinder 1 then realised I wasn't sure about 2 and 3, so consulted the manual. It took me about half an hour to work it out, so a couple of min's with paper and pen would have saved a...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    Good work, hope it all goes well and you get the same improvement as I did. If you can get it there's a type of heat shrink that has some sort of heat activated goopy lining, and when you shrink it, it oozes out and completely seals the joint, I couldn't get it here so ended up using ordinary...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    It certainly tidys things up, swapping all those HT leads and coils for a few wires. The connectors can be a bit fiddly to put together, you tube is your friend. Also the front coil and a black box (under the steering top yoke) is held in place by a couple of 10mm bolts, when you ditch the coil...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    Quick update, coils arrived and fitted. The throttle response is greatly improved and acceleration is also improved. So I'm more than happy with the mod. However the original stutter/misfire is unchanged, after much searching it appears it may be a failing TPS, apparently they test good (which...
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    New 2011 R3T Owner (or soon to be) Restoration Questions

    Sounds like it's been in a very damp environment, I wouldn't ride it home, in fact after just starting it to make sure it runs/drives/rides, either trailer it or do an engine oil/filter change there and then, oil can be hygroscopic and form an emulsion, great for mayonnaise, not so good for...
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    Coil Over Plug mod (COP) for standard coil removal

    I've got the same issue that Claviger reported earlier in this thread "I’m having weird lean misfire between 1900-2400 at 1-2% throttle but nowhere else" So I decided to do the mod (2002-2003 coils) I couldn't be bothered re-crimping, checking the HT leads etc. I'm an old mechanic and have a...
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    Painted front Rim

    2008 Touring, Did my back wheel about a year ago, no idea why because you can't see it, probably because if I screwed it up it wouldn't be noticable, anyway it took bloody ages but eventually came up brilliantly. Anyway it's winter again and time to tackle the front wheel and fork sliders, a...
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    Painted front Rim

    Mmmm, dunno mate, there's something about a highly polished rim??? Strokes for folks of course. But yes, once the coating comes off it's a labour of love, and not really practical for a daily driver.
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