TriumPhil
Living Legend
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2009
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- 11,444
- Location
- Long Valley, NJ
- Ride
- '07 Mulberry Red, Carpentered & Bruted R3 Standard
Having not put a wrench to my Mulberry Mistress until today, I wanted to make certain that I treat her right!
That said, did Triumph engineers go out of their way to make the mounting and detachment of their screens as clumsy and obtuse as possible? It sure seems that way!
Since this was my first gander at the screen assemblies I had to familiarize myself with all the bits and pieces by consulting three different fitting instruction manuals: The Front Fixing Kit; The Roadster/Summer Windscreen Kit, and; The Flyscreen Kit. Logic dictates that these three pamphlets could have and should have been consolidated into one comprehensive pamphlet that expalins how all of Triumph's screens are to be mounted and detached.
The Summer Windscreen came attached to my bike upon delivery and I wanted to replace it today with the Flyscreen, so I removed the four coach bolts, the washer plates and dome nuts from the attachment points on the fitting kit, removed the windscreen and then proceeded to also remove the intermediate bracket from the mounting bosses.
When I started to attach the flyscreen is where a bit of confusion crept in, because the Flyscreen Kit Fitting Instructions are a bit unclear. My hesitation stems from whether or not to leave the intermediate bracket attached to the mounting bosses with the flyscreen attached or to simply attach the flyscreen to the mounting bosses directly and remove the intermediate bracket altogether. If the latter method is correct, as I suspect that it is, should the 3mm spacers that come with the fixing kit be used on the outside of the flyscreen brackets or behind the brackets and located against the mounting bosses? If my hunch is correct, I will have to dig out the removed Summer screen and reattach the intermediate bracket to its mounting assembly. A simple procedure made needlessly unclear due to odd (and too many) instruction manuals.
I do understand that this seems rather idiotic on my part, however I do not want to tighten the bolts down and leave permanent and unnecessary marks/scratches on the chrome parts should I not have the parts installed in their proper order. Seems that Triumph could have done a much better job with simple and clearcut illustrations and/or more straightforward written instructions!
That said, did Triumph engineers go out of their way to make the mounting and detachment of their screens as clumsy and obtuse as possible? It sure seems that way!
Since this was my first gander at the screen assemblies I had to familiarize myself with all the bits and pieces by consulting three different fitting instruction manuals: The Front Fixing Kit; The Roadster/Summer Windscreen Kit, and; The Flyscreen Kit. Logic dictates that these three pamphlets could have and should have been consolidated into one comprehensive pamphlet that expalins how all of Triumph's screens are to be mounted and detached.
The Summer Windscreen came attached to my bike upon delivery and I wanted to replace it today with the Flyscreen, so I removed the four coach bolts, the washer plates and dome nuts from the attachment points on the fitting kit, removed the windscreen and then proceeded to also remove the intermediate bracket from the mounting bosses.
When I started to attach the flyscreen is where a bit of confusion crept in, because the Flyscreen Kit Fitting Instructions are a bit unclear. My hesitation stems from whether or not to leave the intermediate bracket attached to the mounting bosses with the flyscreen attached or to simply attach the flyscreen to the mounting bosses directly and remove the intermediate bracket altogether. If the latter method is correct, as I suspect that it is, should the 3mm spacers that come with the fixing kit be used on the outside of the flyscreen brackets or behind the brackets and located against the mounting bosses? If my hunch is correct, I will have to dig out the removed Summer screen and reattach the intermediate bracket to its mounting assembly. A simple procedure made needlessly unclear due to odd (and too many) instruction manuals.
I do understand that this seems rather idiotic on my part, however I do not want to tighten the bolts down and leave permanent and unnecessary marks/scratches on the chrome parts should I not have the parts installed in their proper order. Seems that Triumph could have done a much better job with simple and clearcut illustrations and/or more straightforward written instructions!
Any hints regarding the questions I posed in my OP?
