The "Today I did something to my bike" thread

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 10:18AM

The amount of bull**** you have to go through to change the high beam bulb on a Triumph Sprint 1050st is nothing short of fookin madness. I am talking 2 hrs to change a bulb....the whole front fairing of the bike needs to come off along with the instrument panels, mirrors the whole shabang! You would rebuild an engine quicker.....

SWEET BABY JESUS AND THE ORPHANS ITS A NIGHTMARE!

RosieJoe · 11-04-2014 10:27AM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

The amount of bull**** you have to go through to change the high beam bulb on a Triumph Sprint 1050st is nothing short of fookin madness. I am talking 2 hrs to change a bulb....the whole front fairing of the bike needs to come off along with the instrument panels, mirrors the whole shabang! You would rebuild an engine quicker.....

SWEET BABY JESUS AND THE ORPHANS ITS A NIGHTMARE!

F*cking brilliant! The banter recently on changing a bulb and you're having this hassle. AND you've posted about it

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 10:43AM

What banter about bulbs....did I miss something here. No idea what you on about?

RosieJoe · 11-04-2014 10:48AM

Snippet from it:

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

I know many a fella with bikes for 10 yrs and cant change a bulb, you take exception to me stating I can service my own bike.

Anywho.....back on topic.

szatan84 · 11-04-2014 10:53AM

And let the post wars begin!

I'll just get the popcorn.

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 10:55AM

Er..yeah okay, I see where this is going :rolleyes: Hassle indeed no hassle just a waste of time.

Big difference in not knowing how to change a bulb and manufactuer's purposely making it extremely hard to "change" the bulbs just so you leave it with a dealer to be charge over the odds. I know faired bikes are harder to work on but for a bulb its OTT.

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 10:57AM

szatan84 wrote: »

And let the post wars begin!

I'll just get the popcorn.

Na' mate.....DEJA POO, Seen this sh1t before. Onwards and upwards dude....;)

RosieJoe · 11-04-2014 10:59AM

Do you need to take that much off though? Haynes manual for the Bandit said I'd have to do the same but all I needed to do in the end was remove the instrument panel.

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 11:43AM

Rosie I am not joking, I had the haynes manual (cause I was bleeding and maintaining the brakes, always bring it with me just in case something goes belly up) and even in the manual there is 2 and a half pages telling you how to do it. The only panels left on were the rear panels at the seat. I could not believe it! The way the front of the bike is put together I did have to take the whole front off, I could have possibly got away with only loosening the side fairings at the top to get a hand it but for the sake of 6 bolts the manual said to take them off.

I swear to good god it was so OTT. Two lads off here were there doing bits to there own bikes and they were in bits laughing at the effort it took, I have had to strip bikes to change plugs etc and drop rads to get at other engine parts thats no probs for a full service etc....but for a bulb.

Lad that was with me is a mechanic by trade and he was saying its the same for the new cars, hell of alot of work for such small things.

Taken from the Triumph forum:

There are several threads on replacing OEM lamps but none with just a focus on the mechanical process. eg HID vs non-OEM bulbs.

I replaced the bulbs with Osram "Nightbreakers" on my '06 Sprint ABS today. (BTW Bulbs exist within lamps; Lamps may use bubs or other sources of light, eg oil, gas, candles etc).

Opinion in the forums seems to agree in can take up to 2 hours to swap all three headlight bulbs, including the main beam! It's 30 mins if it's just the two dipped beams. (They require side in-fill panel removal only, not the nose cone to be removed and other panels. It's a 10 men job to pul them off.

Madness Ted.

Mr Sheen! · 11-04-2014 02:07PM

Picked up the new machine today. Very Very happy with it. . . Its been too long since I was on two wheels.

Let the good times roll

:D

goodlad · 11-04-2014 02:08PM

leppla wrote: »

Picked up the new machine today. Very Very happy with it. . . Its been too long since I was on two wheels.

Let the good times roll :D

pics?

Mr Sheen! · 11-04-2014 02:11PM

goodlad wrote: »

pics?

Parked at work at the moment dude . . . with me druelling out the window , Will get some later for sure and stick them up.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 11-04-2014 02:24PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Hope it's not the throttle wrist Mak...ouch

T'was, my **** hand too lol.

So much for getting some work done on the bike.. I'd a bad car crash just outside Gory last night and am only out of the hospital and at home recovering.

F*cking wrecked the car, but thankfully there were no serious injuries or worse.

Think I'll wrap the bike and me in bubble wrap for a bit and take things easy.

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 02:46PM

leppla wrote: »

Picked up the new machine today. Very Very happy with it. . . Its been too long since I was on two wheels.

Let the good times roll :D

What did ya end up getting Leppla....Pics or it didnt happen

RosieJoe · 11-04-2014 02:49PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

T'was, my **** hand too lol.

So much for getting some work done on the bike.. I'd a bad car crash just outside Gory last night and am only out of the hospital and at home recovering.

F*cking wrecked the car, but thankfully there were no serious injuries or worse.

Think I'll wrap the bike and me in bubble wrap for a bit and take things easy.

****e news lad, GWS.

Mr Sheen! · 11-04-2014 02:53PM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

What did ya end up getting Leppla....Pics or it didnt happen

VFR . . . no more sports bikes for the moment! Must be getting old:cool:

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 03:00PM

leppla wrote: »

VFR . . . no more sports bikes for the moment! Must be getting old:cool:

Good stuff, I loikes your style delboy. Should be all set for Ze Germans in August so

Mr Sheen! · 11-04-2014 03:08PM

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Good stuff, I loikes your style delboy. Should be all set for Ze Germans in August so

Thats the plan. The Panniers are coming next week! I will put a few miles on it tonight with Noel.

MonstaMash · 11-04-2014 03:12PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

T'was, my **** hand too lol.

So much for getting some work done on the bike.. I'd a bad car crash just outside Gory last night and am only out of the hospital and at home recovering.

F*cking wrecked the car, but thankfully there were no serious injuries or worse.

Think I'll wrap the bike and me in bubble wrap for a bit and take things easy.

Jaysus Mak, you're going through the wars...

Get well soon bro

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 03:13PM

leppla wrote: »

Thats the plan. The Panniers are coming next week! I will put a few miles on it tonight with Noel.

Wha' that chaps mad....He will have you doing slow maneuvers all night long practicing for the "big one"

blu3r0ri0n · 11-04-2014 04:01PM

leppla wrote: »

Picked up the new machine today. Very Very happy with it. . . Its been too long since I was on two wheels.

Let the good times roll :D

where's the pics!!!!

Wonda-Boy · 11-04-2014 06:02PM

He bought a Honda alright......a Honda 50! He is still on the way home and he left at 3pm.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 11-04-2014 06:29PM

MonstaMash wrote: »

Jaysus Mak, you're going through the wars...

Get well soon bro

Thanks guys..

Yea going through the wars is right. But I'll say this, of all the times I've come off my bikes over the years this is the first car crash I've had and it scared the f*cking crap out of me, I'm really badly shaken after it.

MonstaMash · 11-04-2014 06:36PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Thanks guys..

Yea going through the wars is right. But I'll say this, of all the times I've come off my bikes over the years this is the first car crash I've had and it scared the f*cking crap out of me, I'm really badly shaken after it.

Definitely one to put the fear in you, makes you sit up & think all right.

Hotblack Desiato · 11-04-2014 09:47PM

Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »

Yea going through the wars is right. But I'll say this, of all the times I've come off my bikes over the years this is the first car crash I've had and it scared the f*cking crap out of me, I'm really badly shaken after it.

Ouch.

Today I got run over by a cyclist :rolleyes: I was on foot, crossing a one way street at lunchtime, had taken a couple of steps out into the road and waited (ironically, for a cyclist going in the correct direction) and then just as a nice big gap appearered I took ONE step forward and BANG this gimp flying along in the wrong direction flattened me. Said sorry then fcuked off :mad: pretty sore

Mr Sheen! · 11-04-2014 10:32PM

blu3r0ri0n wrote: »

where's the pics!!!!

Not the best pic but I didn't really wanna stop to take pictures tonight

blu3r0ri0n · 11-04-2014 10:46PM

leppla wrote: »

Not the best pic but I didn't really wanna stop to take pictures tonight

So clean! Well wear lad, that seat looks so comfy!

dorannoel · 11-04-2014 11:04PM

Very nice and clean bike in the flesh
Hope u have miles of happy driving on it!!!

Let's the spins begin ðŸ˜‹

Wonda-Boy · 12-04-2014 03:28AM

Very nice boike Leppla, looks the bizzo. A bit posh for a ragbag like you all the same

Will have to do "hells highway" soon to test her out.....N52 here we go!

blu3r0ri0n · 13-04-2014 03:35PM

I had to mind the kids for most of the day so I gave the bird a proper cleaning while I had the chance!

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