So what'ya got then ?
Bar end mirrors,sump guard and engine bars,comfort seat
So what'ya got then ?
Bar end mirrors,sump guard and engine bars,comfort seat
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Note:gnarly off-road god !!
Lucky you took the Trumpet ! You'd have ripped the fork stanching off your GS with that kind of madness
GS ???
Moi ? Mais non !!
It is a nice,honest bike (the T120).My only gripe really is the gearbox is agricultural.Up-shifts are smoothish,unless you giving it the beans,but down shifts are a tad clonky and loud.
Dealer said it would smooth out after first service but it hasn't yet.
Not really an issue but sure it could be a smoother box !
Try slackening off the chain
Every Triumph I have ever owned has always change gear better with a slacker than (factory) recommended chain tension
Done about 1000 miles this week on my T120 to Ardennes and back .
I’m pleased with the bike BUT why do Triumph still insist on fitting shit suspension to a £10k bike ?
I had a Triumph Scrambler in 2008 and that was the same and I remember fitting progressive fork springs and changing the rear shocks and this T120 is no better .
On smooth roads it’s fine but on anything else it kicks you out of the seat on occasion.
I know I can sort it for a few hundred quid but why should you have too ?
Shame ,as the motor is lovely,it’s comfy for long days in the saddle and I’ve been getting 220 miles to empty out of a tank,which is amazing as it’s only 14 litres !
Yep
Thought you might come to that conclusion after your trip
Same for me, love the bike but the suspension has to get changed
Not good enough though !
No change to the oil grade or air gap then?
No, didn't want to go to the trouble of dropping the forks out and I don't think there are any drain plugs
Wilbers recommend SAE 5 and the factory oil is 10 so not too heavy
The ride is improved and the steering and stability are greatly improved with just the springs,
it goes where you want with far less effort and holds a line much better
I'm surprised at the improvement as I haven't received the shocks yet so the back end is still like a pogo stick
Report further when you fit the shocks .Ta
Put the shocks on but haven't had time to test them much as yet
I did go for a first test ride on a particularly shite bumpy bit of road I know with lots of bends where even the GS feels rough
The ride was greatly improved straight out of the box on the 1st preload position but the steering had slowed maybe a tad , it didn't bottom out at all but was maybe a tad soft
I set the Preload to 2 out of 3 which quickened the steering back up nicely and set the rebound damping to 2 out of 4
I then basically rode it like a mental case down the same road and it was great, ended up thrashing the tits off the poor thing, first time it's ever been red lined
Not had chance to try it 2 up yet but I have plenty of adjustment left if I need any, I'm nicely in the middle of the operating range of the shocks, I chose the IKONs because I can adjust them in seconds if I need to
Very pleased with the over all result so far, the ride is much smoother than stock and the handling is far lighter and far more precise, definitely money well spent, the bike now feels as it should have done from the factory
Crappy iPhone pic:
Great.Thanks for that.