Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:38 am
I popped out on the Street yesterday as the forecast was "dry" for the first time in weeks. After being so precious about keeping it clean I ended up going through a pop-up ford where the Adur had burst it banks on the A281 (Diablo Supercorsa SP and road mode). There will now be grit in places that I will never reach.
Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:31 am
[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.
This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..
Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.
Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:31 am
[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.
This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..
Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.
A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.
Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:31 am
[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.
This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..
Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.
A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.
I've got 2kgs of silica beads sitting under it at the moment in an attempt to keep the humidity at a minimum - no idea if that will have any long term effect.
Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:31 am
[Headers are in the garage rusting as I type.
This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..
Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.
A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.
Yes, I wouldn't touch it until the first service has been done. If you're on friendly terms with the mechanic(s) where it will be done, you could always cheekily ask them if they'd copper grease the studs/nuts while they're doing the first service...? The stuff I linked to was recommended to me by a technician I'd known for many years - he reckoned it was the most persistent copper grease/paste he'd ever used.
I bought a VFR750 new off the dealership where he worked and before the first service he asked me if I was intending to keep it for more than a year or two and I said yes, so when he did the first service he went over all the fasteners that he knew he'd have to disturb when doing servicing and copper greased them all as he knew it was going to make his life easier in the long term. I kept that bike for 6 years and over 80,000 miles and it never let me down. When I px-ed it the motor still felt like new.
This will probably sound suitably anal, but given the fun and games you've had with earlier Triumph triple headers I'd suggest that you buy yourself a tube or tub of copper anti-seize grease (if you don't have some already). This is the stuff I was recommended and it's ace. A tube goes a very long way (just as well, considering the price)..
Then undo the exhaust manifold bolts/nuts one at a time, clean it/them, apply the Wurth paste and reassemble. You now stand a fighting chance of being able to undo the exhaust fasteners a few years down the line.
A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.
Yes, I wouldn't touch it until the first service has been done. If you're on friendly terms with the mechanic(s) where it will be done, you could always cheekily ask them if they'd copper grease the studs/nuts while they're doing the first service...? The stuff I linked to was recommended to me by a technician I'd known for many years - he reckoned it was the most persistent copper grease/paste he'd ever used.
I bought a VFR750 new off the dealership where he worked and before the first service he asked me if I was intending to keep it for more than a year or two and I said yes, so when he did the first service he went over all the fasteners that he knew he'd have to disturb when doing servicing and copper greased them all as he knew it was going to make his life easier in the long term. I kept that bike for 6 years and over 80,000 miles and it never let me down. When I px-ed it the motor still felt like new.
The same friend rides a first gen VFR750. We swapped bikes a couple of weeks ago for the last leg home. He did better on my Street than I did on the VFR as I initially thought that it had no brakes
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:55 pm
Those twin pot sliding calipers Honda fitted to everything from the late 80's to the 00's were total shite.
Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:44 pm
The same friend rides a first gen VFR750. We swapped bikes a couple of weeks ago for the last leg home. He did better on my Street than I did on the VFR as I initially thought that it had no brakes
Mine is a first gen VFR750 (an '88 FJ) and the OE brakes were scarcely adequate in the late '80s and downright dangerous today. I did a complete front end swap on mine and it now has 4 pot Brembos. A complete Firestorm front end is a popular mod on those old bikes.
Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:50 am
A mechanic friend told me something similar. He said smother them in copper grease as the grease will burn off but leave a protective layer of copper. Although he said not to undo them unless I'm going to replace the gasket. I'm waiting to get the first service done before I start really playing with it - nearly there - another 100 miles and I'll book it in.
Just replace the original nuts with copper or copper plated top-locks. Google "copper toplock nuts" & it will bring up a bunch of links.
which reminds me, I still haven't replaced the header nuts on my ZRX with the spiffy black ones. I think I'll do the outer right one as its the easiest to get to & see how it holds up for a couple of rides before doing the others.... or I may buy some copper ones, altho that's not needed here as the original nuts/studs are fine after 24 1/2 years.
formula400 wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:19 am
Next challenge is
Your bike next to a Fig tree
That one's gonna sit a while.
I've got one in the garden, but it would be a hell of a job to get my bike through a couple of gates, up some steps, across a lawn, through a shrubbery and then park in front of it
And you've still got more chance of getting your bike next to a fig tree than most of us
formula400 wrote: Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:19 am
Next challenge is
Your bike next to a Fig tree
That one's gonna sit a while.
I've got one in the garden, but it would be a hell of a job to get my bike through a couple of gates, up some steps, across a lawn, through a shrubbery and then park in front of it
Likewise, though I don't have to get my bike through shrubs or up steps. My garden is a shithole right now, wet clay soil which is worse than an ice rink means I'm not getting the bike anywhere near the fig tree.
