Ran her down the road about 1 mile to the gas station to check the feel and check for leakers. Had the bags stuffed with tools; ready for action if needed.
Mr. Murphy must have had the day off. Rules were not enforced.
After almost having a heart attack because the oil in the sight glass was all white, haven't seen sun glare in a few months here in NY state, I then rode back to the house around 2-4k. Taking it easy. Haven't hit more than 4k rpm at this point in less than 2 miles. Got it nice and warm though.
Did the walk around and checked for loose bits, wiped some oil off the case to get a reference (she's bad dirty, slimey, oily, dirty, dull..) I decided I would then go for broke and break her in right. Hecxk, I got two saddle bags stuffed with tools...
I took off down the road and whacked the throttle from closed to WOT/red line then shift. In every gear, for 100 miles. I rode it hard, rode it mean. Slam'er up, slam'er down. High revs, max throttle, dump er down hard, hold on!
She liked it! No, way more than that...(why doesn't Triumph do this to all of them?)
Got smoother and faster as I went along. In fact, I think I may have to check out the clutch as it felt like it slipped a few times at max rpm at max speed in 3rd / 4th gear. But it could also just be the Shell Rotella T dino oil, not synthetic. I'll put that in, in the morning before getting the second sampling of my newest drug {speed}.
It has craploads of torque. No, a big tractor pulling a boatload is more like it. Did I mention the torque yet?
So, I picked up the daughter, screamed down the road, the daughter and the bike too, flew,(FLEW) around the lake, jamming the gears to red line, slam her down and engine break. Wam wam, 0-WOT/swat the wrist and fly through the gears. Stayed around 3.5-5k for low speeds. Mostly used 3rd and 4th. Fine, damned thing goes over the ton in 4th easily anyway. Dropped off daughter first by the way.
So, my review so far will stand at: Duh, what are you waiting for? Get it, do it. HUGE improvement.
It's faster, quicker, stronger and louder. A little tweaking with the carbs is in order too. You can really feel the idle/low throttle response with the bigger jugs. I feel like it may need some more 0-low throttle gas - I already have the bigger (45) pilots to swap before tomorrows 100 mile romp. With the synthetic oil and new filter first.
Oh, and it's so stealth (looking) you can play around. The Progressive suspension helps a lot if the radi-i.
