Who owns a Triumph Daytona?

[trevor]

Well it's officially in my garage

[Rob S.]

Very nice. Good it doesn't have the underseat exhaust.

[trevor]

Oil and filter change and new brake pads and bleed. And this week it goes into my bmw/triumph dealer for a recall notice and while there I'm going to piggy back on the labour and have them do a valve check and coolant flush....how can someone allow their brake fluid to get this bad??



It's not as comfy as my vfr....lol

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Good call on having the dealer do the valve check if you can afford to. Just finished doing my tiger. Let me tell ya, it was a much bigger chore than I imagined it could be, just to even get to the cam cover. Had to buy some special tools, some I could improvise. In the end, I’m glad I did it, cause I wanted to learn how and I did save a lot of money. But it really tried my patience and skill as a shade tree mechanic.

[trevor]

Good call on having the dealer do the valve check if you can afford to. Just finished doing my tiger. Let me tell ya, it was a much bigger chore than I imagined it could be, just to even get to the cam cover. Had to buy some special tools, some I could improvise. In the end, I’m glad I did it, cause I wanted to learn how and I did save a lot of money. But it really tried my patience and skill as a shade tree mechanic.

Well last month I did the valve check on my VFR with a buddy and that was a big chore and over $2000 if the dealer did it....the Triumph I'm looking at a grand.
Not sure if I'm doing to even keep the bike....lol

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Yeah, dealer quoted $900 plus parts. I haven’t tallied it all up yet but figure I spent about $320 on the service kit (spark plugs, air filter, oil filter, gaskets, misc. hardware), shims, and oil. Not including a few special tools I needed. About 12 hours of my time, not including a lot of time watching videos. I figure next time, if there is one, I could do it in probably half the time.

[trevor]

Yeah, dealer quoted $900 plus parts. I haven’t tallied it all up yet but figure I spent about $320 on the service kit (spark plugs, air filter, oil filter, gaskets, misc. hardware), shims, and oil. Not including a few special tools I needed. About 12 hours of my time, not including a lot of time watching videos. I figure next time, if there is one, I could do it in probably have the time.

Well at least you have the satisfaction having done the work yourself....which is always great. Even though the VFR was a big job...yes many videos too...it was quite satisfying