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General => Technical | How To => Topic started by: Neil955i on May 08, 2022, 07:48:04 AM
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Needed to buy my first supply of Motul semi-synthetic 10/40 oil since 2020 and was expecting a shock to the wallet! In fact at £26 and change it was £3 cheaper for 5 litres. Go figure.
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@Neil, why semi-syntetic? Is it spec for your model?
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@Neil, why semi-syntetic? Is it spec for your model?
Probably not, but it is for my Triumph so, one container does both!
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Probably not, but it is for my Triumph so, one container does both!
Neil, is your Triple a derivative of the Triumph Trident, and the BSA Rocket....Bikes I first saw at my dealer in the late 60's, I think it was in Texas...?
Those two were beautiful....one of them was teal green I think. And one red?
Stig
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Not a direct lineage Tom. The 60’s Triumphs were made in Meriden (BSA Small Heath) and both firms went into liquidation in, I think, the 70’s. A guy called John Bloor who made his cash building houses in the UK and bought all Triumph rights and patents in the 80’s. He set up a factory at Hinkley, Leicestershire and began production early 90’s? Bought my first Hinckley Triumph, a 900 Sprint in the mid-90’s. Owned various models in an unbroken line since then.
Every one I’ve owned has been a triple, mainly the 900s with the last one being a smaller 675R. Love ‘em!
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Not a direct lineage Tom. The 60’s Triumphs were made in Meriden (BSA Small Heath) and both firms went into liquidation in, I think, the 70’s. A guy called John Bloor who made his cash building houses in the UK and bought all Triumph rights and patents in the 80’s. He set up a factory at Hinkley, Leicestershire and began production early 90’s? Bought my first Hinckley Triumph, a 900 Sprint in the mid-90’s. Owned various models in an unbroken line since then.
Every one I’ve owned has been a triple, mainly the 900s with the last one being a smaller 675R. Love ‘em!
I remember looking at my first big Yamaha twin. Air-cooled, pretty certain. It was beautifully reverse engineered from a Triumph. Probably had more accurate tooling, and maybe was a better bike for it? No point reinventing the wheel, I guess......
No heritage, though.
Japanese were becoming known for real quality products in those days.
Stig