961 FIRST RIDE

trident sam · Nov 30, 2013

About 3 years ago I ran into a works test rider on a 961 in a gas station in Shropshire UK. He told me the test bikes had done @30,000 miles each. The one he was on was well used and had obviously been used through at least one winter without much cleaning off, the bike was showing a lot of corrosion, as would be expected I guess, as it wouldn't be finished spec for sale I asked him what he thought of the bikes (He'd previously been a test rider at Triumph Hinckley) and he said "yeah they're ok "

sam

Matt Spencer · Nov 30, 2013

I think it must be as youve still got a Right Hand Drive sidestand ! :lol:

:cry:

Wondered about this years ago . ANGLE Parked , with the road camber , U.K. etc the road surface drops away to the left .
Angllle Parked in the U.S. the road surface rises to the left .
SO , ARE there ' left hand drive ' & ' right hand drive ' sidestands .

We could start an exchange service , for when bikes are shipped from the U.K. to the U.S. , and Vice versa . :? :x

You did see many 60s & 70s Triumphs where they either sat to far over , or to upright .

Of couse parked square to the kerb , the ground would be level . Unless it was on a Hill . :? :shock: :twisted: :wink:
Obviously Honda needs to make hydrulic Telescopic computor controlled sidestands , so its at the right angle no mater what . :roll:

acotrel · Nov 30, 2013

Sidestands are important. Years ago a mate of mine was kicking a B33 BSA over while it was standing in a gutter beside a lamp post. He overbalanced slightly, and the bike fell towards the lamppost ending up at a bit of an angle trapping his leg. The angle of the bike was such that he couldn't get out of it and they found him the next summer partly dissolved into the wood of the lamp post. (actually we all pissed ourselves laughing, answered his cries for help and rescued him).

pete.v · Nov 30, 2013

worntorn said:
Great idea Pete!

We could also shift all of the single Mikuni equipped bikes over to that section and maybe the Shorai equipped bikes as well, just to minimize distraction from pure Commandos 8)

Glen

Honestly Glen, sometimes I feel like I just can't talk to you anymore...... :cry:

worntorn · Nov 30, 2013

Really? You're doing just fine.
I should explain that I do not take much of anything seriously, including myself.

How bout those 961s tho, don't they look great? Sure hope they are reliable runners, then the price will be justified.

Glen

bwolfie · Nov 30, 2013

Now that they have reached US soil, and I have read multiple reports from owners, I must have one for myself.

Now how do I convince the financial officer that this is a necessary purchase?

Tim_S · Nov 30, 2013

I may have reported last month that the first 961 SF was delivered here in the Chicago land area. Sold through MCC in Villa Park, Illinois. Haven't met the owner yet in person ,, soon I hope.

Tim_S

swooshdave · Nov 30, 2013

worntorn said:
Really? You're doing just fine.
I should explain that I do not take much of anything seriously, including myself.

How bout those 961s tho, don't they look great? Sure hope they are reliable runners, then the price will be justified.

Glen

He's just fucking with you. :mrgreen:

BPHORSEGUY · Dec 1, 2013

bwolfie said:
Now that they have reached US soil, and I have read multiple reports from owners, I must have one for myself.

Now how do I convince the financial officer that this is a necessary purchase?

Most of us that received one of the first shipment have had deposits in for years or months. The guy that got the CR that was delivered with my SF had his deposit in years ago, and our dealer stopped taking deposits. Supply will probably catch up with demand in the spring though as these are certaintly not cheap bikes.

BPHORSEGUY · Dec 1, 2013

bwolfie said:
Now that they have reached US soil, and I have read multiple reports from owners, I must have one for myself.

Now how do I convince the financial officer that this is a necessary purchase?

Just show him a picture if he has any taste at all he will see it as necessary!

BPHORSEGUY · Dec 1, 2013

trident sam said:
About 3 years ago I ran into a works test rider on a 961 in a gas station in Shropshire UK. He told me the test bikes had done @30,000 miles each. The one he was on was well used and had obviously been used through at least one winter without much cleaning off, the bike was showing a lot of corrosion, as would be expected I guess, as it wouldn't be finished spec for sale I asked him what he thought of the bikes (He'd previously been a test rider at Triumph Hinckley) and he said "yeah they're ok "

sam

30000 miles would last me quite a while as I have several bikes for different purposes!

marksterrtt · Dec 2, 2013

That's a great looking bike, will be very interested in reading about your ride impressions etc. Don't throw rocks at me but I can't wait to see a dirt tracker version with that big air cooled engine in it...Mark

terrys · Dec 2, 2013

Hi,

Who makes the performance pipes you had installed, are they from Norton or from South Bay Norton in California?
Did you have to get the ECU reflashed for the pipes?

It's been almost four years now that I have had a deposit on an SE, hope I finally get it before I am too old to ride it.

regards,
Terry

V7Sport73 · Dec 2, 2013

terrys said:
Hi,

Who makes the performance pipes you had installed, are they from Norton or from South Bay Norton in California?
Did you have to get the ECU reflashed for the pipes?

It's been almost four years now that I have had a deposit on an SE, hope I finally get it before I am too old to ride it.

regards,
Terry

We all hope you have your bike soon. They are worth the wait.

BPHORSEGUY · Dec 2, 2013

terrys said:
Hi,

Who makes the performance pipes you had installed, are they from Norton or from South Bay Norton in California?
Did you have to get the ECU reflashed for the pipes?

It's been almost four years now that I have had a deposit on an SE, hope I finally get it before I am too old to ride it.

regards,
Terry

The pipes are from South Bay aka Triumph Performance USA. Both TPUSA and my dealer said no reflashing would be necessary which is of course contrary to what Norton says. According to the Distributor, Norton has no plans to Import the optional pipes so of course my dealer has no maps to reflash. They did adjust the throttle bodies for synch and idle. My bike has no pinging, surging, flat spots or any other signs of fuel issues. I do not have many miles on it yet. When I get some more miles I will do some plug runs!

Bruce MacGregor · Dec 6, 2013

Hi, Nice looking bike!
Just a suggestion, Do not cut the kick stand until you ride it some more because, I bet that you will find the bike will handle much better after you raise the rear ride height a tad. This will also cause it to lean more onto the kick stand.

The rear ride height on my Duc is quite high for the best handling in the twisties. I need to put a block of wood under the kickstand or it leans way over.
With the stock settings it will be almost vertical on the kickstand like your norton

BPHORSEGUY · Dec 6, 2013

Bruce MacGregor said:
Hi, Nice looking bike!
Just a suggestion, Do not cut the kick stand until you ride it some more because, I bet that you will find the bike will handle much better after you raise the rear ride height a tad. This will also cause it to lean more onto the kick stand.

The rear ride height on my Duc is quite high for the best handling in the twisties. I need to put a block of wood under the kickstand or it leans way over.
With the stock settings it will be almost vertical on the kickstand like your norton

Static sag is set at about 5 mm and sag is set at 30mm which is what our local suspension gurus set for a street bike. Track settings will be a bit less but I really need more miles on this bike which probably won't happen till Spring !

V7Sport73 · Dec 6, 2013

BPHORSEGUY said:
Bruce MacGregor said:

Hi, Nice looking bike!
Just a suggestion, Do not cut the kick stand until you ride it some more because, I bet that you will find the bike will handle much better after you raise the rear ride height a tad. This will also cause it to lean more onto the kick stand.

The rear ride height on my Duc is quite high for the best handling in the twisties. I need to put a block of wood under the kickstand or it leans way over.
With the stock settings it will be almost vertical on the kickstand like your norton

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Static sag is set at about 5 mm and sag is set at 30mm which is what our local suspension gurus set for a street bike. Track settings will be a bit less but I really need more miles on this bike which probably won't happen till Spring !

Can't believe that you are going to ride that beautiful bike out on the track?

BPHORSEGUY · Dec 7, 2013

Can't believe that you are going to ride that beautiful bike out on the track?[/quote]

Not for real racing, just track days under controlled conditions or not at all ! I agree with you , its much to beautiful, rare, not to mention expensive!

Matt Spencer · Dec 9, 2013

Now What Sort of Attitudes THIS ! :twisted:

We'd like to see a tank mounted camera , catching the top of the Tacho . And see what its capeble of .

8)

Could start a collection to provide for consumables like tyres , footrest ends , and frayed nerves .

:wink:

Easy does it .

pays to go about running in with some restraint . Hold 1/4 thrttle Max. for first 250 miles , NO
full throttle before 1000 , and then only intermittant . 2000 before full wellie speed runs , or 4000 if youre a model
of patiance and virtue .
Though with this modern machineing and metallury you could likely get full performance at 500 miles . :twisted: :lol: :shock: .

Still keen to see what one can manadge around the Ilse of Man , myself . As heralderetically :? it should be at home there . :mrgreen:

961 FIRST RIDE

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