Ok, I've had my Trophy 900 for a few weeks now and at long last I have managed to get it working right... I think...
I saw this bike (1996 Green, 44k miles) on ebay and was watching it.. Then my wife bought it cos it was too good a deal (700 UK pounds) ... Not a bad price but it did need some love and attention. Looks like The bike had been left in a shed for the last few years... It came with a new MOT...
So...first ride... Handles ok... Bit rough to start...NO BACK BRAKE... But seemed to run ok...filled the petrol tank up which turned out to be a mistake as the petrol tap was gone along with the o rings in the carbs ... So lost pretty much the whole tank onto the drive in one day...
Ok... So it needed a new fuel tap...new o rings for the carbs (and while I was there new needles) ... New rear brake disk and pads... new throttle cable (cos the old one died while taking the carbs out) ... K&N air filter cones (cos I'm not going through that to get the airbox out again) ... Crankcase breather K&N filter cos there is no airbox... Oil and filter change... Coolant change... Oh and a new rear light circuit board as I broke the mounts by brushing past the rear light ... Oh and new carb inlet rubbers ...
Stuff I've discovered... If you have a fuel leak caused by a leaking petrol tap and bad one rings... Do and oil change... Your oil will be mixed up with petrol that has leaked past the listing rings... Mine was more like water than oil... On a bike this old beware of failing rubber as it will start to decay...
Now having put this all back together the bike now runs far better than before and the brakes all work... I'm now looking forward to hours of fun riding...
I saw this bike (1996 Green, 44k miles) on ebay and was watching it.. Then my wife bought it cos it was too good a deal (700 UK pounds) ... Not a bad price but it did need some love and attention. Looks like The bike had been left in a shed for the last few years... It came with a new MOT...
So...first ride... Handles ok... Bit rough to start...NO BACK BRAKE... But seemed to run ok...filled the petrol tank up which turned out to be a mistake as the petrol tap was gone along with the o rings in the carbs ... So lost pretty much the whole tank onto the drive in one day...
Ok... So it needed a new fuel tap...new o rings for the carbs (and while I was there new needles) ... New rear brake disk and pads... new throttle cable (cos the old one died while taking the carbs out) ... K&N air filter cones (cos I'm not going through that to get the airbox out again) ... Crankcase breather K&N filter cos there is no airbox... Oil and filter change... Coolant change... Oh and a new rear light circuit board as I broke the mounts by brushing past the rear light ... Oh and new carb inlet rubbers ...
Stuff I've discovered... If you have a fuel leak caused by a leaking petrol tap and bad one rings... Do and oil change... Your oil will be mixed up with petrol that has leaked past the listing rings... Mine was more like water than oil... On a bike this old beware of failing rubber as it will start to decay...
Now having put this all back together the bike now runs far better than before and the brakes all work... I'm now looking forward to hours of fun riding...
