darsy

before I went out for a ride today, I thought I'd give the Tiger a bit
of a wash. When I was cleaning it, I noticed there seemed to be a bit
of play in the right footrest/brake lever - so I gave it a bit of a
shake....

....it was so loose, the top allen bolt actually fell out and rolled
away and the bottom one appeared to be only 1 or 2 turns away from
doing the same!

Anyway, tightened it up, no worries, and now the "odd feeling" that I
thought was to do with the brake lever or actuator has gone away -
obviously it was just the whole plot shifting when pressing the lever.

Slightly silly design by Triumph, BTW, insofar as to tighten the
bottom bolt that holds the footrest/brake plate to the frame, you
actually have to unscrew and partially relocate the brake lever
itself, as when it's all bolted together, the bolt is obscured by the
lever.

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d.

dog

darsy wrote:
> Slightly silly design by Triumph, BTW, insofar as to tighten the
> bottom bolt that holds the footrest/brake plate to the frame, you
> actually have to unscrew and partially relocate the brake lever
> itself, as when it's all bolted together, the bolt is obscured by the
> lever.

the gear lever on the falco is the same.
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dog
sl1000 two#5

Tori

On 14 Jul, 16:18, darsy <da...@sticky.co.uk> wrote:
> before I went out for a ride today, I thought I'd give the Tiger a bit
> of a wash. When I was cleaning it, I noticed there seemed to be a bit
> of play in the right footrest/brake lever - so I gave it a bit of a
> shake....
>
> ...it was so loose, the top allen bolt actually fell out and rolled
> away and the bottom one appeared to be only 1 or 2 turns away from
> doing the same!

My front brake lever has done the same a couple of times. Look down...
and the sodding bolt is sticking almost out.
At least you weren't riding at the time.

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Tori