Fresh oil and filter, coolant, RK gold chain, swingarm slider and block,

It's always a difficult task ?...

Evening everyone! Just wanted to share something I just found out about the drivetrain. The chain sliders had uneven wear so I changed them and also bought new chain rings and chain... Some kms have...

Always a good feeling! Wish they stayed this pretty....

I flushed my coolant last night and there was oil in it, also it was very milky. So then I decided to just change my oil to make sure there wasn't any coolant in it and there indeed was not coolant in...

Not a little.. I mean a lot of it. What's the issue?...

The oil pressure sender (just a switch in this case), and the oil pressure relief are connected directly to the high pressure gallery from the oil pump that feeds the crankshaft. The relief valve is...

Triumphs of this era didn't have true oil filters.  What Triumph called filters in the sump and in the oil tank are really just coarse screens.  The only real provision for removing par...

A couple of days of off-and on work later, I had this. The filters (I can use either of the smaller diameter filters) have a 3/4-16 thread, so that's what the threaded nipple is. The nipple goes int...

I've got large hands so I always add these to my bikes. They lessen vibrations as well. The heated grips still work fine. The heat just takes a bit longer to reach your hands obviously....

And a chain cleaning and lubrication. I used 10W50. The old oil from 5,000 km ago was still clear, just a little dark. I'm so happy to be able to do this basic maintenance myself. Here we go again f...