New Bike, Triumph TT600
Discussion
Morning BB, hope you all enjoyed the great weather this past weekend.
After having my mate asking me to sell my 600 bandit back to him for the summer i made a simple statement to him. Find me a better bike for £1500 and the bandit is yours!
After numerous ebay links being sent to me over the past week of GSXR's and the like in far away places such as Derby and Manchester (im in Kent)i decided to take a look myself.
I stumbled across this bike on a Honda dealers ebay shop, it had been taken in as part ex with known history and known previous owners to the dealer.
To cut a long story short i now own this
2001 Triumph TT600
Collected on Saturday morning and now having covered around 150 miles on it i'm very pleased.
Pleasant to ride, very light, nimble great brakes and fast enough for me (for now)
Couple of questions for you guys though,
1) the seat is very slippy, i think it has had some sort of cleaning agent applied. I have wiped it down with various wax and grease remover type products and it is a little better but with textiles on its like sitting on ice and not a great deal better with leathers.
Any advice on what i can apply to add some grip to the seat?
2) I want an aftermarket exhaust, nothing too crazy but a bit more vocal than the stock one. I have looked but haven't really found anything other than an ebay special. Any advice? The TT600 was only made form 2001 -2003 so maybe the short production time means aftermarket parts are thin on the ground?
I'll be adding more pics as i take them, look forward to some recommendations
Ashley
After having my mate asking me to sell my 600 bandit back to him for the summer i made a simple statement to him. Find me a better bike for £1500 and the bandit is yours!
After numerous ebay links being sent to me over the past week of GSXR's and the like in far away places such as Derby and Manchester (im in Kent)i decided to take a look myself.
I stumbled across this bike on a Honda dealers ebay shop, it had been taken in as part ex with known history and known previous owners to the dealer.
To cut a long story short i now own this
2001 Triumph TT600
Collected on Saturday morning and now having covered around 150 miles on it i'm very pleased.
Pleasant to ride, very light, nimble great brakes and fast enough for me (for now)
Couple of questions for you guys though,
1) the seat is very slippy, i think it has had some sort of cleaning agent applied. I have wiped it down with various wax and grease remover type products and it is a little better but with textiles on its like sitting on ice and not a great deal better with leathers.
Any advice on what i can apply to add some grip to the seat?
2) I want an aftermarket exhaust, nothing too crazy but a bit more vocal than the stock one. I have looked but haven't really found anything other than an ebay special. Any advice? The TT600 was only made form 2001 -2003 so maybe the short production time means aftermarket parts are thin on the ground?
I'll be adding more pics as i take them, look forward to some recommendations
Ashley
Scratch that, just found this. Looked earlier but couldn't find anything.
Might be of use to someone else:-
At the odometer setting (the one that shows your total miles you have on the bike) press and hold the "select" button for about 8 seconds. MPH goes first to KPH. Press and hold again and your radiator setting goes from F to C. Press and hold again, C stays put and KPH changes back to MPH. Press and hold again and you're back to MPH and F
Might be of use to someone else:-
At the odometer setting (the one that shows your total miles you have on the bike) press and hold the "select" button for about 8 seconds. MPH goes first to KPH. Press and hold again and your radiator setting goes from F to C. Press and hold again, C stays put and KPH changes back to MPH. Press and hold again and you're back to MPH and F
Rubin215 - many thanks for the race exhaust can. Looks and sounds great.
Had a mare removing the stock can with 2 of the 3 bolts snapping the thread resulting in them just spinning!
Bit of swearing and grinding later and it was off and the new one on with new bolts.
Another massive thanks to Jase for popping round tonight to remap the bike for me. Very generous and much appreciated mate.
Just got to wait to get my wheel back tomorrow (new tyre fitted) and i can go test it out
Can't wait
Ash
Had a mare removing the stock can with 2 of the 3 bolts snapping the thread resulting in them just spinning!
Bit of swearing and grinding later and it was off and the new one on with new bolts.
Another massive thanks to Jase for popping round tonight to remap the bike for me. Very generous and much appreciated mate.
Just got to wait to get my wheel back tomorrow (new tyre fitted) and i can go test it out
Can't wait
Ash
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