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Had a great morning riding the Woburn trails, didnt have time to head over to the Church side as Biggs Man had a slight issue with his seat on the Amflow, heading back this Sat for round 2!

 https://www.triumphrat.net/threads/955i-daytona-speed-triple-difficult-cold-starting.974150/look at the 'warm-up' table - just increase the enrichment factor at the lower temperatures - it makes a BIG differenceIt looks similar to the Idle Table but the Idle controls Engine SPEED while the Warm-Up controls FUEL EnrichmentThe position...

 Facebook slapped me in the face with this this morning:...so I went on a mission.I pulled the tank (for the millionth time?) and set up the 955i Triumph Tiger so I could try many different things to test if the...

 It took the better part of four months over the winter thanks to lots of work travel stretching things out, but the C14 is back together again and runs like a top. The engine doesn't feel as tight, which makes...

 Some pictures to help me put this complicated 3d puzzle back together again properly.https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/owner-center/parts/5128/2010/ZG1400CAFhttps://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/owner-center/parts/5127/2010/ZG1400CAF

Tools for finding what goes where (it's spaghetti in there!).The comprehensive disassembly video shared previously: https://youtu.be/5JP0_Kv7x5w?si=Ictk8g8qK3e_hB3m Pipe in the foreground right is the routing for the coolant line to the overflow tank.White plug in black reed valve centre plug.https://youtu.be/RvQjEvCSGvI?si=CCvs4HMMJBEHfooMBig grey plug under...

It's a slow process putting all this back together again. Even with a prolific number of photos and copious notes here on the blog I'm finding this a fiddly and frustrating process. My current plan is to get everything plugged...

 After what seems like weeks of disassembly (because it has been), the C14 valve job is finally turning the corner back towards reassembly! I'm pushing to get it around the corner because even with all of this documentation I still...

I was busy at work with conferences, but got back for a Sunday afternoon in the garage. I'm trying out a new kerosene heater that seems to have solved my cold weather issues.Once I had it into double digits Celsius...

 I was (of course) hoping that the valves would all be in spec, but after a first round of measurements that is (of course) not the case, so this open heart surgery is going a step deeper: the camshafts are...

 I put together a page with the details I've gleaned from COG's documentation and the shop manual to keep track of my measurements. I've got two sets of feeler guages because I'm suspicious like that and always want a second...

The last post included online research on getting into the C14 to resolve an oil leak and check the valves. Inline four cylinder engines are a nightmare for valve checks with everything buried deep in the bike between the frame...

 It's a tricky thing finding the parts you need on a bike no longer supported by its manufacturer, but I keep getting lucky with quality aftermarket providers, in this case Quantum Fuel Systems out of California.Ordering was easy, transport was...

 Over the long weekend I got out to SMART Adventures again for my yearly knobbly tire exercise. If you've read TMD you'll know I've tried to off road in South Western Ontario, but got stick for riding on hydro cuts...