Took the Sprint 3/4 the way to Town today for a child's birthday, I think it was. Still getting used to riding a bike again. On the way there I was a bit nervous as this is the first time I have ridden a bike on the road to town. On the way back I was a bit more comfortable. Had a chat to a former employee from my work, who has a Triumph Bonneville.
I am slowly getting used to taking off now. I reckon after a few more rides and stop-starts I should get the feel of it a lot more.
Slowly picking up a few things that I want looked at when it goes in for a service. I found dropping into 1st, 2nd on the downshift needed quite a tap on the lever. I've noticed a little slop in the main gear lever shaft. I tightened a bolt that made it slightly better at the engine end but still some slop in the shaft. I'll price up the parts and make a plan to fix it at some point.
Indicators are the first thing I will be rectifying, followed by a full going over at the bike shop. Probably need to save $800-$900 now for that, providing they don't tell me to change the oil and filter as well. Looking online and it seems the worn lever is fairly common and can cause some gear shifting issues.
It sounds like they are quite expensive so I may choose to have mine bushed, rather than buy a whole new unit. I tried to find a price online as a guide but only SH units came up. Seems like there is very little info in the way of prices online for Triumphs, bit like a lot of gen Holden parts, where it can be quite hard to find OEM stock apart from bits & bobs.
One thing I noticed is the mirror is hardly wobbling at all now, after the engineer I use, pressed the starlock washer a bit with his press, which has made a decent improvement. It will be good now to get the new washer and see if that helps even more, which I suspect it will.