I fitted two new cables to my 72 Daytona and they also had to much play in them. The problem was caused as I had been miss sold two single carb T100C cables which fit in a single pull twist grip. The correct twin pull twist grip cables have a very slightly bigger nipple difficult to even see at the twist grip.end and once I’d fitted these correct cables there was the correct amount of play. Also don’t forget to fit the two cable stops at the tewist grip end.
Hi Colin, I think my cables were for a T120 with twin 900 series concentrics as the 2 cable adjusters were fully wound out that's why I had to make the 2 brass outer cable extenders which are about 23mm long and thats with the twistgrip closed adjuster fully in. I have adjusted the max twistgrip stop so the bottom of the slides when fully open ate level with the top of the venturi opening, but when riding the bike I will never open them that far. My T100R is also fitted with chokes which are a single pull from the lever on the bars to the the twin splitter under the tank, now I am getting used to starting and riding the Daytona you never need the choke, just give the carbs a tikkle and she starts first kick from cold. I was going to remove the chokes, but the choke lever is part of the upper section of the front brake lever which is standard for the 68 and 69 models according to the parts book. Looking at the1970 and on twin carb Daytona's it looks like when they started fitting indicators as standard and the clutch and front brake lever changed to the type with integral switches the choke was no longer fitted, which shows It's no needed. Regards, Brian.
Hi Brian, I always had trouble sorting the twin carbs out on my old bonnie that's why I like my 68 T100s just one carb, the worse bike I had was a CB 750 Honda 4 it was a sandcast model and I let it go for 50 pounds back in the day , it had 4 cables onto 4 carbs a nightmare to tune they later changed to a two cable push pull with levers, I will keep this tip in case I get a twin carb bike again.
I was in Douglas IOM in 1969 to watch the production race over the weekend, at the B&B where we were staying at was a guy with a brand new K0. He started it up for us and gave it a red line blast down the prom, it was a gorgeous looking bike, he had taken the removable baffles out for his trip to IOM to watch the TT and the sound was awesome. The early CB750 was the bike l always wanted but was always beyond my reach. In 69 I was 16 and had just started my 4 year apprenticeship and could only afford a 1961 Tiger Cub, l passed my test the year later and stretched myself cash wise to a 1967 T90 which was on offer with a good trade in price for the Cub, but could only dream of owning CB750. A well restored K0 can now be over 25k, so still well beyond my reach. Regards Brian
@@TheCADengineer the CB 750 is top of my I should have kept that list alongside my 1970 range rover classic ( Number 118) I sold it to a mate when I moved over to France 18 years ago who never got around to restoring it and sadly it's no more,I still have my 91 RRC as a daily driver had that 20 plus years now, it's good to see another man in a shed working on their passion.
Hello Brian, good tip, thanks. Just to let you know, something is going on with youtube. I left a like but it did not register! You may want to look into that.
Hi Ben, l think the majority of 1967 to 70 T100R’s have the chokes fitted, the choke lever is part of the front brake lever assembly as it’s the top half of the clamp, but when you look at the 1971 and on T100R’s that have indicators and the aluminium handlebar switch gear and levers there is no choke fitted. However now l am familiar with starting and riding the bike you definitely don’t need a choke anyway, from cold turn on the fuel tap, a light tickle to the carbs and it starts first time every time. Maybe Triumph eventually realised that the choke is not required! Regards Brian
I fitted two new cables to my 72 Daytona and they also had to much play in them. The problem was caused as I had been miss sold two single carb T100C cables which fit in a single pull twist grip. The correct twin pull twist grip cables have a very slightly bigger nipple difficult to even see at the twist grip.end and once I’d fitted these correct cables there was the correct amount of play. Also don’t forget to fit the two cable stops at the tewist grip end.
Hi Colin,
I think my cables were for a T120 with twin 900 series concentrics as the 2 cable adjusters were fully wound out that's why I had to make the 2 brass outer cable extenders which are about 23mm long and thats with the twistgrip closed adjuster fully in. I have adjusted the max twistgrip stop so the bottom of the slides when fully open ate level with the top of the venturi opening, but when riding the bike I will never open them that far.
My T100R is also fitted with chokes which are a single pull from the lever on the bars to the the twin splitter under the tank, now I am getting used to starting and riding the Daytona you never need the choke, just give the carbs a tikkle and she starts first kick from cold. I was going to remove the chokes, but the choke lever is part of the upper section of the front brake lever which is standard for the 68 and 69 models according to the parts book.
Looking at the1970 and on twin carb Daytona's it looks like when they started fitting indicators as standard and the clutch and front brake lever changed to the type with integral switches the choke was no longer fitted, which shows It's no needed.
Regards, Brian.
Hi Brian, I always had trouble sorting the twin carbs out on my old bonnie that's why I like my 68 T100s just one carb, the worse bike I had was a CB 750 Honda 4
it was a sandcast model and I let it go for 50 pounds back in the day , it had 4 cables onto 4 carbs a nightmare to tune they later changed to a two cable push pull with levers, I will keep this tip in case I get a twin carb bike again.
I was in Douglas IOM in 1969 to watch the production race over the weekend, at the B&B where we were staying at was a guy with a brand new K0. He started it up for us and gave it a red line blast down the prom, it was a gorgeous looking bike, he had taken the removable baffles out for his trip to IOM to watch the TT and the sound was awesome.
The early CB750 was the bike l always wanted but was always beyond my reach. In 69 I was 16 and had just started my 4 year apprenticeship and could only afford a 1961 Tiger Cub, l passed my test the year later and stretched myself cash wise to a 1967 T90 which was on offer with a good trade in price for the Cub, but could only dream of owning CB750.
A well restored K0 can now be over 25k, so still well beyond my reach.
Regards Brian
@@TheCADengineer the CB 750 is top of my I should have kept that list alongside my 1970 range rover classic ( Number 118) I sold it to a mate when I moved over to France 18 years ago who never got around to restoring it and sadly it's no more,I still have my 91 RRC as a daily driver had that 20 plus years now, it's good to see another man in a shed working on their passion.
Hello Brian, good tip, thanks. Just to let you know, something is going on with youtube. I left a like but it did not register! You may want to look into that.
Will do, Thanks.
Brilliant tip, thanks. I've exactly the same bike but with no chokes. Wonder why?
Hi Ben,
l think the majority of 1967 to 70 T100R’s have the chokes fitted, the choke lever is part of the front brake lever assembly as it’s the top half of the clamp, but when you look at the 1971 and on T100R’s that have indicators and the aluminium handlebar switch gear and levers there is no choke fitted.
However now l am familiar with starting and riding the bike you definitely don’t need a choke anyway, from cold turn on the fuel tap, a light tickle to the carbs and it starts first time every time.
Maybe Triumph eventually realised that the choke is not required!
Regards Brian