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Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 7:13 pm

Those of you with modern Triumphs will know the things I mean, those little extensions screwed into the outer end of the footrests.

Was out on the Spudmasher this afternoon minding my own business, going around a roundabout there was this grinding sound, I thought WTF is that?

When I realised that the footrest had risen up a bit and then gone back down, I also realised that I gad got the angle indicator / "hero blob" down to the tarmac.

Very surprised as I was not pushing it and it felt perfectly happy.

Guess Spudmashers are not intended for "spirited" cornering.

Perhaps I need to be a bit more laid back - cruiser style man..........

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 7:23 pm, in reply to "Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

I had them on my PanEuropean sill grounded them down

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

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Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 7:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Great news - I can carry on then !

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 8:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

I grounded the R111 once. I replaced the rear shock absorbers and never since. Not grounded the Thunderbird yet but its only 2000 miles so far

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Will <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Will' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 18, 2024, 10:47 pm, in reply to "Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

'Hero blobs' on folding footrests are a great early warning system. In the good old days something hard and fixed like a centre stand could throw you into the not so loving embrace of the hedge....or worse!

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Posted by Leon Novello <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Leon+Novello' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 6:14 am, in reply to "Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Grounding footrests on the Bullet meant there was no going back up; it was "good night nurse" for me.

Leon Novello

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 7:12 am, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

The trick on these heavy cruiser bikes is to get full leathers and ride with your arse hanging off the side with elbows dragging the road. Just like Rossi. You may get the side panels dragging the ground then.

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 8:40 am, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Tonupdave <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Tonupdave' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 8:54 am, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

In the old days of racing it was just poke your toe out to find the limit of lean Just look at pics of Mike the Bike toes of his boots taped up ..nowdays the rubber is so grippy they hang off the bike trailing there legs to help braking ..

Tonupdave..T.U.D.

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 10:21 am, in reply to "Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Maybe you have put on weight Andy

The oldest rocker in town!

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 1:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Nah - Spudmasher has softer suspension

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by geoff the bonnie <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=geoff+the+bonnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 1:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

It takes quite a lean to drag the footrests on an R111. In Exeter there is a corner with the yellow spray on grippy stuff. You can enter the bend at 60 mph and drag it around. My footrests fold up as it touches down so no chance of falling off.

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 5:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Back in the day the lower pipe on my KH250 had a nice chamfer on it - most of them have that trade mark chamfer.

Not managed it on the KH 400..........yet

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by JERRY <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=JERRY' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 4:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Are that might explain a few things Andy. Better check all my bikes as they seem to have the same problem

The oldest rocker in town!

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by Andy C <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=Andy+C' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 5:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Suspension getting softer and clothes shrinking, not sure why that hapens

Who needs a signature anyway......

Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs

Posted by 6TDen <iframe src='https://members5.boardhost.com/classicbikemart/info/user=6TDen' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 19, 2024, 8:00 pm, in reply to "Re: Triumph Bank angle indicators / hero blobs"

Damp in the wardrobe, happens in mine.
Den

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