Re: [St] push start

["Young, Mike" <myoung@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No Mark, 
They had to be German:
My whole tool kit for my Fiat 850 was three combination wrenches, four
3/8" drive sockets, a ratchet to drive them with, and a pair of screw
drivers.
I have a piece of German automated equipment (a fairly simple three axis
robot) that has no fewer than five different fastener sizes holding the
covers on the fore arm and wrist assemblies. Then once you get the
covers off there are at least four more fastener sizes (in addition to
the five we've already dealt with) associated with the "working bits"
inside the arm and wrist. Dumbest thing I ever saw. 

Mike
'06 ST 
Seattle
 
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of marc Ve
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:40 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [St] push start

The engineers on the Daytona design must have spent too much time in
Italy.

The fuse box can only be got to by unbolting the front seat - no seat
release. The relays are hidden under the plastic work on the rear
subframe,
and to get that off is 8 bolts of varous sizes, plus two tricky spring
clips
that like to fly off and hide somewher in the garage.

My Sprint RS was much better designed from a DIY perspective. I still
rate
it as one of the nicest looking Triumphs - not a pice of art like the
675
Daytona, but a good looking bike.

I really wish Triumph would make an "RS" version of the ST1050, just
enough
wind protection to be useful, but still a bit of the "naked look.

cheers


Marc


On 4/13/08, Eoin Kirwan <eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri 11 Apr 2008, marc Ve wrote:
> > Greetings to the collective trumpet mind!
> >
> > My Daytona's battery is starting to get a bit dodgy. Methinks the
three
> > month lay over while I was trying to sell it has messed up the
battery.
> >
> > Here's my question - if there is enough power to switch on the dials
> etc,
> > but not enough to spin the motor over, can I push start the bike?
>
> There's no reason why not. I used to live in an apartment complex, and
on
> two
> occasions (dying battery) had to start the ST by rolling it down the
ramp
> into the underground car park, and letting the clutch out when it had
> gathered enough speed. As long as the battery has enough juice to
power
> the
> ignition and pressurise the fuel injection system, then the motor will
> start
> once it is turned over fast enough - whether via the starter or by
other
> means.
>
> I would advise second gear.
>
>
> Eoin
>
> '04 ST955i
>
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