Not quite a New Triumph Owner

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Hi, I’m Ian from Telford getting on a bit but not too old to own a new 400 (The fast blue one!). I’ve had Bonnevilles, and Street Twins since 2009, some brilliant but a couple not so good.
I’m enjoying this small single but then I have owned Yamaha thumpers for nearly 25 years!
I have owned the new Triumph since May but have made the odd changes since owning it. I’ll take a couple of photos when I get chance.
It’s one of those bikes that you can go into the garage and just look at it and have that sense of “je ne sais quoi”

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Welcome to the forum!

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Hi Ian and welcome :grinning:

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Hi and welcome.

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Welcome, bienvenue

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Welcome to the forum. It looks like these new 400’s are proving to be something of a success for Triumph.

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Welcome in to the mini friendly club. Any pics? I test rode a 400 recently and it was a hoot on the open roads!!

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Hi and welcome to the forum :sunglasses:

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Welcome, those 400s are certainly good looking bikes!

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Welcome aboard, Ian.

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Hello from a fellow Speed 400 owner… but… the really fast red one! :wink:

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Welcome Ian :sunglasses:

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Welcome to the forum Ian

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Hi and welcome…

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Hope this link works 🤞

</https://photos.app.goo.gl/uB194p8itcdwkXtK9>

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Very smart!

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Thanks @Vulpes & @ajc400 :+1:
I have just received the rear sprocket blank (-3T)
Will machine it to suit next week. 69 bore and 6, 8.2 dia holes on 110 pcd. I will check these figures when I take the original off.

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Sorry if I missed a comment somewhere, but it looks like you are going to try changing the gearing on your 400 - I’ll be interested to see how that goes. I read, or saw a video somewhere, that said dropping a few teeth on the rear sprocket should drop about 500rpm at highway speeds, although possibly at the expense of a bit of “oomph” lower down the rev range. I hope I got that the right way round… :thinking:

Bike looks great… even in blue!! :joy:

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Yes Alex, I am hoping to alter the gearing. As you are well aware, 1st gear is far too low. I have done all the calculations and theoretically this should do what I want it to do(drop the revs by about 500rpm in 6th gear). But having said that, it’s only theory at mo. I will let you know how I get on👍

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