Tiger Tales - Dialling in the 800XC for the dirt

[Rob Dirt]

I use the stock mirrors. I ride mostly street with the T8 & I like good visibility.

[PVRnick]

Subscribed ! Great thread , I just bought a 2012 800XC 2 months ago and have spent the winter getting her set up.
Lots of great info here !
I will post some pics soon.
Nick

[PVRnick]

Here's a couple pics of improvements made to the XC so far.

Triumph centerstand and Heated grips

SW Motech engine gaurds, sump protector, Rear rack

Barkbusters, 20mm handlebar risers, Denali 1 LED driving lights from Twisted Throttle

Leo Vince pipe with Arrow Map. Wow! That helped!

Loving this bike so far but only have 1250 miles on her. Cannot wait till spring !
It's gonna be a GREAT riding season this year.

Nick

[av_mech]

Still a little icy in Idaho to ride. But I tried...

[blacktiger]

Originally Posted by av_mech

Still a little icy in Idaho to ride. But I tried...

Oooops! Nicely polished there. Obviously didn't hurt too much as you were still able to get the camera out.

[Lion BR]

Originally Posted by av_mech

Still a little icy in Idaho to ride. But I tried...

How in icy hell did you manage to put it back on its wheels?

[av_mech]

Originally Posted by Lion BR

How in icy hell did you manage to put it back on its wheels?

It wasn't easy...

[cyclingtom]

Originally Posted by av_mech

It wasn't easy...

Av_M has probably developed good technique. I think he's picked it up a few times before.

BTW: How's the new business going?

[av_mech]

Originally Posted by cyclingtom

Av_M has probably developed good technique. I think he's picked it up a few times before.

BTW: How's the new business going?

Yeah, I've picked that bike up a time or two.

New business is ROCKING! Exceeding expectations in the first few months. Even getting time off to go play.

[cyclingtom]

Originally Posted by av_mech

New business is ROCKING! Exceeding expectations in the first few months. Even getting time off to go play.

Glad to hear it.

BCP Website is lookn' good.

[TekurRides]

Hey guys, I had a couple of questions regarding riding in dirt. I have dropped Scarlet (orange T800XC) twice in the dirt and both the times it was because of stalling. I understand that for the most part it is a lack of experience from my part than a problem with the bike. But I want to learn to mitigate the situation by making the bike as ready as possible for dirt. I have noticed that since I have gone out on dirt, when I stop the bike after a 20-30mins ride (on or off road) and switch off the ignition, I hear a draining kind of sound similar to the one the fuel pump makes on start up. Is this related to stepper motor/air filter? What are the basic periodic maintenance to be done on the bike while taking it off road often? With what periodicity should I clean the chain? Air filter? Do I need to grease the stepper motor?

Any and all suggestions will be highly appreciate. Pardon my ignorance.

[slider162]

Originally Posted by TekurRides

Hey guys, I had a couple of questions regarding riding in dirt. I have dropped Scarlet (orange T800XC) twice in the dirt and both the times it was because of stalling. I understand that for the most part it is a lack of experience from my part than a problem with the bike. But I want to learn to mitigate the situation by making the bike as ready as possible for dirt. I have noticed that since I have gone out on dirt, when I stop the bike after a 20-30mins ride (on or off road) and switch off the ignition, I hear a draining kind of sound similar to the one the fuel pump makes on start up. Is this related to stepper motor/air filter? What are the basic periodic maintenance to be done on the bike while taking it off road often? With what periodicity should I clean the chain? Air filter? Do I need to grease the stepper motor?

Any and all suggestions will be highly appreciate. Pardon my ignorance.

Sounds like a 15t sprocket is a good start. I haven't put mine on yet, but it should drop the speed from 8mph to 6mph.

[McKay]

The noise is the injection motors, its normal on shutdown. Mine does it every time I pull the key.
I lube my chain every time it goes off-road. If its only the street its not too often, maybe 300 miles.
Cleaning the air filter is a pain in the ass, I do mine around 800 miles.
I don't mess with the steppers as Im under warranty.

Originally Posted by TekurRides

Hey guys, I had a couple of questions regarding riding in dirt. I have dropped Scarlet (orange T800XC) twice in the dirt and both the times it was because of stalling. I understand that for the most part it is a lack of experience from my part than a problem with the bike. But I want to learn to mitigate the situation by making the bike as ready as possible for dirt. I have noticed that since I have gone out on dirt, when I stop the bike after a 20-30mins ride (on or off road) and switch off the ignition, I hear a draining kind of sound similar to the one the fuel pump makes on start up. Is this related to stepper motor/air filter? What are the basic periodic maintenance to be done on the bike while taking it off road often? With what periodicity should I clean the chain? Air filter? Do I need to grease the stepper motor?

Any and all suggestions will be highly appreciate. Pardon my ignorance.

[blacktiger]

Originally Posted by McKay

The noise is the injection motors

Wrong!
If it's the "faxing home" noise it's the stepper motor resetting.

No idea what an "injection motor" is.

The trick with the air filter is to buy the Unifilter.com.au pre-filter. http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/p5646.html Takes 90% of the crap out of the airflow, keeping the stock filter nice and clean. If you do a hunt on here quick, there's a group buy going.

[browneye]

Originally Posted by blacktiger

Wrong!
If it's the "faxing home" noise it's the stepper motor resetting.

No idea what an "injection motor" is.

The trick with the air filter is to buy the Unifilter.com.au pre-filter. http://www.uniflow.com.au/contents/en-us/p5646.html Takes 90% of the crap out of the airflow, keeping the stock filter nice and clean. If you do a hunt on here quick, there's a group buy going.

I was told the "built-in fax machine" was the ABS unit resetting. Makes more sense than the stepper motor, it's just a little tiny thing. That's just what I heard somewhere in my travels.

No such thing as an 'injection motor'. But it does sound like it could be an ECU unit, although I've never heard of one making hoise.

On this thread it references both items as making the noise: http://www.triumphrat.net/tiger-chat...er-1050-a.html

On another thread they thought it was the fuel pump/injection pump, which sounds a lot like the other reply of 'injection motor'. Could be the pressure pump.

Alas, it is all normal.

+1 on the Uni Pre-Filter. Another group buy getting going on over there.