Triumph tiget brakes

[robin A]

Can anyone tell me how simple it will be to overhaul my front brakes on a 95 Tiger? is it something that REALLY needs a mechanic or can i, who knows one end of a spanner from the other do it? also anyone in the UK (or scotland) know a cheap mail order parts place for triumphs?

[Riq]

While I cannot answer your questions I can refer you to

triumphrat.net

They have general tech as well as model specific info.

[RayT]

Robin,
If you have any doubts about doing the work then I recommend you get the dealer to do it.
That said, I would rather overhaul the brakes on my Triumph than let anyone else do it, but then I'm very used to wrenching. it's not a tricky business provided you take care and keep everything clean ( the key to any work on brakes ). Get yourself a workshop manual if you don't have one (even the Haynes will do). Don't cut corners with brakes , if something needs sorting do it properly, since your life depends on it

(don't take this the wrong way - I don't know your level of expertise)

For parts I use Jack Lilley (www.jacklilley.com) and I have found them to be fast, efficient and extremely helpful - to the point of sending me copies of pages from the official Trophy workshop manual so I could work out exactly which parts I needed to fix my gearbox.

usual discaimer - no connection to company except as a customer , yada yada yada....

Ray

[robin A]

Thanks Ray

I think it all appears straight foreward, i have had the brakes on my landrover appart in various bits of desert, but that is tractor technology so i think i will give the bike ones a go, they can't be that different. thanks for the link to parts dealers.

robin