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By Mike Grage, Tech and Customer Support at The Bonneville Shop and British Iron You might have noticed something, that those Keihin and Mikuni carburetors on your late model Triumph are not your grandpa’s Amal’s. But they are very similar in function to the Bing carbs Triumph used on your dad’s 1982 Bonneville Executive. Most of the time, […]
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If you’re working on setting up dual carbs for your bike, check out this guide. Peg from the UK is and an avid Brit bike rider and well versed in the ways to keep them up and running. Whether you’re setting up Amal’s or another brand, she wrote up the following to get your dual
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By Mike Grage, Customer and Technical Support at The Bonneville Shop written in partnership with British Iron, our Modern Triumph parts store. Right to Repair Legislation Introduced On February 2, 2022, H.R. 6570 was introduced to Congress and was referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Right to Repair Legislation has not moved
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…the forthcoming 1970 model year, which also saw the introduction of the thick 70-9711 carburetor flange O-ring, and the omission of the 70-2968 phenolic spacer on the T120R models. The…
Carburetor Mounting Orings: 622/101 Thin vs 70-9711 Thick Read More »
Background On May 1, 1969, Triumph published Service Bulletin Number 10-69, pertaining to the Amal Concentric carbs. The bulletin, which appears to have been influenced by the West Coast Triumph distributor, Johnson Motors, explains the changes made to the late 1968 and 1969 Triumph models to enhance engine performance in the 1968 models which were
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Carburation To understand the basics of Triumph carb tuning, it is necessary to understand what carburetion is, what it does, and how it works. Carburetion is the mixture of fuel and air to form an explosive mixture for use in an internal combustion engine. Engine’s require specific fuel/air mixtures to run properly and efficiently. The
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Current production Amal & Wassel carbs almost always arrive to us with adjustable ferrules screwed into the carb tops. While Norton and BSA utilized the throttle ferrules, Triumph fitted throttle cables with top-hat shaped ferrules designed to seat into the top of the carburetor. So, if you’ve purchased a new carb or carbs for your […]
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