What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[gautrek]

I have just done a quick job on my TDM. I have purchased some hand guards which will be arriving soon. The ones I have ordered are from one of the newish Triumph Adventure bikes. They look like they will fit with a bit of fetteling. While i was looking at the bars today to get an idea of how to fit them I decided to tidy up one area which has bugged me since I got the bike.

There are bar end wieghts fitted and they don't seem to fit very well. As you can see the one on the twist grip seems to be sticking out too far ( the other side is the same) . The heated grips are also slightly smaller than the tube and the white plastic part sticks out. Are these wieghts standard and did TDM's come with them?

 

So today I cut the white part down so its level with the end of the heated grip part, modified the weight and move all the controls on this side in slightly. So now the weight looks a better fit with the grip. I will alter the other side soon but will wait until the hand guards turn up as I ma need to modify the weight to fit them.



The only issue I had was I didn't know the twist grip assembly was held in position by a small dowel through the bars so couldn't understand why they kept moving. So I did have to drill another hole closer in. I will order some stainless hex head bolts so I can remove the crappy cross head bolts which hold all these controls on.