Completed 1000 km on Triumph Speed 400: 9 real world observations
The headlights are kind of okay but pair of aux lights will be needed if one were to go out touring on this.
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Just crossed the 1K milestone on this beautiful machine & here are some points based on my experience so far:
- Very tractable engine. Pulls effortlessly on ghat roads & straight roads alike from 3rd gear/25 kmph without any stress. I want to plonk this engine into frame of my ADV 390
- I wish the brake lever had lesser play. I raised this issue with Triumph guys during first service and they said they’re working on it.
- Heat on left hand side (inner thighs) is prominently felt during slow speeds (city roads or otherwise).
- The suspension is quite plush. Takes in all kinds of roads with ease.
- I am getting FE of ~ 30 KMPL in a variety of conditions. I think this is not bad for an engine of this capacity.
- The headlights are kind of okay but pair of aux lights will be needed if one were to go out touring on this.
- Triumph uses HP 10W-50 (fully synthetic) for this bike. I had taken Motul 7100 10W-50 with me and since it meets the specs (API SN+/ JASO MA2), the service guys were okay with it.
- The oil filter is shared with the Duke family . This means you can get the oil change done outside if you wish to.
- The spark plug too is of same make & rating as that of the Duke (Bosch VR6NEU). I have changed it to NGK LKAR8AI-9 without any problems.
Here are couple of pictures from a recent ride:
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