Post by Reign on Mar 4, 2010 21:43:10 GMT -5
So I finally got around to making a build thread about my Triton ;D I know you guys must be anxious to hear what I've done to her, right? 
Well I'll start from the beginning! Here she is the first day I brought her home in April of 2009.
As you can see, she was looking pretty rough back then. She was ridden hard for over 3 years, and probably never had any maintenance work done aside from the occasional oil tank refill
When I first got it, it would crawl from a stop light at around 2 MPH until you got to the other side of the intersection, where it would speed up slowly until top speed. This was because the rollers had NEVER been changed, and were ridiculously flat. Also, it took at least 10 good kicks to get it started, and the battery was completely dead. Literally the first thing I did when I got it parked in that picture was remove the air filter and wash it in soapy water. After that, it started on the first kick 
Ok, so I'm rambling and you really don't care that much about exactly what I did. On to the "recent" pictures, and the "current" pictures!
Here's what she looked like right before the Polini Sport upgrade.
Looking much better than stock, wouldn't you say? This was late August, maybe October of 2009. The next 2 months, into November, were spent with the topend tore apart waiting for my BBK to come from Europe. You ask me "why did you tear the topend apart before you got the BBK?" and my answer is, because I had the BBK, but it was the wrong one, so I had to send it back and wait for the right one to come. I blame Jeremy from Enviromoto!
Just kidding Jeremy. Let me say, Jeremy was very helpful and patient, and did a great job of making things right, so I'd like to thank him.
Now, before I start rambling again (maybe I already did?) One other thing I had to fix was my electrical issues. From day 1, I had an issue with blowing headlights. I changed the lighting circuit from the AC stator supply to the DC battery supply, and ended up frying my wiring harness, stator, and rectifier, so I made my own LED headlight, tail light, and switched to near-hidden LED turn signals. This brought my current draw down to almost nothing, so I could run it from the battery. After replacing the stator and the rectifier, I decided to save some money and just make my own lighting/charging wiring harness, so now it's running dual wiring harnesses. One for all the electrics, and one just for lighting and charging. After seeing how well it was working, I decided to plant red projector LED's all over the place as "neons". It actually turned out very good. I have a few pictures of the old styling of LED, but I've since added 3 more LEDs. Oh, and my camera makes everything seem dimmer than it is in the dark. It actually is around 3 or 4 times brighter.
So along the way, I was doing cheap mods for a little performance. I got a LeoVince ZX exhaust, experimented with different rollers, clutch springs, torque springs etc. I think the best thing I've done to date is the Kevlar belt from partsforscooters.com. It was only $40, and it's amazing how much of a difference it really makes. If you've never used a kevlar belt simply because its more expensive, or you dont see a real need for it, just spend the extra money. You'll be extremely happy with the results. It doesnt stretch, it doesnt slip, and its just a tiny bit wider than stock.
There I go rambling on again. Well I made an air scoop with directions from this site ;D I had a brilliant idea on how to get a Vento Zip GT5 seat to fit on my Triton, and it worked great. I painted everything that was silver, red. Changed half of the black plastics to carbon fiber. This is how it looks currently.
About a week ago I finally decided to stop being so cheap and I ordered a few performance parts from autotech355, SPmotostore, and Brent Brent made me a custom boost bottle and gave me a hell of a good deal on it. I'd like to thank him for being so quick to make it, and also for all of the help that he's given me, and all of us.
This spring I will be updating this post with current progress after I install all of my new parts. The list for spring is as follows:
metal intake with reed valve and carbon fiber reeds
boost bottle
red translucent fuel line
red transparent hi-flow fuel filter
prodigy clutch and variator set
ball bearing seat for torque spring
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Well I'll start from the beginning! Here she is the first day I brought her home in April of 2009.
As you can see, she was looking pretty rough back then. She was ridden hard for over 3 years, and probably never had any maintenance work done aside from the occasional oil tank refill
When I first got it, it would crawl from a stop light at around 2 MPH until you got to the other side of the intersection, where it would speed up slowly until top speed. This was because the rollers had NEVER been changed, and were ridiculously flat. Also, it took at least 10 good kicks to get it started, and the battery was completely dead. Literally the first thing I did when I got it parked in that picture was remove the air filter and wash it in soapy water. After that, it started on the first kick 
Ok, so I'm rambling and you really don't care that much about exactly what I did. On to the "recent" pictures, and the "current" pictures!
Here's what she looked like right before the Polini Sport upgrade.
Looking much better than stock, wouldn't you say? This was late August, maybe October of 2009. The next 2 months, into November, were spent with the topend tore apart waiting for my BBK to come from Europe. You ask me "why did you tear the topend apart before you got the BBK?" and my answer is, because I had the BBK, but it was the wrong one, so I had to send it back and wait for the right one to come. I blame Jeremy from Enviromoto!
Just kidding Jeremy. Let me say, Jeremy was very helpful and patient, and did a great job of making things right, so I'd like to thank him.Now, before I start rambling again (maybe I already did?) One other thing I had to fix was my electrical issues. From day 1, I had an issue with blowing headlights. I changed the lighting circuit from the AC stator supply to the DC battery supply, and ended up frying my wiring harness, stator, and rectifier, so I made my own LED headlight, tail light, and switched to near-hidden LED turn signals. This brought my current draw down to almost nothing, so I could run it from the battery. After replacing the stator and the rectifier, I decided to save some money and just make my own lighting/charging wiring harness, so now it's running dual wiring harnesses. One for all the electrics, and one just for lighting and charging. After seeing how well it was working, I decided to plant red projector LED's all over the place as "neons". It actually turned out very good. I have a few pictures of the old styling of LED, but I've since added 3 more LEDs. Oh, and my camera makes everything seem dimmer than it is in the dark. It actually is around 3 or 4 times brighter.
So along the way, I was doing cheap mods for a little performance. I got a LeoVince ZX exhaust, experimented with different rollers, clutch springs, torque springs etc. I think the best thing I've done to date is the Kevlar belt from partsforscooters.com. It was only $40, and it's amazing how much of a difference it really makes. If you've never used a kevlar belt simply because its more expensive, or you dont see a real need for it, just spend the extra money. You'll be extremely happy with the results. It doesnt stretch, it doesnt slip, and its just a tiny bit wider than stock.
There I go rambling on again. Well I made an air scoop with directions from this site ;D I had a brilliant idea on how to get a Vento Zip GT5 seat to fit on my Triton, and it worked great. I painted everything that was silver, red. Changed half of the black plastics to carbon fiber. This is how it looks currently.
About a week ago I finally decided to stop being so cheap and I ordered a few performance parts from autotech355, SPmotostore, and Brent
Brent made me a custom boost bottle and gave me a hell of a good deal on it. I'd like to thank him for being so quick to make it, and also for all of the help that he's given me, and all of us.This spring I will be updating this post with current progress after I install all of my new parts. The list for spring is as follows:
metal intake with reed valve and carbon fiber reeds
boost bottle
red translucent fuel line
red transparent hi-flow fuel filter
prodigy clutch and variator set
ball bearing seat for torque spring
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
Here's what I got:
