Triumph Speed Twin Maintenance Schedule

This is the maintenance schedule with associated service intervals for the Triumph Speed Twin motorcycles.

It’s very similar to those for other motorcycles with similar engines in the Triumph Modern Classics series.

This maintenance schedule applies to the following models:

• 2019 Triumph Speed Twin
• 2020 Triumph Speed Twin

Maintenance Schedule for Triumph Modern Classics

The following is the list of maintenance operations and to be done on this motorcycle with a distance or time interval — whichever comes earlier.

There are two kinds of service interval: every a) distance or b) time period. In each case, it’s the earlier of the two that’s most important.

Part of the below table includes checks you should do every day.

Operation Description	Every	500 (800) one month	Year	10,000 and 30,000 (16,000 and 48,000)	20,000 (32,000)	40,000 (64,000)
Lubrication
Engine – Check for leaks	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Engine oil – renew	–	•	•	•	•	•
Engine oil filter – renew	–	•	•	•	•	•
Fuel System and Engine Management
Fuel system – check for leaks, chafing etc	–	•	•	•	•	•
Throttle body plate (butterfly) – check/clean	–			•	•	•
Autoscan – carry out a full Autoscan using the Triumph diagnostic tool (print a customer copy)	–	•	•	•	•	•
Air cleaner – renew	–				•	•
Fuel filter – renew
Throttle bodies – balance	–			•	•	•
Fuel hoses – renew	Every four years, regardless of mileage
Evaporative loss hoses* – renew	Every four years, regardless of mileage
Ignition system
Spark plugs – check	–			•
Spark plugs – renew	–				•	•
Cooling System
Cooling system – check for leaks	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Coolant level – check/adjust	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Coolant – renew	Every three years, regardless of mileage
Clutch cable – check/adjust	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Valve clearances – check/adjust	–				•	•
Camshaft timing – adjust	First 12,000 miles (20,000 km) service only
Wheels – inspect for damage	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Wheel bearings – check for wear/smooth operation	–	•	•	•	•	•
Wheels – check wheels for broken or damaged spokes and check spoke tightness (if fitted)	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Tyre wear/tyre damage – check	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Tyre pressures – check/adjust	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Lights, instruments and electrical systems – check	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Steering – check for free operation Day	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Forks – check for leaks/smooth operation	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Fork oil – renew	–					•
Headstock bearings – check/adjust	–		•	•	•	•
Headstock bearings – lubricate	–				•	•
Rear suspension linkage – check/lubricate	–				•	•
Brake pads – check wear levels	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Brake master cylinders – check for fluid leaks	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Brake calipers – check for fluid leaks and seized pistons	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Brake fluid levels – check	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Brake fluid – renew	Every two years, regardless of mileage
Drive chain slack – check/adjust	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Drive chain – wear check Every 500 miles (800 km)	Every 500 miles (800 km)
Drive chain – lubricate Every 200 miles (300 km)	Every 500 miles (800 km)
Drive chain rubbing strip – check	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Drive chain rubbing strip – renew				•	•	•
Fasteners – inspect visually for security	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Bank angle indicators – inspect visually for wear	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Accessory rack sliding carriage – check for correct operation‡	–		•	•	•	•
Side stand – check operation	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Centre stand – check operation	Day	•	•	•	•	•
Centre stand flanged sleeves – check/clean/grease	–		•	•	•	•
Accessory pannier link mechanism – check for correct operation and adjustment‡	–		•	•	•	•

* Evaporative system fitted to models for certain markets only.

‡ Only if fitted.

General information about the Triumph Speed Twin

The Triumph Speed Twin is essentially a 1200cc Bonneville.

Its name goes back to the old 1938 Speed Twin, which was a lightweight 500cc parallel twin that set new benchmarks (at the time) in power and handling.

The new Speed Twin offers the power and handling of the Thruxton cafe racer, but with a more upright seating position, less weight (it’s even lighter than the smaller 865cc Street Twin!), and lower price.

Manual for the Triumph Speed Twin

The above maintenance schedule comes directly from the user’s manual for the Triumph Speed Twin, which is available on the Triumph web site.