Repairs done on my Trident

Well, don't let it eat you. There is very little ever wrong with this bike. I'm ever so happy with it. Just some things I want to share with other Triumph owners around the world (should you be able to find this page).		Reactions are most welcome
When I buy the Trident in 1994 it's 2 years old and the odometer reads 8200 km. The evening I pick it up, the two rear light bulbs are dead. Both of them. And since it's getting dark fast now... hmmmm. These bulbs give up about every 8000 km as it appears. Mostly almost simultaneous within a week.		The little piece where the clutch cable enters the carter was replaced before I bought it. As it should, according to Triumph's service bulletins. Apparently under guaranty.
	At 19.000 km I had White Power springs (front) installed and 10W forkoil poured in according to WP specs.	It really improves handling and reduces bouncing under heavy braking. Nice.
The ignition unit was replaced -free of charge- after 20.000 km. It had functioned fine, but Triumph considered it to be below specification quality and replaced the lot. Great service!!
The starter ring broke at 29.000 km. Man that made a frightening screaming noise. Like the starter was sharpening itself Triumph replaced it, free of charge with the new, more solid model. It was a know design flaw..		The gearhouse (1^st model of the engine!) had to be honed a little to accommodate the wider ring. Special equipment was sent down to my dealer by importer Greenib. Good service, again.
I tried the Michelin Macadam twice. At first it gives a very good ride, but the front tire wears in a triangular way. After some 6000 km this begins to show and from there on it starts to be felt too (or is it in my mind?). Not very nice.		My friend experienced the same problem on a Yamaha Diversion 900 and a colleague had it on his Honda CBR600. The rear tire goes on for more than 12.000 km, so that's not bad at all. I'll try Bridgestones next.
	The speedo cable broke at some 38.000 km. I replaced that myself. Cool.
After a little over 40000 the (original!) chain was passed its time.		A new chain and sprocket set found its way to the Trident.
	As announced: when the Macadams gave up (yeah triangular again) I had Battlax BT57 fitted at 38493km early 1999. Doesn't look so good, but steers well. I'm curious about its life-span.
Well this became a mysterious one... at some 47.000 km the brakelights wouldn't come on. The bulbs were OK. I even measured 12V between the poles with the brake pulled in... as long as the bulbs were taken out. Huh? And since I don't have a degree in electro engineering...		... Mercuur, the local Triumph dealer was to be consulted. They were more straightforward (and experienced), took out the switch, short-circuited the wires and... yo! brake lights. A new frontbreakswitch was a matter of seconds, and presto!
October 2000, at almost 50.000 km more switches started to give up...	main beam flash rearbreak light fan activation (oops, it turned out to be the fuse, should've checked that myself!) Start breaker (that's really not the first time, it happened before. The jiffyswitch was cleaned and repaired several times, but the problems appears still to be there)	It can well be because the Trident is always out (under a cover) and we live near the salty Northsea?