Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Today was second service, Oil and filter change

 

Well that was interesting
Bloody hell....what a difference a pillion makes to my BPOS
Told Frank he has to go on a diet FFS
BPOS handles like a sack of shit at the best of times and with a tub of lard like Frank on the back
But we made it back safely and now know I can get him and all our gear to Stormin the Castle so looking forward to that in two weeks time
Bring it on

 

The like was for storming the castle not for calling your mate a tub of lard

 

Nice one Andy, looks like you had fun........ Ah no pictures!
Wessa

 

Enjoy that route while you can. I REALLY hope the border checks don't come back for you all once B****t kicks in.

 

Has anybody seen this custom seat outfit "omega racer"?

https://www.omegaracer.com/parts_st...-Custom-Seat-Rocker.html#sthash.WAciY9ys.dpbs

The seats look amazing; has anybody bought one?
Wessa

 

weather was great here today too Andy had a run through various nearby glens on the cruiser with the mrs..braw day,,tomorrow it's back to rain though Is that bottom line part of the route we are doing when i come over? was thinking about next week but it's not looking good might have to be 2nd or 3rd week in September now

 

So.....been away for about a week...left blighty heading for France, Belgium,then Luxembourg,Germany & finally Switzerland to do the 5 passes around the Swiss alps. (Grimsel,Susten,St Gotthard, Furka & Nufenen......They were absolutely bloody fantastic, crammed full of motorcycles as you would expect of all makes from V-max to BMW`s (the choice bike out here). Here the police do have motorcycles but they are crafty...They don`t seem to chase anyone, instead they have observers on the higher bits of the pass taking your last few digits of your number plate then once at the bottom of the pass they just stop all bikers going through & check your plate. in fairness they are reasonably forgiving & don`t hassle you unless you are riding like a tw*t which is fair comment really.
My little Tiger did well considering she done just over 1750 mile in 7 days but suffered a puncture just inside the Swiss border. A emergency plug (Rema Tip top) was put in that said 60kph for a maximum of 400 Kilometers, but as it was a late Saturday afternoon & most places were shut Sunday & Monday on we went, in fact I did well over the 60 kph they said at times & exceeded the mileage by some 650 miles!!!! Nothing was going to stop me & my mate doing the passes as that was our objective, so up & down the passes we went all day with the plug in, luckily it was on the back & we did stop to check her over every time we stopped too. As we left Switzerland heading into France we found a Triumph dealer in Switzerland & only 30 miles out of our way. The website said it was open...Google maps said it was open & once we arrived even the bloody notice on the door said it was open, but it was poxy shut!!! Thanks triumph Switzerland, I owe you one. In hindsight I am glad now that it was as Switzerland is a very,very expensive place to buy anything. for instance a can of Redbull is £6!!!! & a slightly customised T100 in the shop window was 18,600 francs & a pound sterling equals 1 franc, so it would have cost me a small fortune to have had a new tyre put on her anyway.
Fond memories of some fantastic,smooth,fast riding roads

 

my wife kindly offered to cover for me this afternoon (if i make the t) so took a wee run up to Braemar
how about this place for the GMU..maybe a bit out of our price range though
Mar Lodge

just stuck the t in the oven..easy peasy

 

it's a shooting lodge, but you can hire it out for weddings etc..not sure how they would feel about a bunch of bikers taking it over though

 

Blimey Trev, the top box is bigger than the bike!

 

It's not ideal but it is jolly practical. Will possibly get the smaller 40 litre one at some point or swap the mounting plate and go for a 37ish litre Monokey instead.

 

With wet weather preventing me from riding recently I have been tinkering in the workshop. Latest project a 'points' cover, which does nowt to the machine except make it different and mine! It also finds a use for of a bit of 2024 1/4 inch plate I have held onto since doing my apprenticeship; - which I completed in 1966!

 

Great job, looks well, 1966 a good year and also a vintage mod

 

Haven't been on Doris for nearly a couple of months

So thought once I'd sorted Tracey I'd take her out and have some us time, she runs lovely!! Sorry @steve lovatt but I had one of your bacon baps

 

Had my roadriders fitted today
Put some miles on them. Fettled
My shocks ( decided to keep the
Tec ones on after I heard the facts
And nothing snapped on them )
Prettied her up . Ready for the
Classic TT Friday

 

Also had some Roadriders put on today ready for my NC500 trip. The Phantoms fitted as standard aren't currently available, so Avons it is.

 

Drove to Liverpool to board the ferry to the Isle of man

 

Just taken all the bits off the 800 and put it back to standard[all with one arm]so ready now for the BIG ride to take it and bring the 1200 back,only 290mls round trip but haven't rode for 2 months since the accident and cannot use my arm properly BUT have 2 weeks before this trip so going out shortly [with much trepidation] to see how I get on.

 

did you manage to get the accomodation sorted ok ?