Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Discussion in 'Triumph General Discussion' started by flapinflares, Mar 7, 2013.

  1. This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Learn More.
  1. Ducatitotriumph

    Ducatitotriumph Crème de la Crème

    Apr 25, 2019
    2,181
    1,000
    Rothwell
    where do you go for MOT's please?
    I used to go to spenders m/c but will go more local if there's anywhere recommended?
     
  2. learningtofly

    learningtofly He’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy!
    Subscriber

    Sep 25, 2018
    1,984
    1,000
    Hertfordshire
    Taking it to Ivinghoe Beacon - it was such a beautiful day that I didn't want to waste it.
     
    • Love You Love You x 1
  3. MadMrB

    MadMrB Elite Member

    Dec 24, 2018
    3,562
    800
    Northamptonshire, UK
    RGS Motorsport in Wellingborough http://www.rgs-motorbikes.co.uk

    If you scroll towards the bottom of the homepage there is a link where you can book an MOT.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Thanks Thanks x 1
  4. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

    Jul 2, 2020
    2,256
    1,000
    Peak District, Yorkshire
    I took the Street Triple on a run around the country roads of Yorkshire and Derbyshire today for a spot of breakfast. It occurred to me as I was riding that I couldn't remember the last proper ride I had on it. I only put it back on the road this year and I've been using the Ducati for most trips, especially for two-up journeys. (Shouldn't have to worry too much about that any more now she's got her full licence.)

    I still think the suspension needs sorting out - I'm sure it's less compliant than it used to be; some bumps are quite jarring.

    I also reminded myself how much I need a dark visor for those damp mornings when the winter sun glares brilliantly off damp roads. Couldn't see a damn thing on some stretches.
     
    • Like Like x 8
  5. Iamtheonlyone

    Iamtheonlyone Senior Member

    Jul 23, 2019
    190
    143
    The North
    #14365 Iamtheonlyone, Nov 4, 2020
    Last edited: Nov 4, 2020
    • Like Like x 1
    • Useful Useful x 1
  6. ChasChas

    ChasChas Marxist Scum

    Aug 9, 2020
    518
    243
    Kent
    Getting a lid with a drop down dark visor was a good purchase.

    I can also pretend I'm a fighter pilot, so bonus.
     
    • Like Like x 3
    • Agree Agree x 3
    • Funny Funny x 1
  7. ChasChas

    ChasChas Marxist Scum

    Aug 9, 2020
    518
    243
    Kent
    SJs and Jimnys are bloody capable tools
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Useful Useful x 1
    • Agree Agree x 1
  8. ChasChas

    ChasChas Marxist Scum

    Aug 9, 2020
    518
    243
    Kent
    Dunno your budget Duck, and I've done an enforced winter when really too bloody old on an unsuitable (fireblade) bike so I really feel for you.
    Honda HRVs turn up cheap, I bought a rustbucket for 500 quid and passed it when it's MoT ran out eight months later for over 250. I love SJ suzis but they're getting a bit cult status and demanding prices above their value. There is def cheap 4x4 stuff if you've no brand loyalty/predudice and think laterally
     
    • Like Like x 1
    • Useful Useful x 1
  9. ChasChas

    ChasChas Marxist Scum

    Aug 9, 2020
    518
    243
    Kent
    It's bloody hard work riding a bike through winter. What a leisure rider might not appreciate is that at six in the morning the roads ride a lot different to when they've had a bit of traffic and the sun is up. I'll shake your hand here Duck and we'll poke eachother in the eye for laughs elsewhere on the forum when the occasion demands ;)
     
    • Like Like x 4
  10. MotoDruid

    MotoDruid Member

    Nov 1, 2020
    34
    13
    Indianapolis, IN
    I have been in the habit of riding to work this year as my situation favors the bike commute once again. I always used to ride to work when I lived in the UK. In fact, even though I had a car I would usually ride unless the roads were icey. I lived in Knowle on the south of Bristol and worked out of Frome as a driver for Western Vinyls. The ZX9R was pretty good at keeping the elements off you if you went fast enough, and given I was in my late 20's I didn't care much about being cold at 4.00am on a Monday.
    Throughout my office career in Cincinnati with P&G I would commute on the bike most days on a Multi or a Diavel when the weather was fairer, and then again when I lived in Tennessee I would commute on a bike unless I was dropping off the kid at Day-Care.
    However, until I got this Speed Twin, pretty much all the other bikes had a fairing or screen of types. Now I find myself wanting to ride the Speed Twin over the S1000XR at 7.00am in the morning and while the fly screen and Rukka jacket keep my trunk toasty, my skinny legs wrapped in thermal underwear and cargo pants get a bit chilly when the temperature near freezing point. I need to get some thin waterproof windbreaker over-pants.
    Where's all this going?
    Well, as this is only my third week of ownership I am a little bit surprised to discover how much heat the water-cooled twin exudes when at a stop light or plodding along in traffic at low speeds. It certainly helps. In order to aid this good fortune I felt I needed to aid the breathing so I installed a nice free flowing air filter and removed the snorkel, and what a difference it has made. Much recommended as an aid to cleaning up the on/off throttle response at partial throttle. Next will be a Booster plug to cement the deal.
     
    • Like Like x 12
  11. Sandi T

    Sandi T It's ride o'clock somewhere!
    Subscriber

    Dec 3, 2018
    21,606
    1,000
    Tucson Arizona

    Well, I saw my Speed Triple loaded up and carted off earlier today to my local dealership which Mr. Sandi and I fondly refer to as "Triumph World". They'll work on getting my clutch problem figured out since a couple of recommended simple fix-at-home attempts didn't work. As I said in my post from Sunday, I'm hopeful it's a simple fix but am very glad that it's still under warranty. The service manager said that even though I bought my Speed Triple two years ago on Nov. 23rd, Triumph allows a 45-day grace period for the warranty so I had more wiggle room than I originally thought. Hopefully I'll have Speedy back and ready to ride by this weekend!
     
    • Like Like x 19
  12. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

    Apr 27, 2016
    11,318
    1,000
    North West England
    Good luck with your bike
     
    • Agree Agree x 3
    • Thanks Thanks x 1
  13. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

    Mar 25, 2020
    1,692
    800
    Aix Les bains - French Alps
    Heated grip installed and working. Let the winter arrive, I'm ready!
    Those Daytona DT11 are really neat. The integrated switch is really nice and discrete.
    PChauff.JPG
     
    • Like Like x 16
  14. MadMrB

    MadMrB Elite Member

    Dec 24, 2018
    3,562
    800
    Northamptonshire, UK
    I've been looking at those very same Daytona grips for my bikes. How easy or difficult are they to install?
     
  15. Hubaxe

    Hubaxe Good moaning! aka Mr Wordsalad :)

    Mar 25, 2020
    1,692
    800
    Aix Les bains - French Alps
    They are easy to install. Like all others heated grip you'll have to rework the throttle plastic tube to make it perfectly round and remove lines. In this kit no glue included. I personally use Loctite black silicone joint I had laying there , but adapted glue exists.
    Electric connection is straight forward, thanks to the integrated switch.
    I personally wired this on the accessory circuit, after a relay,
    It can be connected direct to the battery. The grip wire having it's own fuse.
    The overall quality feels great.
     
    • Like Like x 2
    • Thanks Thanks x 1
  16. Octoberon

    Octoberon Crème de la Crème

    Jul 2, 2020
    2,256
    1,000
    Peak District, Yorkshire
    My other half has one of those. It's cool but my Arai still has plenty of life in it so I'm not changing yet.
     
    • Like Like x 2
  17. Stramasher

    Stramasher Senior Member

    Jun 10, 2020
    475
    113
    ex-0141
    Well not today but hopefully at the weekend I will finally adjust the Speed Twin rear shocks to see if it will stop it trying to put me in a hedge.

    Have to take off the exhausts to do that! ( I'm going to snap my keyboard in half just thinking about that.)
     
    • Funny Funny x 8
    • Like Like x 1
  18. Stramasher

    Stramasher Senior Member

    Jun 10, 2020
    475
    113
    ex-0141
    Its not really though is it. Free of other twats on bikes holding you up filtering etc.

    Although it was this month 6years ago riding into work on sheet ice I said, "WTF are you doing?" I had the chance also to get coach driven to work if I took a secondment. Took it and sold the hack.

    I am now a fair-weather fairy/weekend warrior, trying to avoid being a statistic come March/April. Apologies in advance for my de-graded riding skills, poor decision making and down to a snails pace and 50 pencing round corners with a mere sprinkling of "rain."

    Yours humbly. :yum
     
    • Funny Funny x 9
  19. darkman

    darkman Crème de la Crème

    Oct 26, 2015
    7,545
    1,000
    Southcoast of the UK Earth
    Rebuilding forks and fitting a tyre.

    20201105_144354.jpg

    20201105_144403.jpg

    20201104_142234.jpg

    20201105_144128.jpg

    20201105_145710.jpg
     
    • Like Like x 19
  20. JtC

    JtC Elite Member

    Apr 20, 2020
    2,720
    750
    New Mexico
    An amazing transformation on the forks. Looks like hard work -not that that is a bad thing . . .
     
    • Agree Agree x 7
    • Like Like x 4
Loading...

Share This Page