Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Got his and hers out in the sun for a pre season check over and clean. The 2001 Suzuki has only 1495 miles on the clock and had never had MOT , it was stored as part of a large collection a year after purchase that the collectors family didn’t know about until he passed

 

Sunday ride with another Tiger 900 and a HD street
A more relaxed ride, the HD struggles with the broken pavement that the Tiger's just ride over without a second thought
A nice sunny Sunday with good company, breakfast was tacos with birria, the place was full with a long line standing outside, the owner was giving away free cookies to the people on line to keep them motivated
The wait was not even 10 minutes

 

"Mondo". On my America, if you got the whole factory kit, it came with the factory plug-in relay and all the original wiring harness and would go on and off with the ignition switch.[ I wonder if Triumph did the same on your model]. I added the factory kit to mine a couple of years ago. I am now converting them to LED's to save power when they are on and using yellow LED's to make me more visible in California traffic. Here are the bulbs I am using [available on the internet] ...J.D.

 

Turned the LED's on for the first time today ! WOW ! ...J.D.

 

Today I waited until 10am for it to ‘warm up’ to zero Celsius, then after brushing the frost off my bike seat headed off down to the Cotswolds



Rode on quite a few new-to-me roads, some planned and some forced by random road closures, and after 6 hours and 180 miles arrived back home.

 

Me I spent all day continplaten burning the ba###rd bike calmed down abit from that but still it's a thought

 

That's a long ride for such a cold day, @brown mouse! What gear do you wear for a ride like that of today? Beautiful photo, BTW.

 

She gets an LED headlight tomorrow. I'll post a picture when I am done. ...J.D.

HERE IT IS:

 

I just wore my waxed cotton motorcycle clothing with their thermal liners and extra layers of 'normal' clothing underneath, but I do have some battery operated heated socks and also heated grips which make all the difference.

With the clear blue skies you get quite a bit of radiant heat from the sun so it feels a lot warmer that the air temperature. Also, according to the weather forecast it was about 6C from lunchtime.

 

I got some heated gloves for my birthday last year they're great. Nothing fancy, just £30 ebay specials, not waterproof but just the job on cold dry Winter rides. 3 heat settings with the battery in the cuff and lasts around 3 hours on the hottest setting.

 

Finally attached a belly pan.

 

Looks good!

 

Went for a coastal ride today.

 

Gorgeous - that belly pan really brings the look together, looks even better in the wild!!!

 

Thanks Mrs V. much appreciate.

 

Not really one for gaudy colours, Koko .. but as Mrs V. points out, it looks "together," well done !

 

Thanks buddy!

 

So I was going to go out yesterday but I got cold in the morning doing other things, so that put me off especially with heavy looking skies.
Today was a different kettle of fish. Weather and sky looked far better.
I got the 675r out and gave it a quick prep as this was the 1st ride out for 2023. Tyre pressures were a bit down but otherwise all good.
First destination A1moto in York.

 

A quick look around some overpriced bikes and shiny tat but then down to the important stuff ......

BLT and Latte

 

From there I went to Infinity to try some helmets on as tempted to treat myself with mine being over 6 years now.

Previously I was a "Shoei head" so was naturally drawn to a GT air 2......
Ah but.....
The Arai Quantic actually felt a nicer fit.

But the Shoei visor attachment is still better for a quick detach and swill under the tap.

Oh no I thought this was a simple done deal, but no, so bought neither and will now have to ponder over them.