Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

The 675r still brings a smile to my face and I couldn't foresee any of the other bikes, both new and nearly new, offering more.



The rawness is it's appeal!

Oh, plus the underseat exhaust keeps your right buttock toasty if you keep it reving

Today the roads were very mixed so the odd little wheelie or lock up under braking all adds to the experience.

No abs, no traction control, odd squirm and slide..... within reason has to be good doesn't it

A loop round of 75 miles or so seemed a fair start to the season and back home in daylight with only slightly chilled hands.

 

Looks like a great day - being of far less experience than you, I was extremely conservative taking my Honda out the other day as I was keen to avoid squirms and slides . The roads are so very slippery at present; but hoping the wet weather forecast for midweek materialises to given them a thorough wash.

 

I did a similar comparison a year or so back. I have always been a fan of Arai helmets, I have several other cheaper brands and Shoei has been recommended to me on a few separate occasions. I too hesitated because of the difficult Arai visor attachment and removal, which hasn’t changed much since my old 1990s Supervent. I also like the internal tinted visor option on other helmets.

HOWEVER, the slightly cheaper Arai Debut won the day for me for comfort, shell size and I have also retrofitted a new Pro Shade, which is fab.

 

The Arai had a bigger, easier to put on, opening and once on felt nicer than the Shoei.
Don't get me wrong, the Shoei fit nice and certainly acceptable but the Arai had an edge.
The Shoei drop down sun visor was a bonus but an additional £100 for the Arai sun visor was taking the p155.

 

overnight trip to the coast

 

Electrics ?? Sit the fuel container next to the *****ing thing and stare at it with a raised eyebrow ! I've found walking past, totally ignoring it while muttering " bastard .. bastard ... bastard is a help. Doesn't help make it go .. helps the tank being smashed in with a hammer though, before the petrol treatment !!!!

 

@Armando Morales that looks absolutely stunning!

 

Is there something wrong with it?

 

A quick ride out to the ZOOM cafe with a mate on his MT07 tracer.
Definitely cooler today than yesterday and the roads dustier with salt.

.. and thought I'd have a Latte and BLT for a change

 

What is worrying is the potential for a syrupy disaster with a pot of syrup to pour over the pancakes behind your meal that are on a flat board . Looks nice though .

 

Lol.....keen eye @Mrs Visor .... my err.... tubby mate on the mt07 made me laugh when he ordered that.
He gave me some discussion on why people shouldn't always pick bacon and a full breakfast as its too many calories. He then proceeded to order pancakes and syrup, sugar and carb overload
When he'd finished he said "what do I do now with the kids cricket bat?"

It is nice food there and I'd recommend it.

 

Nothing unusual, just another run into the Peak District after lunch, past the now overflowing reservoirs. Remember the hysteria back in August/September when they were barely 25% full. Dry and very dusty roads, just as others have found. We need some overnight heavy rain to wash all the sh*te away. When the bike gets covered in dry salt dust I use the industrial vac with a soft brush on the end and an airline which gets most of it off prior to washing.

 

If you scrub your adjustable levers against a wall, or similar, and scratch them but then think of how best to repair them, note the following.
Previous owner had scrubbed the ball ends and so being aluminium showed silver rash on black levers.

No problem says I ..... a quick strip, powdercoat and rebuild.

Well life (& death) gets in the way and so time rolls on. Some of you may remember I had these powdercoated a few months back and they've sat in the workshop waiting patiently ever since.

With hindsight, probably not worth the effort for £50 /pair.
You'd need a super slim socket just to get them apart and thats after resolving the previous threadlock.

 

TEC do similar levers for £50/pr.

 

I wonder if something like this could be used touch up damaged powder coating, maybe with a heat gun?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26611514...osg1tMacxHeszWO8npnGsHYLK7ay|tkp:BFBM5pWH_8hh

 

How would you get it to stick prior to heat?
Plus I'm not sure that would look right as initially you would be repairing anodising not powdercoating.

 

Excellent, all looks great !

 

If the item is small enough to suspend/insulate you could induce a static charge in it to attract the powder and make it stick well enough to avoid being blown away by the heat gun. The finish might be good enough to touch up small scrapes in not too obvious places.

 

@Armando Morales

Ahhhhh, Armondo, that photo is absolutely gorgeous! What a setting. I think you could turn that into a poster and sell lots of them. Or at the very least hang that one on your wall. Beautiful! How was the ride itself. Looks like the weather was cooperative, too.

 

Thanks Sandi
weather?
sunny, not too cold 9C was the lowest, and 31C the warmest
the camp site charged $7 / person
fresh fish cooked at the kitchen $15
cold beer $1/can
no cell coverage, but wifi available at $3/day
Nice 2 lane twisty roads , the danger was getting distracted by the views
Ride destination : Maruata, beautiful beach on the pacific coast
About 700kms round trip