Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Welcome, @curiouscat. You can check with @Havit, our helpful Admin member, who I'm sure will be able to answer your question.

 

Looks like a fun day out, @Wessa! I love that bus bar. Those clouds look quite ominous. I hope you stayed dry!

 

What great photos of the reptiles, @Markus! And dessert, too. I'm not keen on snakes but like lizards. We have a lot of both here in the Arizona desert. The unlikely combo motorcycles, reptiles, and ice cream makes me smile.

 

A rubbish Bank Holiday forecast turned into a beautiful sunny evening so had a run out into the Peak District to kill off some early Summer flies.

Sunset over the Monza fuel cap.

 

@Sandi T: I had to whole time there an unpleasant feeling in my stomach. I don't like snakes either.

 

Brilliant photo mate…

 

@Markus - assuming you have a T120 with OEM engine bars, can you just confirm that they're no wider from one side to the other than the handlebars? It would actually be brilliant if you could measure the width of the engine bars as fitted when you get a minute

 

Local ride for me yesterday and commute today, both on the Street Triple. Was going to swap the bikes over but couldn't be bothered to rearrange the garage to put the Blade at the front when I got back yesterday (or today ).

 

@learningtofly: I just had a look at my Bonnie.
The original handle bar is 78 cm wide.
The engine bars/crash bars are about 59-60 cm wide.
They are not original Triumph ones. I bought them in Germany at www.motea.com. The price was around €62.- (Euro/pair). You can get them in black or chrome.
Best regards from Austria.

 

@Mrs Visor: I can really understand you! I have the same problem in my garage. Due to my every day usage of my Honda to get to the office and back home at the actual temperatures the Honda is parking in front of my T120. During the upcoming warmer months I will have to decide to my mood daily.

 

I am pretty good about swapping usually....the Street Triple can be nicer for an early shift though if I have to go through town when it is busy as it is milder mannered in traffic, less work for the clutch hand . Most of my commute is fast, flowing roads though so enjoyable on either. It's a very nice "problem" to have.

 

A day off work today so prioritised some bike time.
A trip out on my faithful Explorer and been down to the Brecon Beacons. The bike is great and still feels as good to ride as when it was new. An enjoyable 350+miles and temperatures up to 19 degrees down there, not expected and a bit too warm for my winter jacket!

 

Wonderful pictures of your ride!

 

I seem to be in the same boat as you regarding your garage configuration, @Mrs Visor. Most of the time I select my bike based on the type of ride I plan to do and also my mood. But sometimes I just can’t be bothered to move bikes around and so I go with the easiest bike to get out of the garage.

 

That’s great, Markus, thank you.

 

I know the feeling Mrs V. I haven't used the Husaberg in a while now. It lives at the back of the garage, the ZZR is kept on the Skylift so I can move it round easily and the Triumph sits right at the front so tends to be the first choice (plus she's my favourite anyway but don't tell the other two!).

 

Commute today; eventful and very time - consuming way home.

I was about to leave but someone said the route I usually take was possibly blocked, so I decided just for once to do the motorway just to get back. I got the 20 miles down the M5 needed to join the M50…and the M50 was being closed for an incident, so I got waved on round the roundabout. Unable to stomach the 20 miles back up the M50 in rush hour as it is noisy, stinking, boring, full of lunatics etc etc I decided to do one more junction and come off at Tewkesbury, heading home via Evesham etc as the evening was nice. However it was still rush hour so pretty congested and slow - and added 46 miles to my usual route home . I would usually enjoy it, but have to admit I was pleased to finally get home…in hindsight repeating 20 miles back towards work on the M5 might have been better but I still would have had to find a way around the nightmare that end too . Still it was better than sitting in a car in traffic…

 

@FellZebra that looks lovely; it was surprisingly mild today - I was even driven to shed a layer for my journey home from work .

 

I used that A46 run many times as a delivery driver when the M5 was out of action. Always enjoyed the run along there and there are some nice faster bits of it too, within the speed limits of course Officer.

 

I fitted a new cam chain tensioner spring to my 865.
What a pig to get back in but got there in the end. The adds for them say replace if under 73mm. The new spring was 76mm and the old one was 69mm.
I was getting a funny noise when not fully up to temperature seemed more off throttle. Haven't been for a run yet so don't know if it is/was the issue, will update sometime in the future.