Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Ok, sounds like a plan when the weather improves.

 

I took my new Speed 400 out for its first proper run. 104 miles in the Yorkshire dales. Ran like a dream and shows 84 mpg average fuel consumption, while gently running in.

 

Took the tiger out and did the lakes loop Seascale -greenodd-bowness-grasmere - keswick and back home. nice 110 mile run and thankfully at this time of year traffic wasnt too bad.

 

Your photos gave me a flash from the past,
thanks for the memory reminder.
I went there some 30 years ago for a family meal get together when my first in-laws, and wife, were alive.
Cound straight and the A49 were a bit of a racetrack in those days and I never saw a speed camera despite spirited riding/driving.

 

What a beautiful spot, @Mrs Visor! Glad you got a dry day to ride...finally.

 

Miles clocking up now on the new bike and first service booked.
Much as I liked the Street Scrambler, (I've had 2 and loved them) I often thought a 1200 version would be my ideal bike, enter the 1200X which feels just like a big piston SS. The X is more road focused than the off road specced XE which has much longer travel suspension which isn't what I wanted.

Likes so far are:
The engine, obviously.
The suspension has more travel than the SS and with the 21" front wheel is a much better ride on bad roads, which is most of them round 'ere! Slightly slower steering but no big deal.
Very similar looks and riding position to the SS, good!
Did I mention the engine?

Dislikes:
Not a big fan of the instrument binnacle, it just looks a bit out of place on a retro classic IMO but on the plus side it does have much more functionality with lots of info available via the easy to use nav buttons.
The traditional one piece seat is a much better design than the daft two piece item on the SS.
Can't think of any more.

 

Your new ride is looking good, @Pegscraper! Glad you’re getting some good weather and miles on the bike. What is your first service interval mileage on that bike? I just did the first service on my new Street Glide due at 1,000.

Thanks for sharing your initial thoughts on the bike. Please keep us posted as you continue to ride it more and more. Enjoy!!

 

The first service is 600 but the service is 3 weeks away as the dealer is very busy so I may go over that but it's no problem.

 

Yes, now I remember that's what the first service was for my Speed Triple, too. I went over by about 100 miles for my Street Glide but have gotten a lot less OCD about being right on the money for the dealer service intervals. I do have one riding buddy who is VERY particular about his service mileage. He'll even ride around to get the mileage nearly spot on before bringing it in or forgo a Sunday ride to avoid going over!

 

Managed to fit the air horn in the same place as it was mounted on the street scrambler although space was a bit more limited so new brackets had to be made up. I mounted the horn unit on the RHS a few days ago, it's around 12mm from the exhaust header but is far enough away for heat not to be a problem. The 1200 scrambler is no lightweight at @230kg but there's not a lot of free space on these bikes. What with ABS, electronic rider aids, ECU's, all the emissions kit and sensors everywhere, the wiring loom is huge and way more complex than in days of old.

 

Went out for a ride yesterday, around 100 miles, on the freshly rebuilt (x3 time don't ask) forks. Took the wife for FnC at Stamford Bridge as they are very nice from there.
Then through the lanes around Leavening and onto Seaways for coffee.
A lot of the small lanes are really muddy and the riders of a StreetTwin aren't the most protected in terms of road spray, especially with no rear mudguard.
The new Motone front mudguard worked as well?? as the old one so no issue there.

Here's a few pics.










Original plastic mudguard now replaced with aluminium Motone one after my youngest snapped it off

 

Carried out annual service on my 1050 Speed Triple RS including oil and filter change. Checked that everything was in order ready for MOT in next couple of weeks. Good job I did as the horn refused to honk but managed to coax it back to life by fiddling with that little tone adjuster screw.

 

Had a couple of hours out on the bike today
A grand morning out. Sausage and tomato butty at the 59 cafe then out toward west end res, Greenhow, Grassington, Littondale, back of Pen y Ghent, Settle, over the top to Airton, Gargrave and back home. Lovely to be out in the dry for a change.

 

Nice
I picked out Pen y ghent but then the cows threw me, nice run.

 

The cows are on the top road from Settle to Airton in Malhamdale. There’s always a small herd of them up there.
Just in case anyone is wondering, I did not go into Lancashire, Just looked over the border. So need for decontamination ..

 

Didn't know if you were going into Littondale?

 

A run out in some very windy conditions today and a quick stop on Tideswell Moor, around 1400ft ASL, for urgent release of some bodily fluids. Not sure what the wind speed was up there but it was blowing left to right and very close to blowing the bike off it's stand.

 

Trying endlessly to figure out why my bike has developed random misfires. I've been reading threads and tested my pickup coil / crank position sensor today, reading 196ohms cold and 260ohms warm after a 20 mins ride. I'm not sure if this would count as out of spec, does anyone have any advice?

I have previously removed air box, O2, ai, shorty silencers and ttp map. Coil, leads, caps and plugs have also been changed.

Thanks in advance.

 

I came up out of Littondale toward Settle then left Settle via the moor road to Airton. That’s where the cows are.

 

Engine bars back from powder coaters and duly fitted. A much better look than the OEM bright silver finish I think.