Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

On the day that I rode my new tiger 900 home from the dealer I picked a a three inch bolt.
RAC man tried to repair it, it failed. I took the bike to F&B who also tried to repair it, that also failed. I ended up with a new tyre. Pissed off that the brand new tyre on the bike had only done circa 40 miles. He definitely will do a repair.

 

I did a 330 km ride with my Rocket for some business activities in the city of Salzburg. The weather was dry but not really nice. Lots of stormy wind and most of the time very cloudy and about 12-13 degree celsius. Tomorrow at lunch time I will do my ride back home again. The weather forecast looks much nicer too!

 

Today I started my tour back home in nice weather like it was forecasted. BUT: The forecast missed a hard rain, which accompanied me the last hour of my ride.
Therefore I "dived" with my black "2-wheel submarine" over the highway. Tomorrow I will spend some time to get my Rocket clean again.

 

The worst part of ownership...the cleaning!!

 

@Mrs Visor:
You are so right! I own 2 bikes but I am responsible for 3.

 

Introduced it to its replacement - 2021 Kawasaki Ninja 1000 SX

 

Enjoy your new bike!

 

Today I rode to Halfpenny Green (Wolverhampton Airport) to see Lee at TriumphTech for my Street Triple's service. Always a pleasure to see Lee and the only "extra" that the bike needed was a new set of rear brake pads .

 

That bike has certainly seen its share of rainy weather, @Markus!

 

Enjoy, @Dustywheels!

 

Sadly 1050 Speed Triple RS had to go but now got a Speed Twin 900. First ride out yesterday around the Norfolk coast about 130 miles and it's a nice bike to ride and handles well.

 

Do you notice the drop in power between the 1050 and the 900? Was there a particular reason why you changed your bike?

 

@TRIPLE X:
Your bike looks great!
Enjoy it!

 

My 75 years old bones are no longer compatible with the Speed Triple although my brain still is (I think!). Got mild arthritis and was struggling to mount the Speedy due to the high pillion perch. The Speed Twin has a flat low seat so is more manageable. The Twin has less than half the power of the Triple but has the high torque engine so is still good for fast safe overtakes but obviously not as ballistic as the RS. I loved the RS and wish I could have kept it but needs must. At least I am still riding so it's not the beginning of the end yet.

 

Thanks Markus. I certainly enjoyed my first ride in glorious sunshine.

 

Thanks for the response @TRIPLE X . I get exactly where you are coming from. Good luck with the 900 and keep on rolling.

 

Cheers @Wessa

 

@TRIPLE X Happy new bike day

 

Ta very much

 

The Bike and Brew Passport event started today, so I had a short sleep after I finished my night shift and had the honour of being Bringsty Vintage Cafe’s first stamp . I also went to Sally’s Place in Malvern, so about 90 miles today as I chose the scenic routes.