Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

What were the bikes we are trying to match the grips to?

 

They are all triumphs. They could be from the following:
Thunderbird LT, Street Twin, Speedmaster, Speed Twin, Thruxton R and a Tiger 660?

An outside chance also a Sprint ST 1050.

Any help appreciated.

 

Need to narrow it down to 3 bikes including year of manufacture if possible. Set 1 appears to be for a cable operated throttle so that would be Thunderbird LT, Speedmaster or Sprint ST 1050. Are they all for 22mm diameter bars?

 

Ok, I will try and get the year of manufacture, not sure I can whittle them down though I will try.
Yes they are all 22mm grips.

PS: thanks for looking

 

I have updated my original post in the tech section, so as not to derail this one.
https://www.thetriumphforum.com/threads/handle-bar-grips.44271/#post-662233

 

I am off work until Friday, so took advantage of the beautiful hot weather and did about 177 miles today on my Street Triple, getting some stamps in my Bike and Brew Passport, stopping at Montford Bridge Cafe Shrewsbury, Inglenook Cafe Welshpool and Ty Morgans Rhayader.
This was the route, give or take a few minor alterations:

Inglenook Cafe:

Ty Morgans:

 

Might give the last 2 a try sometime soon. We went to the Poolehall cafe last week, and that was very good.

 

Poolehall has really gone all in, even sorting the car park for motorcycles. The last two cafes were really nice, I go through Rhayader all the time, but very rarely stop. I will again now though for this cafe for a change from my usuals.

 

This was last night, Barton bike night.
Two 765's and a Kawasaki H2 went for a ride over and nosey which is about a 120 mile round trip after work.
Here's a few pics.





A nice bike,

 

And here's a non Triumph, two stroke theme pic collection from the same event.
Did I mention I like two strokes

A pretty tricked up elsee


That was a lovely condition 3MA TZR with the reverse cylinder configuration, carbs at the front, exhausts on the back.



And what teenage dreams were made of, back in the day.

 

This was for me, the star of the show



Yes it's a 2012 Yamaha R6 but not just any old bike, this one has a trick up it's sleeve

The guy stood next to it is the owner and builder and I had an interesting chat with him after.
The finish isn't a vinyl wrap, except the hugger, but is actually a slightly copper coloured special chrome paint, all £5k of it

Plus it's MAGIC!!!

The guy has created a wonderful idea that many kids last night were totally in awe about. Down the side of his bike boots is a magic wand
He gives the child instructions, wave it this way, wave it that. If you do it right, a clockwise wave starts it up etc.

I have a video but not sure how to upload it here.

With a wave of the wand, the lights come on, another wave and the engine starts.
Point to the sky and it will rev up.
Point to the floor and it stops.
DaDa

The kids faces were a picture



Note the magic wand in the kids hand

 

And I didn't realise that the police were now using Yamaha Tenere 700's



A good multipurpose bike for catching scroats on, especially ones that think they can just nip over the fields to get away.

 

Today I went to meet three friends (two riders, one pillion) for coffee at HR4K and then we had a little ride out and I showed two of them Bringsty Vintage Cafe, which they approved of very much . Not many miles, nothing exciting to write about, but great company in this lovely sunshine, so very much a lovely day.

 

Earlier in the week it was hotter than a hot thing (30+ deg.) but today was comfortably warm at low to mid 20's so I went for a nice ride around the Norfolk coast. Now have 1043 miles on the clock and really liking my new Speed Twin 900.

 

Ah, knees the ultimate betrayal, Hope the consultant sorts you out sharpish. Tiger will still be there, itching for a ride once you’re fixed. Meanwhile, live vicariously through the rest of us hooligans. Heal up.

 

Ah, knees the ultimate betrayal, Hope the consultant sorts you out sharpish. Tiger will still be there, itching for a ride once you’re fixed. Meanwhile, live vicariously through the rest of us hooligans. Heal up.

 

Ah, knees the ultimate betrayal, Hope the consultant sorts you out sharpish. Tiger will still be there, itching for a ride once you’re fixed. Meanwhile, live vicariously through the rest of us hooligans. Heal up.

 

So a rideout with a friend and his group today, and I don't know any of the others so not sure what I'm letting myself in for

Is it just me, paranoia running with unknowns, or could it be fun?
Let's wait and see.



Awaiting their arrival at the start point.
X3 Kawasaki sx1000, x1 BMW and x2 765rs including mine.

 

A nice run up to Hawes for breakfast.



Good food in there, our group of six varied between the full English breakfast and beans on toast. They all looked good and sensible prices, mine was spot on.
From here we went to Sedbergh, a quick fuel fill up for the x2 765's, the sx1000's have 20 litre tanks, and we're off again to Tebay.

 

Show offs .