Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Now that's creepy you've managed to get a ghost in the picture

 

Looks nice and warm in there and even room to move around I've got garage envy

 

Swap your autumn and winter for ours

 

I had “wet under the trees” moment at the MGP in 1990 when we were out for an early morning lap. There had been some heavy rain the night before and some wet patches remained in the sheltered parts of the course. Accelerating hard up the hill from Ballacraine the tacho suddenly flew round to the rev limiter, the bike gave (what felt like) a huge twitch and I almost cr*pped myself, not really knowing what was going on. There were wet leaves scattered around and the rear must’ve spun up and stepped sideways, probably no more than an inch or two.
The grunt on those oil cooled 1127cc motors is still impressive even by todays standards and of course no traction control or ABS etc back then. It’s funny how a moment like that tempers your enthusiasm.

 

At the weekend I was out for a ride with my son on his STRS, when I noticed one of the Powerbronze handguards I have on my bike was starting to work loose. Thinking (wrongly) that I could get home before it became totally detached I felt the bar end go flying off a few miles from home. It was pretty pointless to turn around and go and look for the missing parts which had probably flown into the nearest ditch, so I contacted Powerbronze yesterday (Monday) and they are sending out the parts I need today (Tuesday) via first class mail. So just a shout out to Richard and the guys at Powerbronze for getting me sorted so quickly. The parts weren't that expensive either, so I just thought I'd share the experience with you guys and gals. Well done Powerbronze. Note to self: put some threadlock on the fixing bolt next time! Lol

 

Just a quick update on the above. The parts arrived in the post today from Powerbronze. All exactly as ordered and for not much more than the price of a Costa coffee. I've refitted the handguard and everything is tickety boo. Very happy bunny.

 

I only have one Powerbronze part, the flyscreen on my Speed Triple. I've had it nearly since I bought the bike nearly seven years ago. Love it. Great product, great quality. Glad to hear they took such good care of you, @johne.

 

I have Powerbronze screen on my Honda and Triumph and think they're excellent. It's nice to know how good the company is when you need some help too!

 

Rode a bit in the local area, enjoying the last couple of weeks of fall color and running some errands. 50F temp with some sun, some clouds and a brief light-moderate shower. Picked up a few grcoeries, tanked up then put it back in the garage!

 

I organize our Sunday group rides so sometimes I just make an executive decision about where we'll ride. Today was one of those days, and my executive decision (with Steve's input of course) was to ride up Mt. Lemmon. I opted to ride my Speed Triple RS because--well, check out the map below. It was the first time we'd ridden up the mountain in months. No one was quite sure we hadn't ridden Lemmon all summer since it's always significantly cooler than Tucson at the base of the valley. But today it was glorious day for a ride up a beautiful, twisty-turn 25-mile road.

It's about 17 miles from our house to the base of Mt. Lemmon and another 25-ish to Ski Valley and our turnaround point. This Google Map just shows today's route from near the base of the mountain up to Ski Valley. As you ascend, you go through five biological life zones! The leaves were turning golden and the air was quite chilly the higher we rode. The altitude of the parking lot where we turned around is about 9,000 ft and the base is right around 2,500 ft. Wheeee!



We were surprised but pleasantly so when eleven people showed up at the gas station including Mike, the identical twin of our friend, Chris. We'd heard all about him but this was the first time we got to meet him. It was absolutely uncanny how identical these two guys are down to speech patterns and mannerisms, not just appearance. They surely are identical! Here's Chris on the left side of the photo and Mike on the right. And in the middle is Cassie, Chris's significant other and soon to be wife and baby mama.

We got a bit split up along the ride up due to traffic but all met at the top and took a brief break to stretch and for me to snap some photos. Speedy with one of the ski runs just beyond.






Looking out to the east valley on the opposite side of the parking lot and ski area



Russell was back out on his bike. This was his second ride since his total knee replacement just over two months ago. This is his bike and that's him on the left.



Some of our large group. We got split up going down the mountain to breakfast, too. When we got to the restaurant parking lot, one of the group told the rest of us that one of the new(er) riders to the group couldn't get his bike started up right away. He had a loaner Harley. The wonderful "coincidence" is that he's a mechanic at our Tucson H-D dealership and it took him about a nanosecond to diagnose and fix the problem. The arrived about 5 minutes after we did!

Back home after a fantastic ride. I totally forgot to take any photos at breakfast of our group or of good!



Speedy back in his home of shame. Just kidding. He has is ok out here by the side of the house.



And both of these covers go on when the bike has cooled enough. Pretty soon I won't need to put on the silver reflector cover because our temperatures are finally cooling down nicely.



It was finally cool enough to swap out my mesh riding jacket for this Speed & Strength textile one. That's always a sign that autumn is finally here!

 

Well, it was yesterday actually, but I gave the T120 the full monty at Trott Racing. Valet, ceramic coating and ACF50, so now completely ready for the winter.

 

Fired up the heated grips today for the first time in ages.
4.3deg over Holme Moss this afternoon and down to 3.2 coming home over Ringinglow. Not be long before the gritters are out. Boo!

 

Our temps here in Arizona are just now cooling off, @Pegscraper. Sounds like yours are doing more than simply cooling off. Question...what are "gritters"??

 

How the other half live!

 

Gritters are the trucks that spread Rock Salt on the roads in Winter, like they do in some of the colder States in the US, to help prevent freezing and thaw any lying snow. TBH they are a necessary “evil”, if they weren’t used there’d be even more carnage on the roads than there already is but we all know what salt water does for corrosion!
What are the lowest temperatures you can expect to see in an Arizona Winter Sandi?

https://www.clearwaygritting.co.uk/news-top-10-facts-you-dont-know-about-gritting-116

 

Yeah, what a bugger ! Darn !.. Darn !
Oops, did I forget to mention it's around 21o here , 72o-ish for you goldanged 'mericans ! .. at 8:30 AM !!
Boy's had old time speedwayer's first ride for end of winter this week ..... one guess who couldn't do it ? Seven weeks on /off excruciating shoulder pain, apparently brought on by having a headache specialist, ( lovely Irish woman ) freeing up discs in the neck and deep massage, etc ? She told me it could be a possibility for a bit, but the head moves three ways now ... so will be able to eye-up them car pricks that are out to getcha, better, so ... ??
20/30 miles and best to turn home while can still use clutch ? .. not trying to track down them Honda autos either ???
We'll get there ... christ, if my mate could ride his Trident .. and Big Block with one arm, who's to bitch, eh ?

 

Ahhh, what a good name for those trucks! I'm quite familiar with all the shite that gets spread upon the roads in the winter having grown up in Minnesota. And most of it ruins all things vehicular. Forgetting about that, I asked my nephews last winter if they were able to go ride their motorcycles when the temperatures were reasonably nice and they reminded their auntie about the "gritters". I'll have to give them a new descriptive vocabulary word.

 

I finished wrapping the black aluminum panniers with Black Vinyl Wrap Adhesive Film today to protect them from dings, scratches and my size 10 motorcycle boots!

 

They look smart!

 

Riding it!