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Ohlins does tend to be on the firm side but I am surprised the specialist could not set it up to suit your needs. Maybe a change of spring rate would help?

 

It had an 85kg spring on it standard and i am 115 but was still too hard.

 

Congratulations on your new motorcycle. Life it too short to be riding a bike, without a huge grin.

You won't have any trouble dialing in the suspension on the GT Pro for bumpy roads. Fork dive has been a problem for me, on my 2021 model, especially going into a turn to hot and using the front brake; it is not a sport bike. Hopefully the 24 and on have less fork dive.

 

Riding in southwest New Mexico for the past 10 days. Over 3,000 miles on the trip odometer. Moving to a new location in NM in two days, then the plan is south Texas and south Florida. Oil change planned in south Florida, God willing.

 

Nice scenery.

Plezier

 

I changed the oil in the Triumph Tiger GT Pro and did some detailed cleaning. It is ready for it's winter nap. Next up is to change the swing arm chain protector thingy. It came with the valve adjustment kit Idid at 10000 miles. Given it is winter and there will be no riding until at least late February I thought it would be a good time to change it so that is next. Never done that before on this bike but at least the swing arm doesn't have to come out!

 

Ok weird thing just happened the weather is quite nice today change from the recent rains so decided to runt the Trophy 900 up until the rad fans come on had to hit the starter twice to get her to fire up anyway got her running you have to watch the choke as it you just leave it after a short while she starts revving away an I mean 4,000+ so have the ease the choke lever down so she running at below 2.000 then keep an eye on it and ease it off totally once she warms up.

Now the weird bits when I rode her home from purchase the clock worked got home and was checking her over looking for the flasher relay I removed the battery the clock stopped working and nothing I did seemed to get it going again the buttons to set the clock did nothing it has been stuck at quarter past since then but when I looked at it it was not reading 25 past !!! Pressed the buttons and the hands moved so have now set the time and will keep and eye on it. When I turned her off the fans kept running like normal but today they didn't shut off after a while. Waited and they kept running so started the bike again let it run for a few seconds then turned it off and the fans shut off???

Like I said weird. Obviously the bike does not like standing not being used but there is not much I can do about that until the arm heals fully an according the the surgeon that will be next March an that's when he wants to see me again.

Plezier

 

I did a typical "UK fog ride" this morning to my office. Temperatures between 3-5 degrees celsius and lots of really wet fog. In the late afternoon it should be better.

 

All the best for your ongoing recovery!

 

"UK fog ride" is about right at this time of year .

 

Still out of action, however I was fed up taking off the swing arm finishing kit that has that stupid arrangement for securing them every time I want to use the Abba Stand. So I used some stainless 6mm bar with 10mm domed stainless nuts that I have on the shelf, measured and cut to length, used permanent thredlock on 1 domed nut, and it takes a few seconds to remove and replace, all in 15 minutes of work. Hopefully have the pins removed in the new year.

 

Very useful, they are a faff when an Abba stand is used!

 

Nice one. I flogged my Abba Stand a couple of months after buying it partly because of the faff involved in getting the bike (securely) fastened to it that nearly ended in tears on one occasion, plus for moving my bike around and getting it to fit tight to my back wall which was my prime reason for having one a normal bike dolly from Motea was far better. As far as using it for lifting your bike to work on the underneath was concerned if that's what you want it for it's a good piece of kit

 

Hi Littleade, for quick jobs I use my Moto GP front and rear stands, I use the Abba stand for more detailed work, especially when working on other bikes, I have a full fitting kit that accommodates most makes and models. It only takes me literally 5 minutes to set the Abba up, it took longer getting those stupidly designed finishing kits off, with the silly rubber expanding bungs.

 

Ahaaaa, I had the Abba stand thingy with the hydraulic lift and wheels on it. Rather expensive it was too

 

I know the one you mean. Like you, I would not feel comfortable using that model, I would be concerned it may tip over, especially when wheeling it around.

 

Overall I felt it wasn't really robust enough to cope with a 250kg GS. Moving the bike around was just a PITA. The wheels were small and hard, not much use on anything other than an extremely smooth surface (think dance floor) the wheels would get stuck in any small imperfections on my concrete garage floor, then the legs would flex so the whole thing stopped, rather than travel over the imperfections. Add the fact that the pivot point is under the hydrolic lift, not under the centre of the bike and the whole thing wants to rotate around that point when I tried and push it around my garage. The nearly ending in tears moment was the last straw. While jacking the skylift up with the GS on the bike slipped off it's mounting point on the left hand side. Luckily the bike was only about a foot off the ground and came to rest leant up against the hydrolic lift, had it slipped put on the other side it would have sustained serious damage. Whether it was operator error or not I'll never know, but I wasn't going to risk it. The way it mounted on the bike isn't exactly confidence inspiring as you screw a shaft into the mounting points on the bike and because of the way it's designed the 2 mounting points flex apart as you screw the shaft in. Again I do wonder if it's robust enough for such a big heavy bike. Balancing a bike tall Adventure bike while attaching it to the lift wasn't easy either, so all in all it wasn't for me.

 

I have a Kawasaki ZX1000 tank in the loft of the workshop in pristine condition but.......

The meticulous owner cleaned his bike with major OCD and despite being 3 years old, looked absolutely mint, everywhere!

Finished cleaning he took it off the Abba stand and it slipped
He thought he'd caught it with his knee......
Umm, maybe his knee was doing something to support the bike but the stand was also helping by punching a neat hole through the bottom edge and sharing the load

I have yet to decide how best to tackle it as it needs a dent removing and hole filling. He was so gutted he went out and bought a new one so as to not upset himself further.

 

Yesterday, took the Triumph for a mot - all good. Oil and filter change today after a run. Got 4l of Silkolene super 4 from the sportsbike shop for £30 - thought that was a good price.

 

Today I put a refundable down payment on a 2026 Triumph Tiger Sport 800 Tour in Carnival Red. This buys a delivery slot for March 2026 about the time the motorcycle season begins in Spokane Washington.

The number of motorcycles one needs is defined by this formula, N=N+1, where N is the number of motorcycles you own. The exception to this rule is when the garage space won't hold another bike. So today my FJR up for sale after owning FJRs for 15 years 10.5 months. It is time to go smaller. The Tiger Sport 800 Tour checks a lot of boxes. It has 112 hp with 62 lb -ft of torque, 20,000 mile valve service intervals, curb weight of 511 pounds, has a center stand, good fuel range, comfortable ergos and quick shifter. It will be a good complement to my 2021 Tiger GT Pro.

Here is a photo of the Tiger Sport 800 Tour.