Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

After 4 months our border was opened for travel out of Auckland. The rain cleared giving me a window to head to the beach for a decent 2 1/2 hour ride. Feeling it now, but loved every minute with very minimal traffic (first day open).



Everything was overgrown, but I see the council have repaired our drain





the new seat was magic, @Sandi T, with just a quick nature stop at Tairua on the Coromandel coast around the 1 3/4 hour mark.

 

Warm, dry and zero wind on a December day can only mean one thing; a bike ride. So got my gear on and pulled the Tiger out of the garage and headed onto the Cheshire roads. Not much traffic about so able to enjoy a super winters ride.

 

Weather was so nice, decided to have lunch on the beach



Down side of living slap bang in the middle of England is that I had to 'endure' 3 hours riding each way to get there



Was glad when the clouds rolled in for the last hour as I was riding into the sunset and juggling combinations of sunglasses and drop-down dark visor.

 

How much would $3600 au be in U.S. dollars, @Jadorff? I've never been impressed with the LiveWires' (over)pricing, although it has dropped from about $30K to around $20K in the United States the last I heard.

I had the opportunity to test ride the LiveWire electric Harley back in October 2020 at a dealership in the Phoenix area. I'd never been a bit interested but I thoroughly enjoyed riding the bike!! I did a little review that's included in a ride report thread I posted in October of 2020 if you're curious.

https://www.thetriumphforum.com/thr...-electric-livewire-and-the-low-rider-s.26729/



Relatedly, I just saw this article yesterday on www.motorcycle.com and found it pretty interesting.

https://www.motorcycle.com/features...re-public-announces-new-arrow-powertrain.html

 

Got my bits back from the painters. Couldn’t resist putting the easier parts on at the front. Think it will look much improved once finished.

 

Did the rear panel come of easily? i've got a small scratch on mine due to cargo bag rubbing it,not sure whether to get it painted or just leave it as a sort of battle scar!

 

I know that this isn't just harley d doing this but to drop the price by a THIRD and VERY likely to still be making a decent profit is a bit wrong IMHO?
That's just milking customers in my eyes and can't be justified.
Sure, r&d costs but 30%? wowsa!

 

Comes off easy Dougie. The usb box is a bit fiddly as you need to get that out (from below) to get to one of the screws.

 

But look at the fun you had in Ireland when you made that mark

 

I picked up my new (used) Moto2
Due to excessively challenged wankers at the dealership (not Triumph) who kept screwing up the paperwork (no loan involved), I had to hurry to help a waiting client. Hence only 11 miles for the first day's ride. Fortunately, the alternate to the highway has many nicely flowing turns, some fairly high-speed sweepers (not according to speed limit signs, tho).

When I saw this beauty on the show room, I was not even considering another, yet. But, after reading and listening to so many reviews, I went for it.

EVERY ASPECT OF THIS MACHINE HAS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS, BY A LOT!!
The turning in, holding the line, stability in the turns (almost the same?), riding position, varying places for my butt on the seat and the incredible midrange are all amazing! They are brand new Road 5's so I didn't lean it over as much as if they were already scrubbed in. (Had the dealer take off the Corsa's to save for a future trackday)
Needless to say ,I am very happy!

What a truly satisfying sports machine. Next, I'll take some real photos with a real camera!

And surely you all know that a good ride is better than bad sex. This bike is going to be better than just-ok-sex, too!

 

Since the winter weather is currently showing its "friendlier" side, I took the opportunity to ride my TIGER to the office again. It was a bit chilly as usual, but the roads are currently snow-free and dry.

 

Very nice Sleepy Owl, the princess has her lipstick

 

Happy for you Tripler, a new to you bike is always exciting, this sounds like love

 

I stripped the rear brake calliper on my T595 today and the pistons were both seized. I managed to remove them both with the socket trick mentioned on this forum and below, which was so easy and saved me needing to buy a special tool.



The pistons are pitted so a new seal kit and pistons are now on order.

 

Heated gear makes all year round riding possible, love it. Lunchtime today down the Curragh, Co Kildare, Ireland.

 

Can I please ask what the socket trick is? Sounds interesting after fighting with zzr1100 ones a few years ago!

 

Here you go, approx. 4 mins in to the YouTube video below.

 

Installed a dna high flow air filter
very pleased with the throtle response and a stronger high end, maybe my old filter was very clogged
.Very happy the fuel tank can stay , I hated that on the vstrom it had to be removed

 

Smokers lung...

 

Finished off the Rocket update today. Just the headlamps to sort now. Pretty pleased with the black
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And now.....