Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Nothing! The sun is out and I'm on a driving holiday!!

 

Had our country ride .. or I should say, I did ! Was a little late, but knew basically where they were going, so away I went .. coupla hours later scratched head and headed home ? Rang mate to be told .. " Uh sorry, next week " !
Next week was good, nice ride with good blokes.. and on Sunday did the 6th memorial ride for our good friend, (and parts man) who unfortunately didn't beat the big C Nice to have a large turnout of those who held him in esteem, and also don't see much of each other these days ... and excellent spring weather !

 

Made my way to the garage this morning. Fired up the ST and observed the check engine had extinguished. Just like the shop manual said it would by George! Next up is the fuel g

 

Been away all month, nothing Triumph or otherwise has turned a wheel

 

New boots and front pads for the Tiger (rear pads were new as part of the sale when I got the bike 14 months ago)

EDIT - The cans are only taking the weight of the calipers rather than be left dangling on the hoses.

 

Front paddock stand looked to be x6 tins of beans to start with very precarious

 

Nope - look again
The cans are only taking the weight of the calipers rather than be left dangling on the hoses.

I’ve put a comment in the original post as I see where you are coming from

 

Yes I got that on a deeper look

 

I use a couple of bungie straps off the levers

If you want to do this and your bungies are the wrong lengths, commit x2 and chop the knot off, then re- knot to suit

 

Time to make up for lost time, @Helmut Visor!

 

Fitted a pair of Oxford Front Auxillary Lights (the cheap Chinese ones that were mounted on the engine bars when I got the bike fell to pieces).


They don’t detract from the indicator visibility and fit quite neatly.

 

Today was the first day I rode my Speed Triple in a couple of weeks, ever since he was "banished" from the garage to the back yard. Well, he wasn't banished actually but he (and I) had to make peace with living outdoors so Steve's new-to-him 2001 Fat Boy could take his place indoors. It's only fair since I already have (well, had) three bikes and a car in the two-car garage while Steve had one bike in the garage and a pickup truck outdoors in the driveway. Oh yeah, and I do love my husband more than my Triumph.

I posted some photos of Speedy's outdoor accessories on the "What's the Last Thing You Bought?" thread (cover, lock, Rid-A-Rat) along with a photo of my bike decked out in his new "jacket". Here are some photos that display Steve and our buddy, Russell's, handwork in the yard to provide some reasonable ingress and egress options for me. Once those nice smooth, hard pavers end, though, it's all dirt and rock from there!

BTW, this morning's ride was outstanding! 90 miles of fun in the sun! It's amazing how much I appreciated Speedy today and how INCREDIBLY glad I am that I did NOT decide to sell him but instead agreed to store him outside the kitchen window.

Speedy just barely fits on the foundation slab just under the kitchen window. Steve was going to put his Fat Boy here but there's no way it would have fit. Fortunately there's an electrical outlet about 10 feet or so away from the slab along the side of the house so I can plus in my battery tender and a bright light to keep away the packrats at night. And the wooden post works great for the lock and chain. Otherwise I'd have had to sink a ground anchor into the slab. We do have a gate at the entrance to our little neighborhood and it's very safe. But I'd added the lock and chain because I'd sure rather be safe than sorry!


The first step is to back up down the ramp and out through the gate.



Once I get through the gate I have to keep backing up and do a Y turn to aim for those small pavers which lead up to the front patio and over to the driveway. I guess it'll improve my slow speed off-road skills.



When I get home I actually ride through a flat(ish) path in the front yard then onto the large pavers, through the gate, and up the ramp.

 

Yesterday I went with thousands of other bikers on RTTW 2024
Ride To The Wall is an annual ride of remembrance to The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. An emotional and moving day.
My first time on this and I’ll definitely be there next year.
Anyone else from here there?

 

A ride out today for coffee and quiche at Terrington with my eldest son. This is the first rideout with him on the street triple R after he recently passed his test.

 

I’ve never heard of this before , otherwise I’d have been up for that

 

My recently acquired 2012 Tiger Explorer had been stored for 7 years since the head was replaced. After a thorough tank cleaning, replacing the fuel pump and sending unit it runs perfectly. However, the tires were 8 years old , the fork seals started leaking and the TPMS batteries were dead.

I replaced the TPMS batteries, the forks have been repaired and the new tires should be mounted tomorrow.

 

I think this is the 17th edition, apparently first one started with about 40 bikes; I've read reports on the facebook page of 7000 /12,500 bikes there this time- probably difficult to know the exact number but you'll get the picture.
I've only recently been aware of it through a mate who's been a few times.
An extremely worthwhile event but somehow it doesn't get huge amounts of publicity. There was article about it in the MCN a few weeks ago but otherwise you don't hear much about it.

4th October for 2025
www.rttw.org

 

I’ve put this in my diary for next year.

 

I went two years ago and decided from now on I will go in my own time when it is much quieter and I definitely won't be in the ride groups as there were too many idiots who had no idea how to ride in a group, it was positively dangerous and I am really surprised there haven't been more incidents/accidents.
The main reason to go on that particular day is to catch up, but I'd rather do that in a pub anyway. As an experience it's probably worth doing once but keep your eyes peeled at all times

 

That is useful feedback @Helmut Visor , thanks for sharing. Like you I have been to the site a couple of times, but never on the “ride to the wall” day.