Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Lovely new bike @TRIPLE X. May it bring you miles of happiness!

 

Thank you kindly Mrs V.

 

Ready for day trip. Bend to Portland for The One Moto Show https://www.the1moto.com/ tomorrow. Up and over the Cascades from central Oregon to Portland and the weather looks good for most of the day. Promises to be another epic custom motorcycle show in one of the best venues for a big event like this.

Paws ready to rock

 

Don't forget your camera, and have a safe trip.

 

Well; with the 2001 Bonneville I did nothing because I fiddled with the 2005 that recently followed me home. Has some exhaust I can't identify on it, starts and idles well, but any throttle makes it backfire and appear to run lean. I was going to pop a set of OEM mufflers on but I could Not find the bastards! <g> I do have some carb kits but thought I'd try the stock mufflers first. No idea what jets may have ended up in the carburetors - so maybe I should have started with sorting the carbies but . . . . instead I fruitlessly searched for mufflers.

 

Just put some "Goop" tyre sealant (other makes available!) in my Street Cup tyres (wire wheels so has tubes). It has always been a nagging problem about getting a puncture so should now have a bit more piece of mind.

This is all very boring I know, but the Street Cup doesn't get too many mentions these days lol.

 

So long as you don't ride when it's much below freezing outside I have found that using water based Slime in all my tires means only changing tires when they wear out. It's funny with tubes - when you eventually take the wheel apart there are sometimes a number of small rusty spots on the tube where something (a nail or the like) has rusted away with the Slime still keeping the air in the tire. <g>

In UK there used to be a product called Puncture Proof which was at least as brilliant but now it's only sold in US for basketballs, soccer balls, and so forth. When it became hard to get I switched to Slime.

 

Today I was in charge of our day out, with me on my Street Triple and Helmut on his Tuono. I was after stamps in my Bike and Brew Passport as well as a lovely day out. We did about 200 miles on the route below:

We stopped at Crossgates for a drink (stamp in the Bike and Brew Passport):

Next stop Woodlands Cafe at Devil's Bridge for something to eat (stamp in the passport ):
Third stop for a drink (and stamp!) was The Owl's Nest, Llandovery:
Lastly, we had a delicious ice cream on the way home at Oakchurch:

 

Mot time for the 765 today -
passed no problem
I was instantly reminded why I've kept this one for so long as soon as I set off; what a great bike it is. Left home at 07.10, mot'd and back in bed for 09.00 with a cup of tea for the wife

 

Out Sunday on the street twin integrating a few errands into a country lane ride around with the wife.



Then on to Skipton for a bite to eat.



A nice steak pie and they have a tea/coffee machine.

It was at this point that I remembered BSB was on tv, so a quick thrash home ensued.

 

Found myself a bike meet somewhere close to work (cheers Google) so thought i would take a trip and see what was there

 

Yesterday I made use of the lovely weather before my night shift and did a bit of stamp collecting for my Bike and Brew Passport, I met Helmut at the Silver Fox Cafe as he was riding his Nightstorm home from work and we went to the Oily Rag and then back home together. About 130 miles done on the Street Triple.

 

This morning I took my Street Triple and Helmut his Tuono, we went the long way round to HR4K and then a convoluted way to Shobdon for a spot of lunch, 82 miles in total in absolutely gorgeous weather. There were some lovely Triumphs at Shobdon .

 

Hope you're enjoying that new Speed Twin, @TRIPLE X. Could you share a bit more of your thoughts about the bike? I have a friend who is drooling over that model and I'd like to share some info with him from someone "in the know". Or may you have shared a review elsewhere? If so, let me know where you've posted. Thanks!

 

A "Bike and Brew Passport", @Mrs Visor. That's piqued my interest. I may need to start up something like that for around Tucson.

 

"Cheers, Google!" is right @Helmut Visor. I may need to follow your lead if checking in with "the Google" leads to events like this lovely one you found nearby.

 

Honestly the uptake has been huge - good for getting people out and mingling, good for the businesses that are part of it (many are small family - run cafes etc) and raising money for good causes too!. https://makeyourmark.wales/passport/

 

Had a rideout to Nunnington hall yesterday as it had a season opening free access day. A very nice building and grounds, now owned by the National Trust.
Hard to imagine a previous owner having access to £150,000 back in the 1800's to allow him to purchase it.
We then went home via Ampleforth and stopped off at the Abbey tearoom. Nice food, a generous slice of red pepper and tomato quiche (vegetarian friendly) washed down with tea
Both were lovely buildings and architecture, and I often marvel at their construction, given the equipment and resources they would've had at their disposal at the time.

 

I've only put a few hundred miles on to date so it's early days and still giving it some mechanical sympathy running in. Early impressions are positive and I'm pleased with my purchase. It's comfortable and easy to ride and seems to have enough go for the roads I ride here in East Anglia. Negatives are more annoying than serious such as no underseat storage, in bright sunshine cannot read the speedo and no owners handbook supplied (you have to download your own). I've just fitted an accessory centre stand for home maintenance and will be fitting other accessories soon such as a radiator guard and some Triumph cosmetic bits. I'll report back after it's first service at 600 miles and can give it some welly.