Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

So glad the weather improved enough for a little ride therapy, @Fork Lock. That rooster is pretty funny. May your friend recover well enough to ride his Dyna Wide Glide.

 

Had a nice run out over Strines, first time for a while in dry, warm(ish) weather in blue skies and unbroken Sunshine, almost forgot what it looked like! A bit of run off in places but mostly dry, more or less salt free roads. Quite a few bikes had the same idea, lots of nods and waves except from twat suits on ditch pumps who are obviously far too aloof to acknowledge a peasant on a Triumph it seems. Otherwise pretty quiet roads.

 

I had a little jaunt out today, seeing as I am on my first night shift of this set at work tonight and the weather is nice. Just the 90 or so mile loop that I do fairly often in Wales when I want a little fly about on good roads. Loads of bikes out today!! .

 

Happy following yesterday’s ride that the replaced hose had resolved the slight coolant leak I’ve changed the oil & filter whilst the weather was still reasonable.


Was going to put the K&N back in but on opening up the airbox the filter I fitted September 23 (but only about 2,500 miles ago) still looked in very good order. Gave it a knock over a sheet of paper and virtually nothing came off it. Likewise the bottom of the airbox was very clean (I did vacuum both whilst it was out, as you do) so put the OEM one back in

 

Been there, done that, aligning trades needs a magician

Good luck.

 

Nice.
Came across an ICE road triangle last night and then x2 bends later slid on some mud crud

 

Staying upright I hope bud

 

Yep just a rear slide with an ar5e nip

First negative of this bike noted;
The headlights are exceptionally bright, excellent in fact and the beam isn't too high. Cars often flash as the suspension moves but a quick flick of full beam warns them off of leaving their full beam on
The issue is the top of the beam is flat with no left, kerb side, flick up. On corners, especially left handers on country lanes, the actual visual focus of the corner is into the darkness as the headlights light the hedge in front

I think the slide was just a flattened blob of mud, but it was enough of a warning to knock it off in the dark and slow down.

Obviously, from a manufacturing perspective, the headlights are then multi-country as described above and it doesn't matter which side of the road they are sold in. Sort of makes sense but not ideal.

 

I had a similar thing on an urban tiger Fireblade I was test riding on a York ring road roundabout when there was lots of construction going on many years ago, definitely heightened the senses only a well placed foot stamp on the ground saved me and my bank account

 

Shutting the throttle in panic mode is usually the death knell.
Keeping the throttle open, or even accelerating, usually helps but its something you can only learn riding offroad as you are fighting your own natural instincts.

If the above doesn't work inevitably it means you just crash faster