Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Great day! 5 hours in the saddle. Grateful!

 

I have not done that, will give it a try. I store and lock my helmet in the top case so its utility is made evident on a regular basis!

 

Yes I can appreciate that but unless you are leaving the bike out of site and unattended so as you don't want to be carrying a helmet around it's understandable but if it is just a coffee break take a leaf from @Mrs Visor 's book and keep it in view and include it in your pictures I'll only use mine if I'm going away to use as part of my luggage you will feel the difference give it a try and it'll save you a bit of fuel as well

 

Despite my recommendations to try the bike without the luggage it still is a tidy bike with it on and does suit the bike and doesn't look to cumbersome I was going to go for the 800 sport fully loaded but my issue is I wouldn't hit the first service or post run in service within a year going on my historical riding habits so I went for a low mileage second hand Tiger 900 with the extras that someone else Paid for but since owning the Tiger I've had my enthusiasm to get out improved 100% almost like when I started to ride back in the early 80's when my knees could take the punishment so could of gone for that lovely cosmic yellow bike but I am happy with the 900 does what I want with all day comfort it's now never me who signals for a break when out in a group it also helps I don't need to stop for a smoke break anymore.Anyway enjoy that bike and get out in any configuration

 

Rode it! A short trip of local errands.

Inflated tires to 34psi front / 42psi rear (they were both ~7psi low).

Adjusted the bottom of the clutch cable.

Cleaned the chain w/WD40.

Lubed the chain w/Dupont Chain Saver.

Cleaned the inside of the top case with a wet nap/handy wipe type of cleaning wipe.

 

Went out for a “test ride” on the Scrambler today, the test being to see if a MIL light fault from yesterday repeated itself. The light came on while sat around 65-70 on a dual carriageway, no symptoms at all, power loss, hesitation or misfiring etc. I pulled up and switched off/restarted the engine and the light stayed on so I continued my journey, around 40m, again with absolutely no symptoms at all.
Back home I plugged in Dealertool which threw up P230 code, “Fuel relay fault”? and deleted the code, putting the light out. I did the same run today and “give it some” but no MIL light and again, the bike ran faultlessly.
Hmmmm, strange.

 

Ride day!

 

Could be just one of those things a slight surge in charge or drop off a sensor jolt on a pothole might never happen again if after the fault was cleared it stayed off that usually a good sign anything serious it would come on and stay on

 

Let’s suppose for a minute I wasn’t such a hands on DIY biker and didn’t have Dealertool, I’d be faced with contacting a dealer and arranging a diagnostic visit which, even if it was free would still be a bit of a faff, not to mention the interim worry that something is wrong with your pride and joy. Is this really progress?
Bring back carbs and magneto ignition I say!

 

Rode almost 200 miles and burned almost a whole tank of fuel! Beautiful day, sunny and mid-70sF.

Mostly rural farmland. Autumn color is at peak. This photo is near home.

 

A spare set of points and a condenser, change out of a fiver

 

Fall color trip close to home today.

My first experience riding in less than perfect conditions. Grey skies, on and off mist/light rain, damp roads and wet leaves. The wet leaves, acorns and large walnuts are the biggest concerns for me. Acute low speed left turns on damp roads are unpleasant. I want and need the practice and I am “riding easy” as a friend with decades of riding experience says to do.

 

Right hand turns for us British

 

So I read this as typically British conditions but you failed to mention the potholes, maybe a bit different over here?

 

I remember going to the Sulby Hotel for breakfast (on the IOM)
I arrived miles first having lost Alan (a previous employee of mine) despite him being on a " fast bike these things" Hyabusa 1300 and me being on a 1000, and my mate on a 675 triple. I asked what the problem was, to which they both said.... it was wet under the trees

 

Funny! I have driven in England several times and agree the mist on the windscreen is aggressive and persistent, to say the least.

Mother Nature, having the upper hand as she always does, chased me off the roads.

After a coffee break I got back on the bike and rode home in light showers with 30mph gusty winds. 10 degree F temperature drop made for cold hands but not unbearable.

I put the machine in Rain Mode out of curiosity and because conditions warranted it. I did not perceive any change in behavior.

Roads were wet, but not flooded, and rain was continuous, but not heavy. Good practice for me. I rode easy and enjoyed the training.

Tanked up and put her away wet but warm and happy!

Only one photo from the ride, hands were cold and wet and I was pining for the heated leather of the Cayenne!

 

Pic from yesterday’s ride. 2-man Triumph biker gang. His 2021 Tiger 900 GT is a nice machine. Obvious power when accelerating away and great exhaust note.

 

Rode it! 1.5 hour local tour around lakes and along wooded roads. Lovely autumn color! Low 50sF and sunny!

 

If it is like rain mode on my Street Triple, I find the ABS / traction control will activate sooner if you muck about and the throttle response is smoother. I initially rode mine in rain mode when I first got it as it was my first post - test bike, then road mode and now it is very, very rarely out of sport mode . I always forget that I have rain mode now and have only ever used it perhaps three times more in absolutely biblical downpours with flooding when I have had to go out e.g., for a booked service.