Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

The weather forecast for this week (and next) doesn’t look very inspiring, so thought I’d get out today and make the most of the blue skies before the clouds rolled in later…

 

Thanks for the responses guy’s. I have never used them on any of my previous trips into Europe. I was going belts and braces following brexit. Not planning on riding at night, so I think I will just put them in my tank bag and see how it goes. If I don’t need them I will put them in the car for my next car trip in to Europe.

 

Just a quick update....

The rider who crashed yesterday has been, quite unbelievably really, released tonight from hospital and is now home with a bag of medication. Considering his post accident condition this is great news.

Although a contentious issue amongst some, restriction of choice and freedoms etc. it just goes to show the validity of the introduction some years ago of UK helmet laws in fatality reduction.

 

That is good news; thank goodness he avoided that gate post.

 

The gatepost in question....... padlocked and chained gate obviously now opened so not in view
The bike landed upside down where the guy in jeans is and the rider was 4 metres or so "directly behind the RSJ".

 

Now that would have been a potentially terrible outcome .

 

@Wessa: I am convinced that you can do without it on your trip. Your headlight is basically aimed at the area in front of yours and in my opinion it doesn't matter on which side of the road you drive. With double headlights then possibly the other headlight shines. What the heck!

 

Introduced my Cousin Alistair to his 'Ride' in my shed, He is Holidaying here in WA (Oz) for about Seven weeks and this will be his bike

A 1998 Triumph Adventurer (legend/thunderbird) were other models of the similar ilk .
There's four in the shed ...
Rear America, red 250 ninja Kawasaki, the Adventurer with Ali aboard and fore ground R side a Black Honda Hornet 900 early 2000's model.

 

Thanks @Markus , my conclusion is I won’t use the deflectors. The hi-viz stickers came this morning and I have fitted them to my helmet.

 

For the record, many cars also no longer dip left. I know it's not "a man thing" reading instructions but look in your car or bike owners manual (paper copies are getting rare these days) and it will say if any beam adjustments are necessary for foreign travel. Some will advise against any stick on deflectors as heat build up can damage the plastic lens.

 

I took it to work, then checked fluids and pads, so as to be ready for my upcoming trip to Spain.
All good.

 

@Wessa and @Vulpes, have a fantastic time riding through Spain!

 

Look forward to hearing your tales… and route choice. Have fun.

 

Tales will appear as I go - as for routes, the outward journey will take me two days. The first day I will ride as long as I can, all motorways, probably taking me past Poitiers. The second day hopefully a little bit more relaxed, some nicer roads. The last bit should be fun crossing the Pyrenees over the Puerto de Somport rather than a boring 8,5 kilometre tunnel.

 

So today was a bit of a drive...... as I went to round up a new member of the household and took it for a "ride" through the Brecon Beacons

 

This is just down from The Storey Arms and certainly made a nice ride round although with typical fickle Wales weather, blue skies dry roads one minute, monsoon with rivers across the road next.

 

The little tow car (Skoda Fabia 1.2 tsi petrol) did great towing the bike back and averaging 48 mpg.
Certainly a day out for it and yes the dash is in miles.....

 

Took a run up to Balmoral today, there was park and ride available from Braemar & Ballater as you weren't allowed to park in the car park or on the road, but as i was on my bike i found somewhere to park up and walk to the gates

 

Nailsea International Bike Show for @Helmut Visor and I today; about a 150 mile round trip and we had a good ride in very cooperative weather!

Lots of bikes there, nice atmosphere and decent food so a good day out was had!!

This one isn't my thing, but was probably the stand - out in terms of work put in which I can very much appreciate!

 

Today @Helmut Visor and I went to Bridgnorth (about 110 mile round trip) for the Italian AutoMoto Club Festival - lovely atmosphere but extremely crowded to the point you could hardly move. Loads of beautiful cars there and some bikes too. I’ll add photos when the Club put some on their Facebook page so I can nick them as we were very lazy (again) in terms of getting any .

Helmut of course rode his Tuono, given the theme!