Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Might make whiteways Sunday!! Depends on she who must be!!

 

had a run up to Braemar with a mate (i love that road!!)
comfort break at Glenshee ski centre

Then on to Braemar where the sun was splitting the pavements met a guy who had just picked up his new s1000r
loads of bikes on the road today,does nobody work!!

 

What a fabulous day to be out on a bike, dry, bright sunshine and just a touch of crispness in the air.

Visited Crofton Beam Engine near Burbage in Wiltshire. This is a steam powered water pumping station for the Kennet and Avon canal established in 1812....and its still running today.....a ton of water is lifted and dumped into the canal on every stroke of the beam engine......you can actually feel the walkway around the engine vibrating with the torque as the piston pulls up the water......if you are a steam fan get yourself along there for the Easter W/E......they are in full steam on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

Then onto Uffington White Horse Hill to enjoy the view across the Vale.....and this was the very spot where I launched my dads ashes skyward as per his dying request.....'boy, when I die, cremate me and load my ashes into a big rocket and launch me off of the top of Uffington White Horse Hill!'......well, in January it's not that easy to buy a great big rocket....but hey ho......a friend 'knew a man' and I bought the biggest rocket he had.....emptied out about half the filling in the head and filled up the space with as much 'of dad' as I could cram in there!!.....probably about a legs worth!.........gotta admit.....it looked spectacular, late on a cold January night when I launched him off!.....well, that's another 100 off of the Bobbers running in very pleasurably accomplished.....

 

What you need is a red one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232288983358?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

 

Mileage is too high

 

She's sitting in my garage crying for a new owner

 

At that price, it'll be a big saving on new for someone.

Out of interest, does the low boy Arrow come with a removable baffle?

 

Not from arrow you have to do it yourself its not too difficult just nerve racking cutting up the £1100 pipe
there's a thread on here about it somewhere of me doing mine.

 

OK cheers, I'll have a look at the thread.

 

My Speed Triple R got carrier away to the garage for its repairs to mudguard, radiator, oil cooler and one of the suspension after postman pat cut across me, it may be two weeks before the repairs can be done as they are so busy.

 

Hi Red,

....sorry to hear about your interaction with posty......

.....I hope you came out of the tussle better than your bike....

Cheers,

dickydido

 

Looks like I'll be switching from the Tiger Sport forum to the Speed Triple one next Thursday
I'm keeping the old reg plate though

 

Ice cream stop at the car park near to Goodwood race course.

 

Met crispey for a bacon bap at Whiteways cafe - Doris is in there somewhere!

 

Just got back after a ride out to see a bike for a mate. 25° here now, so settee, Formula 1 and a beer this arvo.

 

Brakes.
Rear pads fitted, have to take the bike to pieces to do it!!! Seat off, panniers off just to get access. Caliper all cleaned up, opened bleed nipple and pushed pistons in (didn't like to risk it again), and pads fitted. EBC to match the front.
Then refitted pad spring to the front caliper, had neglected to after all the hassle I had with them. But on a slow egg run yesterday and could hear them rattling about, so that needed sorted.

 

wee run through to Kirkcaldy then home via one of my favourite roads Glendevon to Gleneagles (A823) then on towards Crieff and back roads to Blairgowrie..home in time to watch the Argentinian GP should be a belter

 

Took a run down to Plymouth Barbican(old harbour area) for a Capt. Jaspers burger, lot sof bikers hang out there. Came across police and a couple of bikes strewn across the road on a particularly nasty bend on the way. Still ambulance and police there 2.5 hrs later, looked to be a lot af claret on the road. Hoping for the best fearing the worst, with the great weather a lot of bikes being dusted off after winter lay ups makes it inevitable I guess. Go steady out there!

 

Still got a Capt. Jaspers badge somewhere from when I went down there

 

Spot on there.
the wife and me went around the Peak District yesterday. inevitably went through Matlock Bath, lots of bikes around.
On the news later that day, a 2 bike crash on the A6 just south of the town, 1 rider R.I.P.

Curly

 

well on my way to meet Mr Lovatt and family I took the risk of being shot by a farmer and adding to my hayfever suffering and had aphoto op that couldnt be missed.
Apologies to farmers worldwide but i didnt ride the bike in and made sure my exhaust had cooled down a bit and kept within the tracks already laid down