Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

and thanks @Sandi T for more info...but about that Sunday ride it was a chance for me to get a little more used to the new bike and I had a brief opportunity to test the brakes and was super pleased . Perfect weather, country roads, and picked up a couple of loaves of bread on the way home

 

Yeah ones enough eh

 

Says the guy with the gay avatar.

 

i only ever use my phone so that is probably why I don’t see it

 

I ended up taking the bike to Apex Motorsports yesterday, which was the previous Triumph dealership. They said one of the problems they had with Triumph was being bullied to get more indoor floor space for their bikes. The more recent place that went out of business, Pikes Peak Triumph, had plenty of space but not as many customers as Apex, who does a lot of dirt bike work. Dirt bike riding is one of the most popular pastimes around here, as we have limitless logging roads and single track trails.

 

I happened across the pineapple old man, which if you look closely is a stock photo with watermarks. Ha ha ha. Must be from some royalty free photo CD.

I changed my profile picture to one of the actual person listed, albeit in a silly thinking man pose.

 

cogito ergo sum...

 

The primary salesman at the Tucson Triumph dealership that took over the one that closed told me something similar (and he worked at the previous dealership, too). He said that Triumph has very particular requirements for not only amount of floor space but also how many units can be displayed for that amount of floor space (the key being that bikes aren't crammed together). Triumph USA also has requirements relative to the design of the space. The dealership that went out of business didn't really follow any of these requirements. Our current dealership does and, honestly, it shows. And the salesman is selling bikes as fast as he can. Now that's not only Triumphs he's selling as they also sell KTM and Kawasaki as well as used bike trade-ins. The Triumph area of the dealership is really well-designed and looks extremely professional--dare I say "enticing" (but then I'm easily enticed when it comes to motorcycles). Meanwhile, the KTMs and Kawasakis are pretty stacked up in their respective areas on the rest of the showroom floor with little attention to design or spacing. I do think it would be hard to tease out whether all of the design and showroom floor requirements are the primary influence on unit sales, though, as the entire dealership is run pretty differently from their predecessor. And the economy and other variables are at work, of course, too.

Hope things went well for you at Apex and that that's a viable option with Pikes Peak going out of business, Tim!

 

You look much younger now, Tim!

 

New colour..from white to black and powdercoated red wheels...today I will fix the problem with the long gps cable....hope for a dry day now.

 

Love it! Comment from the handsome husband, "Oh, wow! That looks really nice, doesn't it!?" He tends to be rather reserved in his expressions so that's saying a lot.

 

I went to see if I could add this Rocket to my garage but it wont fit

 

Fitted the engine bars and the new tyres today. A 4mm HD tube went in the front but it seems they're not made in 17". I almost bought a new standard Michelin tube for the back but decided I might as well keep the original. Dang! if I haven't pinched the tube on the refit so get to do it all again! The original tube looked quite thin (that's my excuse anyway) so I'll see if I can pick up a Michelin locally.

 

Picked the Thruxton sprocket up from the platers

 

Did 100 miles, 10 degrees so not bad. Great to get out, and clear my head.

 

went for a ride 25c here nice day

 

Daytona 955i now has fully working electrics - previous owner's indicator bodge sorted.

Now to get on with the jobs that led me to remove the left side panel in the first place - throttle and clutch cables

DS

 

The standard factory plating (zinc?) on practically every bike I've owned has been shite. Forget salted Winter roads, a few wet rides in Summer and the corrosion sets in. My quick/easy/cheap fix has always been to clean up the sprocket and spray it with silver (or whatever colour you want) wheel paint which is durable enough and lasts the life of the sprocket. I've just done the SS rear sprocket after 4K of mostly dry rides.

 

Had a run down to Shropshire on the tiger today. Stopped at Ma Bakers for a brew and fruit cake....