What Have You Being Doing With Your Non-triumph Today?

Agreed they do look ok, I thought maybe you had put something on them as they do look very clean

 

Motorex moto protect is brilliant for cleaning engine and plastics! Not cheap though

 

What I've been doing with my non-Triumph H-D Street Glide since returning from our eight-day (with seven days of rain) Southwestern U.S. road trip......

Washed...and washed....and washed it. I do believe this is the dirtiest a bike that I've owned has ever been! Just when I thought I'd gotten rid of all the road grime and grit, I'd take another look and realize I'd only removed another layer and had more to go! Now I have more empathy for those of you who live in places with rainy climates.


Two days later--today--I brought it in for my 5K service. My bike turned over to 4K as well as 5K during our travels so I was a bit past due. My pocketbook was glad that I'd bought the maintenance package for the 1K, 5K, and 10K services when I originally bought the bike.


The dealership doesn't open until 10:00am these days. Nice in the winter but not so much in the dead of summer. It was a little "toasty" on the ride home. For us here in Tucson, 25% humidity is pretty high. So you can see that the feels like temperature higher than the actual temperature. And having been up in the mountains for nearly a week in balmy temperatures, I was feeling it today. We only live 10 miles from the dealership, though, so it wasn't bad for long.



Tucked safely in the garage, all clean and shiny and serviced. And eager for another road trip!


Oh, and I bought another FOB!!! (An inside joke for those of you who've read about my "fob incident" in the thread I posted about our road trip adventures.)

 

Had a great time playing round the beautiful Antrim Glens this morning. Have to remind myself how lucky I am sometimes. Its not Scotland but there are stunning roads and if your out reasonably early, no traffic cherry on top is doing it on a big V-twin! The ultimate road bike

 

Had a few hours this afternoon riding around Glen Isla, went up a track as i didn't know where it lead, turns out after a few miles it ends up at someone's Farm House


Glen Isla which is next to Glenshee has some lovely roads, not as good as Glenshee but still pretty good

 

Went for a short ride,stretched the little 550s legs

 

Seven of us rode up Mt. Lemmon this morning. It's the first time I've ridden up Lemmon since last fall and the very first time I've had my Low Rider S on the mountain. It was great fun to ride the 25 miles worth of twisties on my little H-D (well, the smaller of my two Harleys anyway). The temperature at Ski Valley where we had breakfast at The Iron Door was over 20 degrees cooler than the temps down in Tucson. Quite refreshing!



We saw lots of bikes on the mountain this morning, both on the road going up or back and also here at the top.


The Bighorn Fire was raging on Mt. Lemmon one year ago. There's still lots of evidence of the damage it wrought--and will be for the rest of my lifetime.


Enjoying the cooler temperatures while waiting for the restaurant to open. You can just see one of the ski runs behind me. Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley in the Santa Catalina Mountains is the southernmost ski destination in the continental U.S.




Looking down to the parking lot from the stairs into The Iron Door restaurant.


The restaurant has indoor seating with a huge fireplace--great for winter but not so much in the summer. We usually opt for the lattice-covered deck that looks out to the ski slopes.


On the way back down the mountain we typically stop near Milepost 9 at a lookout called Seven Cataracts or "Seven Cats" for short. Here we take off some layers we've added if it's really cold at the top. Or like today, those who have brought cooling vests break them out and put them on under their mesh jackets. The views from here are spectacular and photos definitely don't do the view justice. But I'll post one anyway.


Our riding buddy, Randy, rode his sweet little red Thruxton today. I love this bike. Makes me miss my Thruxtons.




Arrived back home with 88 miles on the clock and a Tucson temperature reading of 100ºF.

 

What a fantastic little run, i think I'd be having breakfast there once a week!

 

It's a fantastic ride, Dougie. It's especially nice in the summer when the temperatures at the base of the mountain are nearly unbearable. As you ride up, you can first start to feel the temperature drop around Milepost 8 and continue to cool as you climb. Spending some time at the summit is a welcome respite from the heat.

And the riding itself is terrific. Yesterday as we rode down, I thought to myself that I should attempt to count how many curves there are from bottom to top sometime. But there are so many I'd probably lose track! In the summers on the weekend, especially, there does tend to be a lot of traffic because lots of people have the same idea about escaping the heat for the day.

 

was going to head up to Braemar but the closer i got the darker it looked, so i decided to take the road over to Pitlochry,about 5 miles from Pitlochry i noticed a gate to a track that is usually padlocked was open so i decided to go along for a look

 

Dougie, you certainly get out and about, well done to you. We normally holiday in Braemar or Ballater each year, sometimes two visits. So I recognise many of the routes that you take, and really enjoy your photos. How many miles per annum do you achieve around the Highlands each year?

 

The week before last, had a bimble around ‘The Borders’



This week, I took advantage of the empty roads while the kickball was on.

 

i would guess around 12k between my 2 bikes, i usually have a run up to Braemar at least once a week as it's a great road and only a 70 mile round trip

 

I'd been looking at a route on google maps, it was through a part of Glen Lyon that I'd never been too. on Google maps it showed a road just as you leave Killin that takes you up towards Glen Lyon but there was break in the road for about 50 yards, i zoomed in on the road and there was a metal gate, i couldn't make out if it had a padlock on it or not, so i decided to go anyway, glad i did as the gate wasn't padlocked, the road looked pretty bad but it actually got worse for about half a mile there was no tar just a road full of stones and it was uphill all the way. then the road turned into a normal single track which was a relief!


Another gate!


View with Loch Lyon Dam on the left

closer view of the Dam


Another small Dam Stronuich Reservoir


lovely views and the weather was perfect about 25c


The road eventually takes you to Glen Lyon Post Office (I've been to before as there is another road from there that leads to about half way up Loch Tay) sat outside in the sun for a while


About 5 miles from the post office is the small village of Fortingall, there's a few houses like this with thatched roofs

Fortingall is famous for "The Fortingall Yew" believed to be the oldest tree in Britain 2-3 thousand years old. it's in the local grave yard


Noticed this sign on a gate at one of the houses, Don't know why he has his mirrors covered with bags?

 

That first photo needs to be made into a poster, @SHarper. Gorgeous!!

 

Got new tyres fitted today so i had a run up to the Ski centre, tyres all nicely scrubbed in now
On the road back to Blairgowrie

 

Yesterday I had my non-Triumph (and non bike) Mustang professionally washed, polished, and waxed. I've decided that it's worth it to do that once a year to try to keep up with maintaining the black paint on my car which is highly susceptible to swirls and micro scratches no matter how careful I am.

The guys at the detailing place are great and the prices are quite fair as well. The key this time was getting it home when the roads were dry and it wasn't raining. That's definitely not something I thought would be a concern when I made the appointment several weeks ago! Of course I'll wind up driving it in the rain at some point--and definitely in the dust. But it would be nice to keep it all clean and shiny for at least a little while.

 

It threatened rain today but we didn't get any until this evening. After checking the weather prediction late in the morning I decided to go out for a little ride on my Low Rider S. I didn't want to get too far from home in case the skies opened up. So I just rode over to our local Harley dealership to say hi to the folks I know there and to see what new bikes they might have gotten in recently. It was also nice to get out and take advantage of the more reasonable temperatures we've had over the past several days.




The first thing I saw when I walked into the dealership was this pirate-themed trike in the service department. While it is unique, I thought the owner went a little overboard.

 

tzr 125 r had its MOT today passed as usual, no real surprise as its only done 665 miles since 2017. and now with a fresh MOT she will have to go sadly but my thumbs and wrists cant cope anymore will start with facebay and see if any interest. if she goes will hopefully look for an old brit bike to do up.