Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

I find any pics over roughly 5,5MB are deemed too large...

 

Mmm, first thought is "what have they done!" Not sure this look will grow on me to be honest

 

I’d not kick them out of bed for farting. But then,I’m not too fussy.

 

I think a full fairing would have been a lot nicer

 

Up the A82 tomorrow? The "Glen of weeping" always gets to me. Very ominous scenery. Love it.

 

Painting and 2 Pack lacquer all done

 

Nice work

 

Yesterday I did some slow maneuvers practice and managed to drop the bike while trying to turn to the right as slow as possible.
I have been concerned about purchasing the triumph crash guards, but they did their job.
I may need some touch paint to prevent the scratches on the guards from getting rusted.

 

Put the recently sealed tank back on my t595 and filled it with petrol, no leaks so started her up first crank after sitting for 2 month

 

New tank has had a good coat of 2 pack epoxy primer. Then sanded so that filler primer sticks to it. Primer coats. Sanded. Matt black then started Triumph Tiger and Made in England. Still to finish this side and do the other side, clear coat and polish. I know the bike runs ok but can't get out on it until the tank is done. Where's this year going?
And now I hear the dreaded Plague is in our street. Should have red crosses painted on their doors. That bloke shouting "Bring out yer dead" will be up here soon. Come along, crack on....

 

I think I’ve previously said you are a very talented fellow. Good to see you still are.

Awsome.

Sandbags might help keep the plague out.

Oh, no that’s flooding - not sure what to do with the plague…

 

Uhmmmmm .......... Iron - are you saying that you HAND PAINT the logo and tank emblems? Cybergot's epithet of "talented" is a serious understatement anyway but it is in completely the wrong league if that artwork is hand painted.

Over.

 

@Adie P I didn’t want to be too effusive or @Iron would think I fancied him or something. But you are quite right about the talent - have a look at some of his other post with WWII (and other) art work.

Some examples were photo realistic (too much so), others were a genuinely amazing abstraction of what war, the services and the soldiers were about.

Bizarrely it is interesting to find someone talented in finer artistry as equally capable in bashing metal to conform to how it should look on a proper bike.

Enough already. It’s bad enough that a former forum member thinks me and @Dave49 have a thing. I don’t want to given them ammunition that I’m two timing.

Me and @Dave49?!? Really - hell, the offspring would look ugly and be politically inept. Just like…

 

Me and @Dave49?!? Really - hell, the offspring would look ugly and be politically inept. Just like…the salmon and the trout? Sorry ..... sturgeon.

 

Thanks and yep, all hand painted - takes bloody ages. But I'd only be bored otherwise. Over, over....

 

There's me thinking you'd slapped a transfer on .......... RESPECT!

 

I was not happy with how the bike felt on the twisties, so decided to pay closer attention to the suspension setup, held the bike upright with some tie-downs, and with some help from my missus started taking measurements
1. preload with me on the bike the sag is now close to 30% of the whole travel, the rear shock needed a firmer preload, had to select rider plus cargo. For the front I had to set it to 15 clicks, from the total of 21, quite close to the minimum.
2. Shock damper, only 2 bars from the minimum
3. Forks rebound 10 clicks, or 50%
It seems to feel better, there is a short twisty road very close to home and I use to test all modifications, the tricky part is to time it so I'm not dealing with traffic.
Seems I had the forks harder and the shock softer than needed, giving a weird uneasiness on the curves.
I'll be taking a longer ride tomorrow lets see how it behaves

 

Just a little ride around the local neighbourhood today. As you can see, in Cornwall we move a bit slower. The postbox still has VR (Victoria Regina) rather than the usual ER,

 

Coombe Viaduct, Saltash?
(nice Rocket)