Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

We are off to Assen for the MotoGP at the end of June so he needs to get bike fit before that…He was like a dog with two trees yesterday…!

 

Great to pop in here and see the amount of posting going on, this is a very lively Forum compared to many, and I have been searching around for the last few weeks looking for answers to Suzuki questions.
Lots of 1/2 dead, ghost towns out there, and some poor interaction with newbies too.
This place is a credit to all the regular posters, that are the forum.
Then its always been the case.
State the obvious Sprinter, eh.

 

There's probably a few suzuki owners on here, pop the questions on, you never know your luck.

 

Enjoying the sun for sure…

 

Within our group of bikes we have experience with a few Suzukis especially GSXR's post your questions and let's see what we can do

 

warm weather is finally here! Hit 81F yesterday , had a glorious 100 mile ride

 

Learnt that I can get my Explorer back on it’s wheels by myself after it’s been having a lie down
Was about to go out for a ride and it somehow got unbalanced taking it off centre stand, I couldn’t hold it upright and down it went on the right hand side
Engine crash bar did it’s job, scuffed handgaurd, and dented pannier. Otherwise no damage
Taken it off it’s centre stand 100s of times without incident!
Back to the bike, one hand on handlebars, one hand on grabrail and lift from knees technique to get it back upright. Not easy but it worked

 

Good to see you here again, @Sprinter! I've found the same thing that you have with a couple of other forums I've joined over the years. I really never even log in to them because there's so little interaction. And there's really no interaction that's as wide-ranging and interesting as I've found on this forum such as discussions about topics other than / in addition to motorcycles, threads sharing humor, etc. I agree with you...this place is a credit to all the regular posters as it's the members themselves that make up this forum community!

 

Bummer on the bike going down, @FellZebra, but I'm glad to see that the damage was minimal and that you didn't get hurt, either, when it went down and from the effort of getting it back upright.

 

not today but last week I bought Meguiar's Motorcycle Care kit and will be washing it today, great kit, used it before on another brand motorcycle a few years ago.

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-Motorcycle-Care-Kit-Detailing/dp/B0012ZITJQ

Also, boosted the octane to clean the engine out, after I wash it with the kit will put octane boost in it, cheap and worked great on a previous bike
https://www.searchforparts.com/motorcycle-octane-boost/

Next will be buying a new Bluetooth helmet.

 

Thanks @Sandi T , it was just bad luck and yes things could have been a lot worse, both to the bike and me. Lifting it wasn’t fun, hope I never have to do it again!!

 

Bugger!

 

We have all dropped one at some stage. Luckily you got off pretty light

 

I hope you posted your number plate on the iPad in the cafe

 

My grandson and me were in Matlock Bath today at 11:45hs. Stayed for an hour before setting off for home.

 

Bad luck mate. We have all done it.

 

Apparently there are two sorts of bikers, those who have dropped their bike while stationary, and those that are going to drop their bike while stationary!

Today was second time, I joined the club a few years ago when my Panigale fell over as I was getting off it cos I’d not put the side stand down properly!!!
Was very lucky, only scuffed axle and bent clutch lever- easily rectified…. Phew!

 

When I had my CB1000R I'd done an oil change earlier and nipped out in my dressing gown to check the level ready for tomorrow. I was stood on the right hand side, holding the bike upright, leaning down to look at the sight glass and sort of losing my balance when slowly the weight came on and my arms at those angles had no strength
The only option was to gently lay it down to the floor onto my legs to avoid damage
Now its 22:00 I'm pinned to the floor in only my dressing gown and slippers and all I could do was laugh at the scenario
I needed a plan but anything that could assist the situation was out of arms reach
I slipped my slippers off and placed them under the contact points i.e. engine casings.
Then inch by inch managed to wriggle my legs out from underneath the 200kg lump.

Quite pleased with myself afterwards, absurdly, as I didn't do any damage at all but couldn't believe I got myself into that pickle

 

Third type are the ones that throw themselves bodily under their bikes..

 

We didn't actually stay there as the wind had suddenly got up so moved on without leaving the bikes unattended. It was surprising how many parking notices were pinned up and a camera keeping record of everything.