Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Lol i agree with everything you and everyone has said,it's only my opinion that it doesn't do it for me (at this point).And i can't see it will change, especially as every triumph I've owned and ridden have had brilliant gearboxes.Plus I seem to recall that it wasn't too long ago that members were saying they had wrecked their gearboxes using quickshifters.

 

Pumped the front tyre up, was doing the monthly ole blokes ride over our hills, with a stop at a neat country pub, but it seemed a little heavy in the front and was a bit of a shit in tight bends ... apparently one is recommended to run more than 13lb in the front ?
Haven't had this happen before, and being in a hurry, just gave the tyres a quick thumb push, which will not happen again !!!!!!!

 

A bit more work on the bike, Cerakoted header pipes and link pipe fitted, I chose to fit the Scorpion Ceramic Black end can, as I thought it looked better than the stainless steel one I have, the Yoshimura does sound great but having had the Scorpion link pipe Cerakoted I went with this set up. Sump pan coated and back on, along with other bits and pieces, fresh coolant and she fired up straight away, radiator repair holding up great, she sounds good as well. All there is left to do is re fit the side panels, indicators, belly pan and front mudguard. I have removed everything apart from the engine out, stripped and re greased all levers, footrests, quickshifter linkage, etc etc.

 

@Iceman, I wish you were my neighbor!

 

Off to a bike show about 50 miles south shortly ....for a small town, these guys run a great show and their own bikes are outstanding.
Son has done the award trophies for 'Best Bike', etc, in timber around 500mm square on his copying machine, he scans pictures into the computer, fiddles about with size, depth of cut, this and that, pushes the go button and wanders off ! Sounds simple .... haha ?
Once the picture is engraved he gently burns it, enough to blacken and then sands over leaving the picture and writing highlighted (or low lighted) ? Very effective !
A good hobby since he broke both legs in an accident at the final speedway meet last season ... though as they were just over the line he was still awarded "3rd New Zealand Sidecar Speedway Championship" !

And today we have to race back as he is now Sidecar Rep ... and this year's championship is being held here tonight !!!
And, to add to his woes, he went to take the 1200 Bonnie for it's first ride since ... and discovered he can't change gear as his leg hasn't healed straight, poor bugger ?

Ah well, good luck and good weather to all .

 

The black end can looks smart @Iceman

 

Hi Mrs V, haven't seen you on the forum for a while, hope you and your hubby are ok.

 

Yes, thank you for asking. I had gone on a bit of a break from so much internet! I hope you're doing well too?

 

After the weekend snow, the sun has been shining here today and it's forecast rain for tomorrow, so I thought it was time to go for a spin. The roads are (predictably) still damp where its shady and covered in a film of crap, but I enjoyed my little ride around in the late November sunshine. I didn't enjoy so much the bike cleaning session when I got back! Lol

Photo taken on Bridlington seafront. Looking out towards Flamborough

 

Yes doing great thanks, been doing work on the STRS as and when I can, should all be back together soon.

 

What have I been doing with my Triumph?
Appearing in the January 2025 issue of Motorcycle Sport and Leisure magazine!

Out soon.

 

On Saturday I went out to do a bit of Christmas shopping. To my dismay, I opened my wallet to see that my primary credit card was missing. But I quickly realized where I'd probably left it and that was confirmed when I called. So....good excuse to get Speedy out and ride to collect my missing plastic. I'd left it at a sports bar called--appropriately--Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers when Steve and I stopped for a bite on our way home from our mechanics garage.







The view across the street from the restaurant...not a cloud in the brilliantly blue sky!



I decided to add a few miles before heading home to do home "stuff".

 

Nothing worse than that, Oh Shit sinking feeling, glad you got it back OK.

 

Thanks, @Bikerman! You are SO right about that "Oh shit sinking feeling". The kicker is that this was the 2nd time I'd done that with the same card in the past month! Previously I left it at one of our favorite neighborhood Mexican restaurants. I rode Speedy over to get that one, too. Hmmm....I don't think I should be rewarding my forgetfulness with a ride on my Triumph.

 

As has been said, that feeling when realisation dawns is awful. Very pleased you got it back and what better weather to ride the Speedy in??

 

Starting to get some great riding weather

 

Same here, Darty .. first time on Sunday that I can remember only wearing a shirt under jacket !
Read an article where it was reckoned the 1200 Bonnies are good for around 60 miles to the gallon, well a check (roughly) 143k cost $12.11, at about $2.50litre and probably 50% being hill work .. ??? I'll work out gals later

Shame it was to an old mates goodbye beers .. 3 different cancers and 'they' reckon 6 months ?
He reckons he'll get huge amounts of beer and miles in by then .... good lad !!!

 

Nice ride - I think recognise that service stop from visiting my daughter over there!

 

I’ve been on a 70 miles or so round trip to the Baffle Haus on my Striple; it was pretty busy but mostly with cars. Nice to be out .