Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

I've just bought a R1150GS! I don't really know why except for it being cheap and I've never ridden a bike with telelever suspension.

 

Another couple from today. Had to do a U turn to see what this was and luckily there was a helpful board inside

 

Do you have your route mapped so you can share it with us or would you like to suggest any particular routes ?

 

https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/discover/engineering/technology-detail/suspension/telelever.html

It's some kind of special suspension sorcery that prevents the bike dipping when braking.

 

It's in my satnav as waypoints, I've mostly reproduced it for here with google maps...

The route I did the past two weeks is a loop from Hulme End, I researched that on Google maps by using the 'terrain' view, which shows contour lines, giving a hint as to what roads had good views. (You can check the views and roads with Street View too.)

I started off today with a new loop from Newhaven which I planned as one that sticks to more major roads.

To get anywhere near those loops I have to first travel nearly 2 hours, so it was 6 hours in the saddle.

For the north end of the Peak district which I did a month ago: Mortimer Road is brilliant with Snake Pass.

 

Did a 200 miler up along the Blue Ridge Parkway between North Carolina and Tennessee yesterday. The new tires worked a treat, even through a bit of weather. A review of the tires is forthcoming as I have the time to get one more ride on them.

 

Cheers for that, i've bookmarked the first two routes. I know Mortimer Rd well. I go over Woodhead, over Mortimer and then turn right onto the Snake through Glossop and back home. It's one of my favourites and I sometimes pull off Mortimer and go to the School Rooms Cafe in Lower Bradfield.

 

Great country out that way. Thanks for the images. I do business around Alcoa, TN time to time and always wanted to bypass the planes to ride the roads. Enjoy and looking forward to the tire review.

 

Another jaunt up to the smoke - note to self, check for small signs with parking restrictions

It also gave me chance to try a gel seat pad



And after 2.5 hours in the saddle with fuel stop by buttocks are thanking me
Bit weird at first and I was slipping forward in city traffic, but apart from that a huge improvement for me!!

 

Went to Brixham in Devon for a crab sandwich lunch on the Quay. £6.50 for the sandwich! That’s my pension gone for the week! Bloody hot today and the Rocket was chucking out some heat of its own.

 

Beautiful pictures

 

Where did you get the gel pad mate?

 

That sounds like a plan....

 

Piles???

 

Feck off, I was trying to be serious. I should have known better...

 

Had a nice day at sunny Seaham Harbour.

 

Hi Wessa I got it from a medical company who specialise in gel seating for hospitals etc and also do bike seat gel pads and inserts
https://danmedicasouth.co.uk/
Ordered Sunday and arrived Tuesday

 

As promised, Mrs Mouse got a trip to the seaside today for a swim in the sea. 100 miles (3 hours) each way on a mix of main roads and country lanes to get to the Lincolnshire coast. The ride there in the morning was perfect weather wise and there was a cool sea breeze on the beach, which made things nice. However with things heating up in the afternoon and coming inland on the way home, the heat made things a bit less than fun. Especially as I foolishly got my legs sunburned at the beach, which I didn't realise until I was stuck in rush hour traffic, at 30C, full sun, and radiator fan blowing heat from engine onto legs: it certainly stung! No bike pics this time, and nobody wants to see the beach pics so just this homage to Reginald Perrin..,

 

https://danmedicasouth.co.uk/motorcycle-seat-pads/

I find them comfy but the strap on type have a weird fore and aft rolling motion under acceleration and braking. Much better incorporated in the seat.

 

I did a round trip of about 370 miles today. A 1,000 cc triple with 4 wheels and a co-pilot North and a 1050 with two wheels South via Royal Deeside and Glenshee.
My T100 went to a new home last week and I have a barely used 2018 TS in its place. Chalk and cheese......