Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Today was in total contrast to the other day and took the wife out for breakfast on the 900 ST.



A nice steady plod, using the maximum of B roads possible was on the agenda.

Breakfast at a farm shop.





Nice food.

Then on through the lanes with coffee and cake at the Arium garden centre..... yum yum treacle tart

80 mile or so round trip and the dash reckoned 63.5 mpg so that should give you an idea of how many revs were used, chug chug chug.
A nice pleasant steady pace which somehow feels appropriate on this bike yet, when out on my street triples, it often feels like I need/should be going faster.

I bought the street twin for a totally different ride out, plus more comfort for the passenger, I feel it achieves this well.

 

And today's rideout was in total contrast again to the other two ride reports here.......

1/ I wanted to go out on the bike, not bothered which one, but the weather and day was too nice to waste.
2/ Wife wanted a picnic by a certain canal for sentimental reasons.
3/ Youngest son at a loose end but has a scooter for transport.

Right sorted, a Lexmotor Diablo and a 900 ST go on tour, even if only for the day



Now these are "proper" adventure bikes, forget your Tigers and BMW GS options as at least with the scooter we can carry it if worse comes to worse


Naturally when you're young and foolish, sorry, full of adventure, the water can be inviting



" Road unsuitable for motors"
Now if ever there was a sign that invites the adventurous this has to be it.....



Even managed, at a steady 26mph according to Google on my quadlocked phone, to get home in time for the last BSB race of today on Dmax

 

Today I took the Nightstorm down sarf for work this week as the weather looked ok, albeit with the possibility of a few showers later on.
Stopped at the Oily Rag Co on the way down.


Carried on and stopped at Choppers cafe near Burbage, didn't take any photos as they were miserable, had stopped serving food and refused to let one guy use the bathroom as they were closed (with the door still open). I managed to get a very ropey coffee before they pushed us outside, paid for another guys coffee as well because you had to spend £5 to pay by card and he didn't have cash, drank half of mine and then gave a third biker the rest as he turned up 30 seconds too late. Definitely won't be going back.

As I left the heavens opened and dumped an entire reservoirs worth of water on me. There was not a single item of clothing I was wearing that remained dry, I mean nothing. Arrived at my destination completely drenched and freezing cold, a few showers my arse.

Bike is now wiped down and hopefully I will find a building or garage to store it in for the rest of the week, for now it is below a skybridge between two buildings so a bit like an open garage.

 

This past Saturday I rode with a local chapter of the Christian Motorcycle Association on their annual, nationwide "Ride for the Son." We left Athens and toured through the beautiful farmland of the Piedmont. As we wound our way to a lunch stop at a total dive roadside BBQ place in Woodville, GA, we stopped in little towns along the way a couple times to pray together for all good things.

Woodville is home to about 300 people and a tiny BBQ restaurant that's open only three days a week. Wish I had taken a pic of the BBQ place but it didn't occur to me because I'm out of practice of posting; just picture a rambling, roadside shack that looks like a strong wind would scatter it and add the alluring aroma of smoked pork.


In the South BBQ is synonymous with pork; whereas in Texas BBQ means beef. And in the South mac-n-cheese is a vegetable. They brought out big cups of ice and put pitchers of sweet tea on our table. After lunch of a luscious pulled pork sandwich and tender, stewed collard greens for me, we headed back toward Athens with various riders dropping off along the way toward their homes.

I'd gotten a few spatters of rain on the way to our meetup point in the morning, so when I arrived most folks already had on raingear. I resisted putting on my rain jacket but unhesitatingly put the raincovers on my saddlebags (priorities, you know). I finally acquiesced and pulled on my rain jacket just before we headed out, but I eagerly stripped it off at the first stop. Turned out to be fine call since we made the whole ride with no more rain (we must have gotten out of Athens just in time because a group behind us got drenched). Coming home was a little dodgy though because a couple miles from my home at the end of a great day, the sky looked like it was ready to let loose. I made it home and got the bike in the garage in time before the downpour. I think the holdoff of the rain gave each of my riding partners time to get home as well. A great day with great people.

 

This Saturday taking my bike for MOT. Weather looks promising, so a blast to Buckinghamshire through the B Roads. Also excited to properly test the bike with BSD ECU flashing

 

Nice warm sunny day for a rideout around Norfolk and Suffolk. Post rideout drink required.

 

had a little breakfast run over to Arnside yesterday. Just nice to go out and come home dry.

 

Didnt put a letter in the mailbox a few days ago for mothersday. So i deliverd it myself.

 

Wow I like the colour, very nice

 

Had a lovely evening run over the Snake Pass, then up to Holme Moss and back over Strines. The warmer weather certainly wakes up the flies, had to brush my teeth when I got back!
Regarding the riding modes I've been experimenting with, I've found the ABS is quite intrusive and will activate with "spirited" riding on dry roads if the surface is anything other than perfect, which can be a bit unnerving TBH. ABS isn't adjustable other than being disabled at the rear and reduced at the front in OFF ROAD mode which lights up a warning on the dash.

 

Yes my 765 is the same, abs on or off and no option of level selectable.
My mate just got a 2017 765 and he already has a 60 plate Ducati. He tried telling me he was going to tone it down a bit and was somewhat surprised when I told him that wasn't possible.
Eh, but, my significantly older Ducati has four levels or something

 

I used rain mode around the city, on the Speedmaster, as it was less snatchy.

 

Beautiful clear days and sunrise and sunsets, at the moment as winter sets in and we have solar storms/lights.
Day started at 4’c/39’f and climbed to 17’c/63’f, so perfect with blue skies

Aurora (Solar light)s over our local Puketutu Island


Trip up to Leigh Sawmill cafe, for Mother’s Day ride through the twisties


We arrived early, so enjoyed the warmth before being asked in before noon opening






quick refreshment

meals were great in the grotto




Afternoon clouds forming

 

Looks like a great trip @Dartplayer and I love the picture of your sunrise, absolutely stunning.

 

Yesterday, I took the wife out for a ride to Seaways on the street twin.
One of my mates wanted a blast so we arranged to meet there around 14.00

Sunny weather certainly brought the bikers out



Things didn't quite go to plan as my mates 765 lost a gear linkage bolt so ended up stuck in fourth
A friendly farmer came to his aid with an M6 bolt to get him on his way by which time he was over an hour late
I started getting a little concerned and planned to ring once the hour late had passed but he bet me to it, how did we ever manage before mobile phones?

And here's a new beastie I bought at the car boot sale, before the ride, for the grandkids

 

Packed the Street Triple up to send it off, ready for 4 days at Almeria next week
Trying out race shift this time and also put a woolich box on it which, apparently, removes the speed limiter.
It is in there somewhere...

 

Removed the seat from my 2010 Bonneville se to have it modified to make it more comfortable and keep the looks. Took it here to have a gel pad fitted,haven’t gone far on it yet but I can notice the difference already, much better. Links below for info on the work and where it was done.
http://www.tom-hurley.com
http://www.instagram.com/hurleycustomseats
http://www.facebook.com/hurleycustomseats

 

Cheers @Wessa, I’ve never seen Aurora lights this far north before. Must be the perfectly clear days over the last week. Some guys posting night fishing pix showing the lit sky

 

Nasty rainy day so best place to be was in the garage. Finally got round to replacing a warped front brake disc on my Speed Triple 1050 RS and fitted a complete set of new pads. I was expecting the disc bolts to be hard to remove as Triumph usually use red threadlock on their encapsulated fasteners, but was surprised that blue had been used so they came undone with little effort and no heat required.

 

Just gave it a damn good clean