What Have You Being Doing With Your Non-triumph Today?

Hi, Wim! So....what crash???!!! Did I miss that? I do hope that you're ok physically although I can definitely understand being p'd off about missing a trip. Just hoping you're all right.

Nah, not Argentina, just a ride south from Tucson. Here's a bit of info about "my" Patagonia. Quite different I'd say. It isn't IN another country but it is NEAR another country--20 miles from Mexico.

 

Great pics, @Iceman. And yes, a beautiful bike. I agree with you about folks paying big bucks for a bike then doing work on them themselves without the tools or training or knowledge.

I have to say that when I read that your son does cave diving I felt a shiver down my spine--and one of fear, not excitement! I'm a diver but no one's getting me to go in a cave! A cenote, yes. A swim-through, yes. A cave? H*ll no!!

 

Hi @Sandi T , I suppose you missed that, as I only posted it on "the other" forum.

5 weeks ago I was happily riding minding my own business when some blind moron pulled out 10 yards in front of me. Nothing to be done.

Bike (my year-old Tiger) is a write-off, me 6 fractured ribs, 3 with multiple fractures. Ouch…

So I was taken to the ICU, not because I was in critical condition, but on account of having had a tube in my spine through which they fed me very powerful drugs I needed to be monitored. They put a tube somewhere else too, which I did not like .

After a week in hospital I went home, and am now on the mend (slowly).

All of this did mean I could not go on my planned trip to Ireland with AndyC1 and Wessa.

 

Out to enjoy the sunshine this afternoon, on Bulbarrow Hill looking over the Blackmoor vale on the Bullet.

 

Hi Sandi, he took up cave diving when we were no longer able to go Mountaineering together, he has videos on YouTube, I would have to ask him to send me the link, he goes abroad a bit, but he seems to be concentrating more on his climbing at present, El Capitan has always interested me but alas no longer possible. I like your trip write up and photos, wish the UK had weather like that, all we seem to get are more and more speed cameras. Ride safe all from an ageing Rocker.

 

@Sandi T new bike is on order, btw...

 

Oh no, That's terrible, @Vulpes! I'm so sorry to learn about your accident and the damage not only to you but to you nearly new Tiger. I can empathize and know how crummy it is to be injured and laid up. But as my accident was a bicycle crash (and of my own doing to boot), I didn't have the double whammy of my motorcycle being "injured" too. I hope you heal up quickly and that you can get another trip planned to at least in part make up for the one you're currently missing.

 

Beautiful bike, beautiful view, @Tim Gibbs!

 

Oooh, v-e-r-y nice, @Vulpes! I guess in a weird way there's always a silver lining in there somewhere. Is that the color you ordered? I like it a LOT!

 

There is a silver lining indeed - the bike I have on order is the improved 2024 model, with better engineered engine. And yes, that is the colour I ordered - the new "Carnival Red".

 

This past Friday was the first day of my summer break. "Summer Break"--one of the perks of working in a school district. My hubby, Steve, went to lunch with a riding buddy the day before and they and another ride buddy planned a ride down to Tombstone, one of our favorite southern Arizona ride destinations. So Steve invited me to join them saying that it would be a great way to celebrate my first day of summer vacation. It was! Here are a few pics from our outing to Tombstone, "The Town Too Tough to Die".







They were about to start one of the days reenactments of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral.



This guy was patient enough to let me snap a photo of him because I liked his unique beard.



We had breakfast at the Longhorn, our current favorite.



A nice day out, not too hot (yet). I posted in this thread because the bike I opted to ride today was my H-D Low Rider ST. Funny enough, I realized when I got home that I didn't take one picture of my--or any other--motorcycle! So here's my mileage on the day along with a "stock" photo of my bike for those who may not have seen it here on the forum before.

 

Eldest son's Ducati Panigale all completed and just finished servicing my younger son's Suzuki Katana, he had a very early Katana 250 that was featured in MCN some time ago, he has had Triumphs including a Speed Triple, but traded it in for his Katana, an ex demo. He loves this bike, having ridden it numerous times it does ride great, given it has the GSXR 1000 K5 engine it has plenty of torque, the build quality on the Katana is top draw, they are manufactured at the Hamamatsu Plant in Japan along with the Hyabusa only these 2 models are made at the separate plant. As many of us know the fasteners on Japanese machines have a different screw head to other makes, I will only use JIS screwdrivers when undertaking any work, use anything else and there is a risk of damaging the heads of the fittings. It takes a lot of time removing all the necessary panels and dummy tank cover.

 

Yep got to agree, everyone thinks of screws as either Philips or Pozidrive and most are not even aware of JIS.
If you look at the technical drawings for the different crossheaded screws they are quite significantly different.
My set look very similar to yours, if not exactly the same.

 

Buying it, a very used 1991 Suzuki DR 650 RSE.

 

Wasn't the Aprillia Pegaso, or something like that, the same bike in most stuff like engine?

 

After 10.000 km my front wheel tyre was ready to be changed. Therefore I went to a friend of mine in the north of Austria. The change and balancing was done in about half an hour. Then we had some time to chat about my absolved journey to Corsica (https://www.thetriumphforum.com/threads/touring-to-corsica.40431/).
Riding was a big challenge yesterday. On my 180 kilometres to my friend I got 5 times wet due to some rain. When I rode back I had 10 kilometres of dry weather. Afterwards I made a "motorcycle diving tour" for the 170 following kilometres back home. Up to 10 cm of water and mud occured on my way. At home I started to undress in front of my flat, because of my wet biking equipment. My BMW will be called "Seahorse" in the future if the weather keeps like this. Completely crazy conditions in a view minutes. Today our country gets flooded in some parts like the south parts of Germany the last days.



The secret and good old low tech balancing machine. It works better than any new high tech system.


Finished!

 

Wow, @Markus! You do wind up riding through more than your fair share of rain! I think "Seahorse" would be a very appropriate name for your BMW.

 

@Sandi T: You are right Sandi!!. Due to the engine/exhaust sound I called the BMW "Brummel" till now. "Seahorse" will be the second name.

 

Out for a ride to the Lake District after servicing both of my sons Panigale and Katana prior to the start of TT, we went on to Keswick, that Panigale is a bit of a rocketship, however it is not brutal in delivering the power, the fantastic electronics keep the 220 bhp somewhat stable.

 

Indeed it was sunny, a bit cooler in Keswick though, but rain free all evening.