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

Well it's shaping up nice for tonight's opening practice session up in the paddock, it's glorious sunshine, the road is in great condition as well. Davey Todd's Ducati is rather tricky, I certainly learned something new watching the Ducati guys setting up the front suspension, it involved a slick electric starter and laptop plugged in to the front set up, running it through the rev range before adjusting it to a base setting.

 

Micky Ds machine, plus a plethora of tyres. Michael Sweeney's Apprillia look rather cool.

 

.all practice cancelled tonight, incident with 3 riders on the newcomers sightings lap (S100 course that is) and with no further capacity at the hospital, it was decided to cancel for the safety job everyone.

 

That Yamaha looks nice
You can't beat a two stroke for the full package ( noise, weight, power) and smell

 

Great stuff ... got a couple of large trees to drop and firewood, and have hauled all saws out for a going over, etc .. nice to know what someone else runs their's on ! In the meantime, took the mufflers off the 1200 Bonnie I picked up cheap, sick of them catching on things when backing out of garage, etc ! 17.6k of weight gone .. did the 10 min warm-up and shut down twice, which apparently resets computer to suit, seems to work ok ? Lovely note (and not overly loud) but the left side blats on the foot for the centre stand, no matter, that is about to disappear anyway ..(weight) !
Now .. does anyone know, or has replaced the twin discs with a larger dia single and better caliper ? Toying with the idea to lower weight more and up braking somewhat ?? Kawasaki stuff makes a world of difference to HD big blocks ! Thanks in advance ... I Hope ????

 

"Houston we have a problem!"



The other night, a car failed to Give Way at a roundabout. My youngest managed to avoid hitting it full on, but in the process he dropped it whilst heavy braking and leant over. The bike slid, then obviously made contact with the cars wheel or something. The forks are now back, the front mudguard catches the mock radiator cover panel, and also they are offset to the right

The steering is so heavy you wouldn't believe, hopefully it's only the stem that's bent as they are a bizarre design with only a lower yoke, no top yoke at all.

All the usual gravel rash marks turned up to join the party.

 

He came off lightly ( pun intended ) with just a burn mark on his jacket's shoulder and a leg friction burn. Swelling and bruising shown the morning after.

 

Shame about the bike @Eldon but glad he’s alright. Sounds like did well to avoid anything more serious
Hope the bike can be fixed

 

Yes the car pulled over and details exchanged.
He's annoyed with himself for dropping it, but that's just how things go isn't it?

It's not put him off, in fact you may recall as I put it on here a few months ago, there's a TZR 50 rebuild project in the background at home. This suddenly has jumped up his priority list

The parts for these Lexmoto scooters are unbelievably cheap being chinese however, everything adds up and its looking like over £400 without labour ( may do ourselves anyway). I've put this to the lady driver and the decision is now hers.
Being his first year of insurance ownership, I'd really rather avoid any claims for a good track record, NCB and the future premiums etc.

It's up to her, we'll wait and see.

 

Super sorry to hear that and so very glad it wasn't worse! Sounds like he did very well to manage a bad situation and minimize the outcome. I winced when I saw his leg and glad it will likely heal soon. Too bad our bikes can't heal themselves.

 

@Eldon: I hope that your youngest is alright!

 

Don't forget guys for discrete access at work etc. Southern 100 coverage is all here via radio.

 

400 four strokes running against 125 two strokes in the same class ..... wtf..... I rest my case

 

Glad he's not doing too badly, @Eldon and that you can heal the bike up quickly, too.

 

The woman sensibly decided not to go down the insurance claim route and we negotiated; she pays out for the parts and we perform the labour .
The youngest was kicked out of bed this morning, soon after 06.00, and a meeting was had in the workshop.
Task list created and agreed, then I departed.



He hasn't done bad, has he?

 

Inspection and final strip last night.





The steering stem has taken the brunt of it with quite a bit of leverage against it. Both legs are slightly tweaked, so going to be binned, simply not worth the effort straightening at £65/leg new.

Frame and everything else looks spot on

 

Good work - you are bringing back fond memories of fixing up my Lambretta with my Dad back in '69...... both when I first bought it, and after I crashed it!

 

Nice bike lift table , I'd like one of those

 

I think we paid £300 each for them, with a double deal for me and my mate, but that's a few years ago. They are heavy and we put both in his trailer
Fun and games getting them out the other end with the trailer sides on

As shown in the pictures above, "floor level" is now 560mm higher.

 

Been enjoying the summer with lots of riding lately on my beloved Bonneville. But other bikes need attention also, including my 1993 Honda Nighthawk. So my handsome husband, who spoils me by taking care of the bikes, rode it today since it's been quite a while since it was last exercised and he thought he should check it out first before I planned on taking it out.


My 250 Nighthawk is the bike I got in 1998 after getting a taste of riding by learning to ride on my HH's 1982 V45 Honda Sabre. It is a fun, nimble bike that has done everything I've ever asked of it, beautifully.



Living in Colorado Springs at the time, I rode my Nighthawk bike all over Colorado, including Estes Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Durango, Pueblo, Walsenburg, Pagosa Springs, Grand Junction and north to Wyoming. My HH made saddlebag supports for it for one of my birthdays and I added Willie and Max saddlebags that have stood the test of time and use. Lots of weekends we'd pack our bikes for camping as lots of those trips in Colorado were camping trips. Then we took it with us when we moved to Virginia and I rode it in VA, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.



Today after we'd gone a short 50 miles with him on the Honda and me on my Bonneville, I got on the Honda for a short spin. I still love the Nighthawk and I love my Bonneville.