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

Fitted my new satnav mount on the interceptor. Bloody fiddly job getting the wiring to the ignition.
Needed some additional cable ties, so pulled out the tiger and headed for Halfords. I had planned to come home the long way, but It was so hot I came straight home. Still the interceptor is now ready for my Scotland trip in August.

 

Oyy!!! if you don't mind that is my parking spot.

 

Used to have one of them (not the GT). Mine was white with a black vinyl roof and a thin red stripe down each side, NWY 697K, my first car. I used to polish it just about every week !

 

Mine was diarrhoea brown with black vinyl roof

 

Couldn't resist not going out today,30c took a wee run up to Linn Of Dee @andypandy you were asking me about it. you go past the Hungry Highlander then straight through the village then onto the road to Linn Of Dee (It's only about 7 miles away) It's worth going to if your up in Braemar

On the road up you will pass this bridge it's on the left as you go towards Linn Of Dee


If you go over it and take a left it will take you to Mar Lodge, you can hire it out for weddings & other events


Bridge at Linn Of Dee


View from the left side of bridge


View from the right side of bridge


View on the road back to Braemar

 

Thanks for that, very impressive hoose, bet it costs a bob or two.
So next question. When riding round Scotland I'm always seeing signs "Mains of 'place name'", what is this thing Mains ?

 

@littleade
Ade, your washing procedures sound a lot like mine. I don't have a jetwash but do have a good nozzle on the hose. I do use a snow foam/"foam cannon" to lather up the car after giving it a good rinse to knock off some of the dust (and there's a LOT of dust in the desert!). I also use the 2 bucket method which I originally learned about from my riding buddy, Dena. She has a 2017 Mustang. And I'm a stickler for my microfibre towels as well. I use a specific microfiber liquid detergent that I get form Chemical Guys. A nice side effect of all this is that I have good towels, soaps, etc for the bikes, too.

Yes, it's quite difficult to avoid washing the Mustang in direct sunlight. And the intense sun here coupled with the ultra low humidity makes it tough to get to the whole car without parts drying before you can get to them even if the car is in the shade. Fortunately the configuration of our garage helps. The driveway is on the west side of the house and it does have a bit of overhang. So I have to get up early to get the car washed before the sun rises and starts to peek up over the roofline. That's a lot more difficult in the summer when the sun rises VERY early. If I miss my window of opportunity for some reason I usually just wait until another day. During the shorter days of the year it's a lot easier and I don't have to rush quite so quickly to be out the door and get the job done.

 

What I did with my non-Triumph today was let it sit in the garage. I had planned to ride my H-D Low Rider S to breakfast with some friends this morning. But Mother Nature had other ideas. So I traded a ride for an apple fritter and a second cup of coffee. It's hard to be too upset by some rain when you live in the desert in the middle of a drought! So I relaxed with my fritter and coffee, read the Sunday paper, and watched the last stage of the Tour de France. A lovely, relaxing morning. It was a reminder, however, that I prefer riding motorcycles to nearly everything else. Even apple fritters!!

 

I had some vouchers from my son for my birthday, so headed of to J&S accessories on the interceptor. Got some base level pants and top in preparation for when the weather turns. I then headed to my favourite burger van for lunch. A Hereford egg and cheese burger with a brew. Lovely. The ride home was good as well





Had a chance to test out the new satnav mount. All worked well, so definitely ready for Scotland next month.

 

Hi Wessa,

Could you provide a link for your sat nav mount please ?

I've changed bikes and can no longer use my home made mirror mount on a speedmaster.

Many thanks JJ

 

Are you after the full mount and plate for your satnav? What satnav do you have as it does make a difference on what you will need?

I needed the full kit, including the handlebar bracket, power cable, the base plate and actual mount for my garmin zumo 396.

if you can provide a bit more information on your satnav I’m sure I can assist.

 

Thanks for the quick reply Wessa.

I've got A Zumo 595 with the standard mounting kit. A U clamp with ball bolted to the handle bar. Your bar mounted bracket looks a lot tidier. Can that be bought as a separate piece.

Thanks

 

@Wessa you look very focused in that mirror, Steve...

 

Just washed 600 miles worth of bugs and tar off the bike... been to Donegal on fri, then a blast round the Antrim coast, fitted new tyres and hit the coast again this morning... its a tough life no pictures unfortunately, riding the beast takes full priority when its this much fun

 

Didn’t notice the mirror picking me up. Yep I do look focussed, not sure why cause it was an easy take lol

 

Yes you can buy separately, I will forward a link when I get home later. Have to say though the mount I used was a U clamp as well ?

 

Hi mate here is the mount that I bought.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-RAM...=1626723502&sprefix=garmin+ram,aps,175&sr=8-2

and the power cable.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-010...8470a&pd_rd_wg=2NRI1&pd_rd_i=B008JAFHLK&psc=1

And the actual mount.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-010...43e1b&pd_rd_wg=Dk5Bu&pd_rd_i=B008JAFHG0&psc=1

 

I had prepped all my gear as well as my Low Rider S for our usual Sunday breakfast ride yesterday but we got rained out. Since I didn't remember to put anything away (other than the bike!), I thought I'd do a shortie urban solo ride today. So I headed out the door for a ride to the north of us through Rancho Vistoso, a "master planned" community that used to have a golf course in the center of it. I figured I'd continue on up to Saddlebrook if the weather held (which it did), another master planned community which does have a golf course in the center. Though I rode a familiar route, I "found" something new. Actually, I just finally made the effort to stop at a place that I've always been curious...about but never quite enough to pull in. And I was glad I did today!

It turns out that the parking lot is at the entrance to Honeybee Canyon Park. The views are beautiful and there are several miles of hiking trails which a friend told me lead to petroglyphs created by the Hohokam people who occupied the area over 1000 years ago. There are also several structural dams which were created by cattle and sheep ranchers towards the end of the 19th Century. I had no idea! And I've ridden the Vistoso Loop (as we call it) probably well over a hundred times on either a motorcycle or bicycle over the past 20+ years. At any rate, this afternoon I only walked a bit past the arch in the photo to see the views but wasn't really prepared to do any sort of hike, no matter how short. Plus it was HOT! So I'll definitely go back now that I know about this park and next time I'll be prepared to explore a bit.











It had looked like it was raining on Saddlebrook to the north of me before I stopped at Honeybee Canyon Park. But when I mounted up and headed out, the rains had moved further north. So I decided to extend my ride and headed up through the small town of Catalina and then on to Saddlebrook. There's a gas station / convenience store on the main road into Saddlebrook so I pulled in there to get something cold to drink. The clouds over the mountains to the north and east of me were beautiful but I was glad they were north and east of me and not directly overhead.





After downing my beverage I decided to head home by the quickest route since it was 1:30pm and nearing the hottest part of the day. So I had a nice little solo outing today and made a fun "discovery" by being willing to stop in a parking lot that piqued my curiosity.

 

Thanks for your time sorting out those links mate.

 

Hey no worries