Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

Smart little after work ride out with a couple of mates... from Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale to Caton... burger n chips then hooned it back again... just what the Dr. Ordered!

 

Trailer lights and number plate all sorted and ready
Gonna have a coffee and kick the cat
Then back in the garage and try to get the tow bar fitted to NUDGER
Just mock it up with bolts then take it to work and get it all welded
What a bloody carry on

 

It’s too feckin HOT
Absolutely sweating buckets in the garage...bloody sweat keeps getting in my eyes
Hacksawing and drilling is a winter job
Having my tea then back in the garage to make the side struts
That should be me done then at work tomorrow I’ll weld it up and affix captivated nuts
Welding and grinding in this heat
FFS

 

Hard work ,drinking beer, eh

 

Just make sure not to let sweat drip into your beer. It’s a sin to dilute the stuff, you know!

 

Hot? My living room is hot...

 

Hmmmm....BEER
Now you’re talking
Must finish the work first though

 

Worth it next weekend.

 

Doing feck all, watching swmbo riding horses... Pfff 35 centigrade FFS!

 

Woo hoo finished for the night
In the back of the car ready to take to work tomorrow
Welding/grinding and some lurvely BLACK paint and that’s me good to go gonna have a shower then pour myself a well earned LARGE JD and sit in the garden watching the bats catch insects

 

Well done mate! You obviously earned your JD!

 

I would have ridden myself mate, but done my back in - takes longer than usual to get right again, so have to make the best of it... We all have our crosses to bear...

 

Not me but my buddy just brought this home, a brand new ‘17 Thrusty R. After seeing my new Twin he traded his Harley!

 

Got all the fabrication finished at work today for NUDGERS tow bar
And I’m a shite welder
But I’m bloody brilliant with a grinder
Got home and was gonna disappear into the garage to give it a lick of paint BLACK of course
Turns out that it’s the blister in laws birthday
So out for a meal we went and I had a greet big T-bone steak four pints of real ale and a sticky toffee pudding
Now sitting in the garden finishing that bottle of JD what I got from @Sprinter and I’ll probably be in bed before 9
I know I know
Feckin lightweight

 

Had a decent bit of dry weather for a change. It’s rained every day for nearly the last two weeks. I spent the better part of the day on a nice long ride. Gave me a chance to clear my head of all the noise from the week. I even got a little gravel riding in!

 

Good man... that’s what it’s all about

 

Spending £££ on my 2010 Speed Triple
£33 DID ZVMX chain off Amazon
£25 rear sprocket (+1 tooth) from Square Deals
£65 for rad and oil guard Square Deals
£35 each 2x 4lt oil off eBay
£5 each 2x oil filters off eBay
Rear DucTail £13 eBay
Rear reflectors eBay £2
£650 rear shock (R2) from Nitron

Should keep me busy for next few days

 

Will look at fixing up the Scottoiler today.
Spare part arrived yesterday so I can fix the vacuum pipe to the inlets. Then it will be ready for the new chain and sprockets.
Also Ductail, chain and sprockets should arrive today

Going to be a few weeks before the Nitron shock arrives, that is the main thing
Currently has the standard shock which hasn't been serviced for 8 years/11,000 miles and has a lowering ring (Lust Racing) installed
Feels like my knees are up by my chin and the handlebar(with raisers) is are head height, bit like what it must feel like to ride a chopper so really need to resolve that

Then once done, I need new springs for the forks, 10n/mm I believe

 

Feckin weather
Me and NUDGER went to Newcastle to get his heated handlebar grips fitted bloody heavens opened on the way back got soaked through to the skin
You can also see the mirror raising tube that I made

 

Neat job there on the mirrors Dilli. I also like the way that the heated grip switch is located on the bike.
Wessa

 

Thanks to @Col_C excellent tips got the DRL working. So that's the headlights done.

 

Ahhhhhh! Stop staring at me!!!