Featured What you been doing with your TRIUMPH today??

went for a 30 minuet ride just to cold well for me anyway 16c

 

Unfortunately the above ride didn't quite end there and there was an incident on a left hand bend.
I was directly behind the rider and so first on the scene and he was so lucky to avoid a substantial RSJ gatepost.

It looks like his helmet has saved his life and is only a few weeks old; severe impact above left eye splitting the Simpson shell but looks to have done its job.

Don't scrimp on your helmets guys as it's easily taken for granted.

 

Always sad to hear a fellow rider has had an off. Really pleased his kit saved him any major injuries.

 

I change my helmet at least every 3 years to avoid possible material fatigue. As long as most manufacturers also have warranty.

 

After 3 months of great weather it was forecast for rain all this week
glad to say they got it wrong! (although it rained non stop last night which is fine) 23c today so not bad


old pump

 

In preparation for my Europe trip I purchased the Eurolite stickers today and looking through the extensive instructions there is no mention of motorbikes, but every car you can think of.
So here is the question; has anybody ever used the stickers on their bike to correct the headlights when touring in Europe?

 

Have you looked in your local Halfords? I'm sure i saw them there but that was a few years ago

 

The ones I bought today were from Halfords lol

 

i guess if your not planning on riding in the dark you won't really need them, but they must be available somewhere, Mr Google is your man!

 

I suppose you've checked you actually need them? Many bikes just have up/down dipping, no more dipping to the left (or right).

 

That's what I thought. Been to Europe loads of times on various bikes and non have needed the headlight adjusting because they have a flat beam.

 

The weather forecast for this week (and next) doesn’t look very inspiring, so thought I’d get out today and make the most of the blue skies before the clouds rolled in later…

 

Thanks for the responses guy’s. I have never used them on any of my previous trips into Europe. I was going belts and braces following brexit. Not planning on riding at night, so I think I will just put them in my tank bag and see how it goes. If I don’t need them I will put them in the car for my next car trip in to Europe.

 

Just a quick update....

The rider who crashed yesterday has been, quite unbelievably really, released tonight from hospital and is now home with a bag of medication. Considering his post accident condition this is great news.

Although a contentious issue amongst some, restriction of choice and freedoms etc. it just goes to show the validity of the introduction some years ago of UK helmet laws in fatality reduction.

 

That is good news; thank goodness he avoided that gate post.

 

The gatepost in question....... padlocked and chained gate obviously now opened so not in view
The bike landed upside down where the guy in jeans is and the rider was 4 metres or so "directly behind the RSJ".

 

Now that would have been a potentially terrible outcome .

 

@Wessa: I am convinced that you can do without it on your trip. Your headlight is basically aimed at the area in front of yours and in my opinion it doesn't matter on which side of the road you drive. With double headlights then possibly the other headlight shines. What the heck!

 

Introduced my Cousin Alistair to his 'Ride' in my shed, He is Holidaying here in WA (Oz) for about Seven weeks and this will be his bike

A 1998 Triumph Adventurer (legend/thunderbird) were other models of the similar ilk .
There's four in the shed ...
Rear America, red 250 ninja Kawasaki, the Adventurer with Ali aboard and fore ground R side a Black Honda Hornet 900 early 2000's model.

 

Thanks @Markus , my conclusion is I won’t use the deflectors. The hi-viz stickers came this morning and I have fitted them to my helmet.