learningtofly

Oh, that’s nice - congratulations to the happy couple and hope it’s a fantastic day

Bargain alert!!!

That certainly wasn't my intention, Bob - I thought it might be helpful to demonstrate how easy it is to overspend (and render yourself broke in the process!).

Still available, and happy to listen to sensible offers

Indeed.

Great stuff. The more miles you get under your belt, the more you'll find that you'll do these things without consciously thinking about them. You'll really start to enjoy your riding then.

Nearly - see above (you'd have to pull on the left bar to turn right)

Blimey - just revisited this thread, and there are all sorts pf conflicting messages that together present a pretty confusing picture of turning/counter steering. Here's a simple summary, then. At slow speeds - say, <10mph: counter steering does NOT work ( a little video to prove it). You need to turn the handlebars in the direction you wish to go, and have your weight on the outside of the bike for balance. Note - this is particularly important in terms of getting to grips with Mod 1 slow manoeuvres, as well as real life situations such as U-turns. At faster speeds - hard to define precisely where the line is drawn, but certainly over 10mph and (some would say) any speed where the bike will remain balanced if you remove your hands from the bars: counter steering is your friend, and you can forget about placing your weight on the outside - you should be leaning with the bike. HTH

Oh no, I mean

Nice job, and an interesting thread to follow!

Hmmmm... wasn't sure if I was going to respond to this initially, but given that I've kept a detailed account of what I've spent I thought it may help others understand how the cost of an adventure like this can mount up without you realising quite how expensive it's become. So, this is all costs I've incurred (ignoring the bikes themselves) from the moment I decided to take my CBT/DAS. A few points worthy of note: 1) In the long list of items bought, knowing what I know now I could probably have saved about £4-500 pounds; this includes a jacket, boots, gloves and locks that I'd not have bought if I'd had a little more knowledge at the outset. However, I started out with absolutely nothing, and needed all the essentials. 4) Insurance was a killer too, with zero no-claims and a couple of recent knocks in the car. In fact, the premium more than doubled when I went from the Twin to the Triple!!! What it does show is that it's easy for costs to escalate way beyond any notional budget that you may have set yourself - the relatively small costs soon mount up! As for the bike, trading up after a month ensured that I lost any benefits of discount that I achieved on the first bike, so... well, it wasn't very clever, really.

Oh god, don’t say that Go on, you know you want to Unfortunately he knows what I’m like

I bet you a tenner this time next year you'll have a different bike Tony. Probably a speed triple. Oh god, don’t say that

Nice work

Can only speak for the Striple out of the three, but I have to say that it’s a near-perfect bike. Maybe even perfect

Food for thought there, Geoff - thanks, mate.

Yes - I should probably clarify that it's a hose with a Gardena spray attachment on the end. I'll amend the OP!

Health and safety gone mad! Complete nonsense

Okay, I have to admit that I can be a tad lazy when it comes to cleaning-related activities but when I watched Youtube videos about bike cleaning it struck me that not everyone wants to spend 3-4 hours cleaning, polishing and blow-drying a bike, only to then ride it and immediately get it dirty again. I've therefore developed a 20-minute cleaning regime, which i thought I'd share. 1) Hose down bike thoroughly 2) Spray liberally with Motul Moto Wash or similar - just bear in mind that you only want a mild detergent if you've had the bike ACF-50 treated 3) Clean bike with liberal use of brushes and warm water 4) Repeat 1-3 above 5) Hose down a final time 6) Give any shiny bits a good rub-down and then let drip-dry HTH!

She, not it, unless you think she is that bad in which case I doff my cap to your very high standards Well, I wouldn’t kick her out of bed to get to you

If that's good looking, I'm the new Brad Pitt.

That’s the jobbie.

First of all, I hope you recover quickly (and I'm sorry about the bike). Now that's out of the way, I can be brutally honest I'm both a car driver and biker, like many/most on here, I imagine. So from that perspective I'd say two things: 1) If you chose to filter on the nearside of the traffic AND saw a gap in said traffic as you approached the junction on your left, you should have been riding defensively, thereby giving yourself a chance to stop if a hazard materialised. 2) I think an expectation that cars turning right across stationary traffic will stop as the nose of their car starts to edge out beyond the driver's direct line of sight is optimistic, to say the least. Yes, you could argue that they should be anticipating cyclists (not motor bikes) coming up on the inside, but in practice it doesn't happen. We know this, so should allow for it. My own opinion is that if you get offered settlement on a knock for knock basis, you've done well. I'd also suggest (and I say this as a relatively new rider myself) that you do some reading on defensive riding, because that's your biggest protection in high-traffic density city environments.

Sold on eBay For sale are the stock rear suspension units taken from a 2018 Street twin with 0 miles on the clock (in other words, new and unused). I believe the Triumph part number is T2050333, and the list price is circa £750. I'm not entirely sure how to price them, but given that used units seem to sell for around £175, how does £250 delivered to a UK address sound? I've not taken any photos as they're completely unused, but they'll come well protected in a Triumph box.

That's pretty good quality, actually. Presumably you used a chest mount, but did use use an external mic too because I liked the clearness of the exhaust notes? Yep, chest mount and a Gimbal I used H2N to record sound (tbh. I was not expecting that nice sound from the stock Akrapovic) I glad to hear that you liked my video, thanks I’ve subscribed