What did you do to your bike today?

[Joe85]

Right, i need the opinion of the great and the good of TMBF:

 

Standard mirrors or bar-end mirrors?

 

 

Edited February 1, 2024 by Joe85

[Simon Davey]

Bar-end give it quite an aggressive look, they look good and only add a little extra width.

[Old-codger]

Sorry dont like the bar end mirrors its the standard mirrors for me.

[Pie man]

I prefer the Standard ones too. Not a fan of bar end mirrors, never seen the point of them. 

 

[Nick the wanderer]

Aesthetically the standard mirrors for me. But I'd go for the ones that work the best, no point looking good if all you can see is your elbows.

[RideWithStyles]

Std for so many reasons, those std ones look quite abit adjustable compared to the normal ones you get. 

i agree with nick but if thou no point if you cant filter with wide bessie.

sure someone will say : you only need to look behind you if your slow. .

[Steve_M]

On 24/01/2024 at 08:58, S-Westerly said:

I stop at Devil's Bridge to use the toilets there if I go up the West side of the country to get to Teesdale. Kirkby to Sedbergh to Brough to Middleton in Teesdale. Nice on a summer day. Not at this time of year!

I was passing Devil’s Bridge on Sunday on my return from a little bimble when I got snapped.

 

Not a bad day for a ride. A bit chillier than forecast but dry.

Edited February 1, 2024 by Steve_M

[Steve_M]

3 hours ago, Joe85 said:

Right, i need the opinion of the great and the good of TMBF:

 

Standard mirrors or bar-end mirrors?

 

 

Standard for me, too. The bar end mirrors make it look like it’s trying to do a body builders pose

 

[S-Westerly]

Standard mirrors get my vote. Rarely like the look of bar end mirrors. 

[Yorky]

Standard

[Pie man]

1 hour ago, Steve_M said:

Standard for me, too. The bar end mirrors make it look like it’s trying to do a body builders pose

 

I was thinking more along these lines 

 

[skyrider]

standard 

[bonio]

Bar ends. But they're clearly a minority taste.

[fullscreenaging]

On 21/01/2024 at 13:20, Mickly said:

Suspected a leak from one of the fork seals on the F650GS, took the dust seal off & this was the crud I found underneath:

 

Looks like that blue stuff gave up a good fight. I wonder how it got up there??

[Throttled]

Today I prepared my bike for a winter tour, to a place that will make @Hoggs very, very happy......

[Bianco2564]

On 01/02/2024 at 12:56, Joe85 said:

Right, i need the opinion of the great and the good of TMBF:

 

Standard mirrors or bar-end mirrors?

 

 

Can you fit both sets, in a Lambretta stylee?

[Fiddlesticks]

A while ago, I bought a Bluetooth OBD tool to plug into the car and connect to my Android phone.  Today, I plugged it into the Triumph Tiger Explorer and connected it to my Windows laptop.  With the help of some software kindly provided on the Tiger Explorer forum, I reduced my service intervals (who goes 10k miles between oil changes?!) and reset the little service warning spanner on the dash.

[Ian Frog]

9 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

A while ago, I bought a Bluetooth OBD tool to plug into the car and connect to my Android phone.  Today, I plugged it into the Triumph Tiger Explorer and connected it to my Windows laptop.  With the help of some software kindly provided on the Tiger Explorer forum, I reduced my service intervals (who goes 10k miles between oil changes?!) and reset the little service warning spanner on the dash.

May I ask what year your Tiger is? I could do with similar for my 2023 GT Pro.

Cheers

Ian

[Fiddlesticks]

57 minutes ago, Ian Frog said:

May I ask what year your Tiger is? I could do with similar for my 2023 GT Pro.

Cheers

Ian

Hi Ian. Mine's a 2013 (Gen 1). The software is TigerTool. Might be worth a try.

[Joe85]

Standard mirrors it is then. I’ve ordered the required reservoir holder but it’ll be a few weeks yet, so preening bodybuilder/bullhorns look it is for a while yet.

 

Dropped it off for a PPF application. Too much carbon to leave it unprotected.

 

 

[Davidtav]

Fitted the Givi engine shield to the VStrom. Took it for a ride. All seems ok. I fitted the Givi crash bars last week.  I’m not really a fan of adding loads of aftermarket parts. So I reckon that’s it really. I have a top box and panniers that clip on. So all set for the summer. 

[Ian Frog]

4 hours ago, Fiddlesticks said:

Hi Ian. Mine's a 2013 (Gen 1). The software is TigerTool. Might be worth a try.

Thanks for that. 

Unfortunately Tiger tool is currently being updated to try and work with gen4 which is why I asked.

The guy who made it is on it from what I hear.

Thanks anyway. 

Cheers 

Ian 

[V650]

Getting ready for summer 

I put in an outside tap and a double power outlet on the side of the house as I was fed up dragging the watering can through the house to clean the bike 

So after a test blast with the karcher I got out in the little bit of sunshine we had

 

[bonio]

1 hour ago, V650 said:

Getting ready for summer 

I put in an outside tap and a double power outlet on the side of the house as I was fed up dragging the watering can through the house to clean the bike 

So after a test blast with the karcher I got out in the little bit of sunshine we had

 

Looks grand. Not so long to wait now  

[Tinkicker]

Out to the shed.  VFR tank removed.  Airbox lid and filter removed.  Attempted start.  A pop now and again.

 

Out with the rear plugs, only two I can access with bodywork fitted.  Absolutely drowned in fuel.

 

Put blowlamp flame to plug.  Nothing.  Started to dry out plug.  Fuel started burning off after five seconds or so.  Not good.

 

Plugs dried and refitted.  Sprayed easystart down the rear carbs, and tried with no choke, hoping to dry out the cylinders.

 

It started and ran on the rear bank for about two seconds...then quit.

 

Removed plugs.  Wet with fuel.

 

Fuel is so bad in the carbs that it will not burn in the cylinders.  It struggles to burn in a blowlamp flame. This was fresh fuel when I topped off the tank in September and it started fine in October and November, a bit harder in mid December and no start at all at end of January because I left it nearly two months with the fuel sat in the carbs instead of the usual one month.

 

Modern fuel is garbage for bikes on carbs that are stood over winter.  It has turned to paraffin and water.

 

Only thing for it is to wait for warmer and drier weather, get the bike out of the shed, remove the bodywork to access the carbs and front plugs, dry them, drain all the carbs and put fresh fuel in.  It is not clear whether I added the usual dose of fuel stabiliser or not..

 

Failing that, carbs out for a dip in the ultrasound machine.

 

Im a bit miffed.....

 

Next year, I am draining the tank, using the old fuel in the car, bringing the tank into the house so it does not rust internally and running the carbs dry.

I wanted to keep the bike in useable condition over winter " just in case" but it is clearly not working out.

 

 

Edited February 9, 2024 by Tinkicker