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Just found these photos whilst doing some admin on the computer so I thought I’d post them here. Great bike and in mint condition when I bought it back in 2005. Originally an Italian import into the UK. Another one I should’ve kept! ????

Just a big hello to all the new folks! Thanks for stopping by and joining this colourful bunch of characters. You might have been looking around already and perhaps you are a bit confused, what the hell are all these people talking about.....? It's true, it is not always about bikes, and sometimes most of us don't really know what is going on, so you are not alone, ever! Feel free to jump in and comment and share. Until you give it a try you won't know how fun it can be... If anyone gives you any grief just let the Grasshopper know and I'll help you crush them.....lol, sorry that is just how we roll around here, silliness will prevail.

Considering they show a video of it on a dyno and describe it as being strapped to a Dynojet I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's rear wheel HP... ? Not that it matters, that's pretty low for a 1.7L engine in 2021 no matter where it's measured. And as long as I'm being bitchy... they claim "We strapped the Softail Slim to our in-house Dynojet 250i dyno, recording horsepower and torque measurements..." yet a Dynojet measures neither torque nor horsepower. Being an inertia dyno it measures the time it takes to spin up the roller and calculates the rest. And now that I've blathered on about all THAT, I see the video is now of a Ducati Desert Sled, so disregard the video comment?

Those are some great pics guys. I;ll throw in some of mine from here butt, snore, boring to be honest. I dont have many just nature shots anyways it appears. This is the start of the Connecticut River. I think that mound of dirt moved!!! ! Not anymore! This is the end of the Connecticut River, thank you.

DISCLAIMER: long story with bits of rant thrown in! My bike ownership involves dropping them, I have done it to all the bikes and normally in front of a crowd to keep everyone amused! There was the Hornet 250 I dropped at the fantastic Cat and Fiddle pub at the top of the Peak District and had many applauding patrons to whom I bowed in appreciation for their contentment!! There was the Speed Triple 1050 #2 in the Ferry from Santander, surrounded by dozens of Hell Angels returning from their annual gathering in Algarve, that in the highest gesture of chivalry run to help me pick up the poor green machine off the floor. There was the Speed Triple #1 at the Ace Cafe that I dropped on a warm Summer's night to the huge cheers of the local stunt riders and Rockabillys that won me a cracking sausage butty!! Many times have I dropped the bikes and as such I don't get too upset about it, I accept it as part of who I am, my clumsiness and hastiness, so always invested in good crash bars!! Dropping bikes is not something that hurts my pride as such, but with the current bike I have always been afraid and dreading the day it would happen because I had no crash bars, unlike in all the others, and I knew it was going to be a very expensive affair... And I was not wrong. The things we most fear are the ones that will happen if we can't shake off the fear and so it was that on the 26th of December 2020 I dropped it. Low Sun, lack of concentration, tiredness and momentary blindness led to to much front brake, slide and not enough control to miss @Pedro passenger foot peg that hooked my radiator. It was literally a 1 cm thing that didnt become a near miss, unfortunately! He has told me so many times to not ride so close, being the caring person he is, worried about my wellbeing, but I am not good at listening! 10 kms\h max meant engine covers, mirror, wheel, foot peg, radiator and a few little things that needed to be replaced for sure. I got on the phone immediately to Jack Lilleys Triumph in London, the place I bought all my Triumphs, to order everything because in Portugal Triumph is hopeless and they had no parts or any idea when the parts would come. What they did tell me is a radiator costs here 750 euros plus VAT as opposed to 389 pounds plus VAT in the UK... First rant: how can a brand like Triumph allow an entire country to be out of parts or decent support? The importer is in Spain and that is good enough for them. Not great having a Triumph Motorcycle here. Fortunately I have this great connection with Triumph in the UK and 2 days latter all the parts were ready to ship, apart from the wheel, that I chose to get on Ebay from a triumph parts supplier that is normally good, but we will get to that in a bit. The parts were ready but due to Covid they could only be shipped after the 1st of January, so they got caught by Brexit. Again, due to the amazing Kathy, the parts department responsible at Jack Lilleys, repackaging everything in the smallest way possible and choosing the right carrier ( UPS you rock!) I got everything in 10 days and after 250 euros paid to customs the parts were at the mechanic here. Second Rant: bloody Brexit!!! Could write a book of rants about it, but lets leave it. Now, the wheel... It looked good, had a new tyre as well, 200 quid less then a new one, seemed a good deal. As you can tell, it wasn't. The guy filled in the papers wrong and chose to use Parcel Force as a carrier, a black hole was born... Customs stopped the wheel for wrong documentation and Parcel Force's equivalent in Portugal is the local Post Office, a force for evil when it comes to parcel delivery!! 7 weeks later, the wheel was still stuck. Many phone calls, many emails, a lot of time wasted chasing people, eventually I just accepted the situation, chose the way of the Zen and at week 8 the wheel was delivered after 108 euros of fees to customs. Third Rant: it is unacceptable that we have to be hostages of the inefficiency and incompetence of services that work poorly and don't have any accountability. Me and @Pedro inspected the wheel and concluded it is in good nick and good to go to the mechanic that will hopefully get the bike finished in 2 weeks. The tyre, although new, is very old and glazed over, so will make a good dog bed after I am finished repurprusing it and will decorate the vet Practice in style! Its not all vets that have a race Metzler for the doggy patients!! In the mean time @Pedro got himself busy online looking for some crash bars for me to add to the bike and found something spectacular!! A Russian manufacturer called Crazy Iron makes some serious crash bars for those that don't mind looking like a Russian tank on parade!! Or stunt riders. They weight as much as a tank as well, proper Russian! The bike will be smashed to bits before the bars have a little dent!! Because the mechanic is an expert on suspension and is a Ohlins wizard, took the opportunity to service the gold stuff on my bike and it now has new oil and new acquired sportiness!! I miss my bike a lot, I miss ridding a lot and have to thank @Pedro for his help and support to cope with all the stress the wheel situation generated. Plus by finding the bars, has given me something that will remove the worry of dropping the bike and I can be a hooligan again!! He has also helped me rationalizing the cost of over 2000 euros for all this and found me a new helmet on sale that has made me very happy!!! So many new things to start again the new season! Bring it on!!

Lob a camera in that section Michelle.......he won't go anywhere near it then. It's like Kryptonite to Superman!

The newcomers have now been offered the hand of friendship, which previously belonged to the chairperson of Bobs amputee support group.

Just a heads up, if anyone has someone by the name of @Buckster approach you, don't be frightened, just stand still and he might not see you. ? Someone forgot to lock his cage and he is running wild, we will get things back in order shortly. Thank you for your patience!

Here we go, they will be starting an adventure quilting thread.

Demon? How fucking cool is that?

Stefans knob? Company for Bobs leg at least.

We get a few new signups and @Tym starts busting a cap!

To be fair I dont get upset with it. I have never been upset with my scars, and I have many, or my white hair. They are proof of living and like someone said once "whats the point in living if we dont feel alive?!" What pisses me of is the bill!! That and waiting, I get bored so very easily ??

That is the noise he makes when he pulls his fingers out his ass

I still think 3D printing is powerful magic. We are living in the science fiction of my youth. Have you ever seen the episode of Red Dwarf where during a disaster an emergency crew member is 3d Printed by the ship's computer and it jams slightly as it comes out of the plotter, over prints in the head area and he has to bend his head right over to look at people all the time?

Hi and thanks.....looking forward to looking around the site....

@Earache Hey! Those look familiar... I still haven't tried printing them in flexible material but I'm getting closer... Here's the set I printed for Earache. Not sure why he chose this color but I don't judge...

Ok boss man, I have shared that to the world a few times over....if they don't come in droves then I recommend one the boy's work their style. I can think of a few around here that are very "marketable" in such ways.

Pedro, it’s a slippery slope, you let them ride motorcycles and before you know it they are asking for all sorts of foolish things like equal pay and the right to vote.

Limousine cross with local breed. They look similar to Jerseys, thats true, but these are beef cattle.

As opposed to Harley riders...?

On a recently burned area, nature comes back

The Pope is a cunt.

sounds that way

Welcome Demon, take no notice of Buckster, someone put chewing gum on the seat of his bus

Done, done and done...... ?

SOS for the regulars to go into the Intros section and welcome the new signups! Buck's gone and called all of them cunts......so can you try and do a bit of damage limitation? Tell them he's retarded or something.

NO, you are in the wrong place again @Buckster Could someone help him back to his cage and get him a cheeseburger. ? This is where the people with a good sense of style come.

Man of few cameras more like!

How much do you think we should pay them?

Sofia.....I think Buck was very influenced by the biker guy in the Village People!

I've managed to get the link on a FB group.....haven't had my collar felt! Yet!

You're right, I might just end my account and move on to nothing at all if suddenly all the current weirdos would be joined by hairy butt fans from across the internet

No, same price on new bikes on the Continent.. Triumph got in 2019 a huge warehouse in France and the new bikes go there and are registered in the EU and sold as normal. At the moment its the ones going to the uk that have to pay the tax and will be more expensive. But they have created a uk company and will import bikes to that company and sell them seperate from the others. The part situation was always like this, as was the bad service. The cost of anything triumph in Portugal and Spain is crazy!! From a t-shrit to a chain, 30 to 40% more expensive even if you factor exchange rates. Im not really sure its clever for me to have a Triumph here, but ill try to follow my heart and not my head once again!!! Im just too romantic!

My KLR's brake lever has a nice "hook" bent into from hitting the ground so often, i actually like it for the ergos of it..lol Pete must remember the time when i shunted Tammy in the rear in New Jersey...after that i got my first set of scription glasses! Now i know how close to rears i am.

My bike has a scratch on the silencer! The triumph will return, with bright red engine steel cages!

I loved the cows too, that first one was such a sweetie. I ate no meat for dinner, can't eat meat after petting a cow. I did, for you and my neighbours, they like their salt. @Sofia is the authority on cows as far as I'm concerned. I talk to them but they never talk back. This area is like that, you ride one hour one way and on the way back you spend 3 hours to ride the way back if you take the scenic route and take pictures. Takes forever to do 200km.

What do you mean, tell them ? It's a known fact isn't it ? A bit like the pope being catholic

I was talking about its crap fittings and finish get with the program

60bhp as I recall.

So you're not happy unless there's a throbbing between your legs Fred?

It’s so long since I owned it I can remember to be honest but I think it had plenty of ooompf.

I told you, you could start up that thread, everyone is welcome here, regardless of how you spend your time. ?

With all Free range posters, sometimes you get a weed eater.

Did someone forget to lock @Buckster cage again.....seriously, I told you guys to keep it locked! ?

Thanks @Tym for your contribution, you have a few nice shots there.... But, ummmm ya, maybe we need a separate RAMBO thread for your bad assness gun thingy style.... ?

The AT had the name though Ray......and they still fetch big money now.

@Tym.......didn't I always say we could hit the big time if we had a strange woman with radical ideas onboard?

No Bob, I don't think we could handle the volume of weirdos that would join up after that marketing campaign.....nope just can't handle it. ? We only have so much room for hairy butts....

If you repost it @XTreme, try one of the below and I will share it all over the place. I can't share it if it is too "ladies kick butt style", I need to keep that on the low down. We can not be too "cool" either, need to lighten it up and make people know it's not all about oil type arguments. "An Adventure Motorcycle forum with a colorful collection of people, places and adventures. A little different from the rest." "A uniquely fun and funky Adventure Motorcycle forum that welcomes you to share your adventures." "An Adventure Motorcycle forum for the love of motorcycling and sharing a good laugh with fun folks." Just a suggestion....works for me...