Went out on Sunday to take advantage of the sunny weather after the previous weeks rain and snow.
Along the coast to Whitby and the Whistle Stop Cafe - finally nice not to be Billy no mates for once.
Headed for the Forge Tea Rooms in Hutton-le-Hole. Temperature dropped from 8 to 2.5 degrees on top of the moors. Enjoyable ride though (it’s snowing again now 
Another nice set of pictures @stevelovatt .
I noticed that you have fitted your disc lock when you parked up. Do you always do this when stopped on a ride out? I must admit I never do and wondered if other forum members do or don’t use a disc lock when out on a ride?
I always use my disc lock if I am out of sight of the bike.
I’ll always put the disc lock on if the bike is parked up out of sight.
Cheers mate, I always carry a disc lock and use it if I leave the bike and go on walkabout.
I don’t bother if it’s parked outside the cafe or I can see it.
Mind you, it’s not a bad habit to get into I suppose.
Yes maybe I should follow your lead. I’m very lax about security when I’m on a ride.
Funny as I always use the disc lock when I park up when on tour.
I wouldn’t follow it too closely mate, I once didn’t bother to use the disc lock and when I got back after at least 3 hours, I couldn’t find my keys.
Went through my jacket and trouser pockets at least twice then spotted the keys where I’d left them - in the ignition 
Ha ha yes I have been guilty of the same error of keys left in the ignition or on the seat.
I think I put this in a confession thread on TTF, but I once parked my bike overnight in a multi-story in the middle of Birmingham and left the keys in the ignition. Discovered them when I came back the following afternoon. Fortunatley it was a Yamaha Thunderace so no one wanted to nick it. 
I was in whitby a couple of weeks back, it was sunny and warm then! but I was in the car! Going back north over the moors and there were 3 barn owls and a short eared owl hunting. An excellent day and the batter on the fish at sneaton castle was the best I’ve ever had.
I nearly always use either a disc lock or two, sometimes three or my u-lock when parking. Plus the trophy has an alarm on it.
I have left a key in the ignition though not with my triumphs but on my old airhead BMW’s. They had keys where the top folded down and was sleek against the bike so I often forgot them! The bike and keys were always there when I returned… 
Possible though not probable consequence of padlocking your bike.
Seen recently on a Dublin street. I did once hear of a Honda sportsbike were the owner had padlocked the front wheel to a lamp post and on his return, just the front wheel remained.
I used to use a disc lock, until it jammed up on me and wouldn’t unlock. I was at Assen racetrack at the time 
luckily after much effort and a fair bit of sphincter clenching, I got it undone. Scared me though 
I used to keep my lock on a bracket on the bike, which was handy. Trouble was if it rained it ended up full of water and I did worry that it might seize up with rust.
Keep it in a waterproof bag on the side of the bike now.
The good thing about the trophy is the under seat storage, I can fit 3 disc locks under there plus a puncture repair kit along with the toolkit. Then a cable lock in the fairing cubbyhole for locking the helmet on with.
