She’s got style 
.
3 Likes
I’ve run fuel quite a few times to nearly or to empty. As experiment I once ran it 8 miles past empty without any problems. Fuel gauge seems very accurate and at ‘empty’ I can get 11 litres into the 12 litre tank. (It’s the small tank that makes me try and stretch things, though I wouldn’t deliberately do that when on tour.)
4 Likes
I’ll try not to bring that up when I see you in August… 
2 Likes
oh yes, you’ll be able to mesure what 30 years of grudge looks like 
4 Likes
Don’t talk to me about low fuel in France…
Back in our early days of touring UK credit cards didn’t work in the 24hr card pumps which were your only option on a Sunday. Trying to offer cash to a local in exchange for them using their card so I could fill up was great fun - my grasp of the French language was (& still is) non existent. 
3 Likes
Yes, done that quite a few times! Not just the UK credit cards…
1 Like
Bet you didn’t try it with sign language though?
I found shouting in English didn’t help.
2 Likes
I did kind of point a bit at cash and cards…
2 Likes
I took the mrs.’ Trident for its first service. They must be doing something right judging by the amount of brand new motorcycles that they’ve sold and are waiting to be delivered… 
5 Likes
Today I went for a two mile ride to fill up with petrol, not very exciting but was nice to know everything is OK after finishing up work fitting new steering head bearings.
4 Likes
A Blustery Bimble to Boscastle.
The dualling of the stretch of the A30 between Carland Cross and Chiverton was finally opened last week, so thought we’d check it out on the way, less than 8 miles long and 4 years in the making. Local chaos for most of that time, hope the holiday makers appreciate it! 
A bunch of minor rural roads affected by it are still to be sorted/repatriated - perhaps by Christmas (should provide some nice quiet bike roads next year ).
Any way… Cream tea in Boscastle (jam first of course), then coast road (nice views) to Tintagel on the way home… to vote.
No photos, so it didn’t really happen.
6 Likes
Fully agree with the jam on first (jam is a spread and cream is a topping). Didn’t make me popular when I lived in Devon
7 Likes
Clotted cream is the butter and jam is the spread on top
5 Likes
Cream , jam and then more cream……sorted.
No one offended …!
Libran’s solution to the old question…!
2 Likes
Went for a 150 mile ‘test’ ride for new steering head bearings. Must say they gave that freely-tipping-into-corner feeling that new tyres do. Cornering adjustments also seems more ‘precise’, unsurprising I suppose. Guess I had got used to old bearings as they wore and not noticed how they affected riding.
When I got home found post had delivered road tax reminder and an insurance renewal quote from Bennetts that’s twice last years at £450, and it’s with some underwriter I’ve never heard of rather than AXA. 
Also, my left front indicator is intermittently failing again. It really looks like a problem with the wiring which is most annoying as two days ago when I had front end apart I tested it by pulling and twisting it before wrapping it in loom tape. Now have to do more dismantling again to get to bottom of problem and fix it.
2 Likes
Pfwhoa… I love that yellow!
5 Likes
Putting some more miles towards first service on the Tiger… After the initial 100 miles I am now allowed up to 5K revs as opposed to 3.500… 
8 Likes
At last, a warm sunny day.
I headed off with the intention of riding the single track road through Glen Fruin to see the submarines at Gare Loch, but the road was closed halfway along, just where the Ministry of Defence training area is - army manoeuvres?
I turned back and stopped in at Duck Bay on Loch Lomond, a great spot to enjoy a bit of lunch!
11 Likes