Rumbled. Why leave the sofa when AI can create a life for you? 
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Your Triumph motorcycle is indeed gorgeous. The Dutch countryside probably grows on you in time. 
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It’s not that bad actually, provided you get away from the congested centre of our country. In fact we even have bits which are, if not hilly, undulated… (thanks to the last ice-age).
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Not quite… 
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A couple of us are heading over to Matlock Bath on Sunday morning if you need an excuse to add a few more miles. 
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Those are speed bumps, Wim 
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Wow …! Is that a full road or just for bikes / push bikes. It looks pretty narrow …?
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Have you not seen Father Ted?
“Those are far away!”
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Clearly not built by The Romans…. 
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Nah… Chucked them out quite a while back…
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Put another 70 miles on the tiger. Went for a poddle with my next door neighbour. Stopped for a brew at Broxton, before heading south on the A41.
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Tigger had its first service today, all good!
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I take it you successfully managed the difficult task of getting home from the dealership this time! 
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Yep, made it in one piece this time…
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Looks like we actually have a summer for four days at least. 26 degrees in North Yorkshire by 'eck it’s warm 
Street Triple time and first use of the mesh jacket in Helmsley.
Return leg via Wass Bank and Byland Abbey
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Yesterday.
I took the Tiger out for a longish ride yesterday - for the first time this year it was genuinely hot!
I need to decide whether I’m going to take the dealers part exchange Offer for my Tiger 900 Rally Pro when my 400 Scrambler arrives in two or three weeks time, so I decided that this ride would be the deciding factor on whether it stays or goes.
Well, the decision is that it goes. I have few reasons why, but mainly it’s down to the combination of the height and weight which make it feel very top heavy. This isn’t a problem while riding it - it’s a really nice bike to ride - plenty of power, great ride quality and good grip and handling. It also has really good wind protection. It’s when I stop that the problems start. Firstly it’s tall - with the seat at its low setting it’s still 860mm which means that I can’t flat foot it and I have to concentrate and check the road camber whenever I come to a stop. I could live with this, it’s not ideal, but not a deal breaker.
The biggest problem is moving it around when off the bike - just moving it in and out of the garage is a trial - it always feels like it might topple if I’m not really careful. This aspect means that I’m overly cautious about where I will take it which means I haven’t been using it as I originally intended.
Obviously I was aware of these things when I test rode it, but thought I would just get used to it, but I haven’t.
Clearly the Scrambler 400 isn’t a Tiger replacement, but I’ve wanted one since I borrowed one back in March - it’s just a brilliant fun little bike so I was going to get one regardless of the Tiger decision.
For now I’m just going to stick with the Speed Twin and the Scrambler 400 and get some soft luggage for the Speed Twin and see how I get on with it for longer distance rides and a bit of touring (hopefully if we get a summer!).
According to Triumph’s specs, the Tiger and the Speed Twin have virtually identical weights, yet the Speed Twin is really easy to move around because it’s physically smaller and carries its weight much lower down.
I’ll see how I get on without the Tiger this year and if necessary look for a replacement next year - a smaller tourer probably along the lines of the Tiger Sport 660 or the Yamaha Tracer 7 GT.
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