A picture a day... biker banter (Vol 6)

Oooh, nice Injin. Where’s that? I’m on week two of a Californian ski jaunt and now back in SF but all I’ve seen (and heard) have been Harleys.

Bob Defly

Is the Speed Twin living up to your expectations and did you favour it over anything else?

Spring has sprung! Finally!



(I only seem to take photos at Midhurst )

Popped along yesterday to a local meet in MK which had been organised by one of the HA support groups, Wayward Crew MC, Lea Valley HA were also in attendance. Was actually a really good turn out, probably 300+ bikes and no issues.

Mines the red bobber, when I came back to my bike this black bobber had parked next to me, interesting this bike had been converted to belt drive.


I popped out earlier to collect another bobber friend, love his exhaust!

Gospel Pass

It's a well known bike route in Wales, I got it off the ABR site, you stop at Llanthony Priory and then you wonder why you are going down crappy, single track lanes with no view and not much riding pleasure and question the sanity of the author

Then you get to the top and suddenly it opens up to this and it all makes sense

Cool, thanks for that. I shall seek it out

Yes I did cross shop it against a few other bikes, but I'm very happy with the decision I made, I really like it. The only thing I'm going to change is the rear shocks, for either YSS or Nitrons, I don't need/want ohlins for the roads I'm on.

I also looked at the Speed Triple RS (too fast/harsh for where I ride), the Kawasaki z900 (nice bike but I'm not a huge fan of inline 4's), and the BMW R9T (similar but ultimately not as nice as the Triumph. The other bike I quite liked and did consider was the CB1000R but I couldn't find a good review of it, everyone just said it was ok, but a bit expensive.

I've ridden a couple of friend's bikes since buying this, and neither were as comfortable, nor as torquey as this one. The format of Bonneville comfort with the Thruxton engine, and a riding position exactly between the two is just perfect IMHO. I'll be keeping this bike for a long time. I have another Pennsylvania tour lined up for this year, can't wait.



P.S. The difference in leg position (knee width apart) between a twin and an inline 4 is crazy, you I4 guys must walk around like John Wayne or something!

I thought I recognised it. The approach from the south is an "interesting" stretch of road, but I hear that the landslip is finally fixed and the road is officially open.

A favourite (long day) ride from Bristol is a loop, starting via Chepstow and Usk, that takes in Gospel Pass, Mynydd Eppynt, the Abergwesyn mountain road (Devil's Staircase) to Tregaron, Llyn Brianne, Black Mountain Road, returning along the A40 to Abergavenny, back lanes to Tintern, and down the Wye Valley.

Nice

I used to go to school in Midhurst back in the 1980’s.. Intermediate and Grammar schools. I’m sure it still looks the same

My wife did too. And no it hasn’t changed much according to her.