Hi All The Triumph has/had been languishing in the garage since Wales last year....not getting out on it a lot these days! Managed to get a few days away last week for a bit of bike/camping fun and brought the new [to me] drone this time! Got absolutely soaked on our return leg home - outside Newry...

wideparting wrote:

johnnyboxer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:50 am Lunch stop at the biker cafe

yee gods john,thats one posh bikers cafe.

It was and I was warmly welcomed

Lunch stop at the biker cafe

Thanks all, seems most of the offerings are either too enduro-y, or too small for two-up comfort. A Honda CL400 looks perfect but they are hard to find and getting old. Drz400s probably the best of the rest. I may try a DRZ, otherwise may have to resort to the shed pile and create something... You ...

Scott_rider wrote:
Is that a 350 EXC, johnnyboxer?

It is & just followed me home [emoji23][emoji6]

Rode it for the first time, my new bike A few Dales trails this afternoon https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230809/25f87e3e718b5dc546df16e202044be9.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230809/0c19d553621082dfb02dd2bb715903f3.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230809/827976153cacd99397d8f35770...

Forgot to add clocked a few things on the shock so glad I looked at it the lower bush doesn't look to healthy same for the top one, there's a nick in the Hydraulic hose outer sleeve, an when your hand is on the shock spring pushing on the seat you can feel vibration through the shock. If the pivot ...

Tonibe63 wrote:

johnnyboxer wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:36 am It’s not the shock
Creaking when you push down on the seat is the pivot bearings

That's my experience too JB, albeit with the 1200gs.

Yep
Creaking is pivot bearings

It’s not the shock
Creaking when you push down on the seat is the pivot bearings

I took mine for a service yesterday

Last one was in summer 2021 and I have only covered a measly 790 miles in the last 2 years, on it [emoji85]