eBay strikes again, bid on an auction I thought I have no chance of winning, and… got me a nice Triumph Sprint ST 1050. Unfortunately the weather today was inexplicable so couldn’t ride it home so here’s a big up to Steve from Rapid Bike Recovery who at very short notice transported the bike to me safely and cheaply, thanks! So far there’s only a couple of things I can say about the bike. 1) It’s awesome, 2) The riding position is nowhere near as sporty as I thought (good), 3) It’s fucking heavy!
So here they are, my pride and joy: the Honda “Dirty” Hornet, the Triumph “Heavy” Sprint and the Honda “Scratchy” Varadero
So pleased for you George - the collection is coming along very nicely! Can’t wait to ride out with you on your new blue baby - loving the colour Roll on warmer weather - got to say I am probably the only LB’er not devastated by the current weather - means while my ankle is healing I’m not missing much!
Tromboman: Yes it is not standard, although I’m not sure if it’s original Triumph upgrade or completely custom. Can’t judge comfort just yet but I’ll let you know
Daniel: Well it was and wasn’t, it started pretty bad, in the morning there was couple inches of snow north of London and I’m definitely not taking a new bike that is a) much heavier and b) much more powerful than what the Hornet, I wouldn’t even take the Hornet out in that
Art: Yes! The forecast says 9 degrees now which is almost good enough. Got a couple days off next week anyway so might get me heated grips
I know, I’m lazy But I think now’s the perfect time to sell it with the season start hopefully imminent.
Which is also the answer to the second question - as soon as bloody possible! As anybody can tell from my constant complaining I’m a fair weather rider so at least temp has to be in double digits for me to go out. Next Monday forecast changed from 10 to 6 so I’m not sure if next week is the day.
Yeah I thought about getting heated gear but a) that would cost a lot and I’m in the middle of getting loads of new gear already and more importantly b) I don’t even like cold in the car because most summer tyres lose a lot of their useful properties below seven or eight degrees which is even worse when it’s wet. So I’m kinda torn, I wanted to wait for spring because it looked like it was coming a couple of weeks already but I may opt for some winter stuff anyway because I’m getting tired of waiting.
Is not about heated. Proper gore-tex/sheltex would do. As today I overreacted and was boiling on the way to work. Just no fancy leather look between November and April and you will be ok.
The thing is I have very bad circulation in my hands so even with winter gloves (which I have) I’m still seriously cold so I think at least for my hands I will have to get something actively heated. We’ll see about the rest. The jacket isn’t a winter one but fares quite well and I’m gonna get GoreTex boots so should be fine as well.
Roll on warmer weather - got to say I am probably the only LB’er not devastated by the current weather - means while my ankle is healing I’m not missing much!
