What did you do with whatever else you've got?

[nick crisp]

Bought it 





What a foccin day that was! Too knackered to go into detail now, more later.

[Skippernick]

Uh oh.

[esetest]

Bought it 





What a foccin day that was! Too knackered to go into detail now, more later.

Cracking looking bike , looking forward to your review , thinking of getting one of those in a couple of years .

[tex]

[quote author=tex link=topic=11414.msg220880#msg220880 date=1452100330]
Took the tdr for its mot, sailed  through, then taxed it.

Was it that wet at the mot centre  :lol
[/quote]

  :lol it did rain all day

[tex]

[quote author=tex link=topic=11414.msg220880#msg220880 date=1452100330]
Took the tdr for its mot, sailed  through, then taxed it.

I think we deserve another pic of the TDR tex...........how are you getting on with it?
[/quote]
  Hi nog,
                Yes getting on great with it, nice and light,  keep forgetting it needs loads of revs to pull away which can be enbarasing,  never let me down yet!  Loves the b roads, and had it a year and it has not blown up yet, although  at 10.000 rpm it sounds like it .    :eek ! I'll post a pic soon

[Exupnut]

Bought it 





What a foccin day that was! Too knackered to go into detail now, more later.

Glad u bought the round eye. Makes it look iconic.

[noggythenog]

Black is well known as the fastest colour for twins & triples 8)


Those triple r have a lovely induction noise too. 8)

[taylor]

lovely bike nick nice,  nice bit of gold bling.

[nick crisp]

I've had a soft spot for black and gold since the Ducati 900 SS from the early 80s.


What a day though! I chose the dealer I went to because they had several examples to choose from, so thought it'd be more likely I'd find one that was right. They also had a Daytona that had been converted to naked from Street Triple parts, which intrigued me - more power! The salesman told me it had been assembled at the Triumph factory using only genuine parts. But in the end, I thought it would be hard to sell if I wanted to try something else later, and the price was too high.

Went down the M6 to Manchester, planning M60, then across the Peaks. Hit Manchester and ended up stuck in traffic for nearly 2 hours due to an overturned tanker lorry. Tried to cut through Manc itself, but hit roadworks and diversions everywhere - must've seen every street in the city centre. Then got stuck behind every slow vehicle trying to head east (strangely, they weren't all blue). Ended up driving the Cat and Fiddle road among others.


Finally got there, and while I was grabbing my bike kit from the car, locked the keys in it  :'( In the end they found someone from a car repair shop next door to break in to it, but before that, I found I'd taken two left hand gloves with me  :'(  so had to buy a cheap pair there, which I'll probably never use again  :rolleyes


Loved the bike on the test ride. Punchy, torquey power delivery, light and nimble, poised and balanced. I think it will be much better suited for some of the roads up here. The riding position got my weight a little over the front nicely, which gave a confident feel. Front brake (radial calipers on the R model) had plenty of bite and feel. Got complimented on it's looks at a petrol station I stopped at. Which brings me to...yep, no fuel gauge, got told by the salesman that the trip meter is tricky to operate (?!), but oh well. Didn't have time to check that.


They had some other nice stuff to drool over in the showroom, including a Spondon ZX10R, Super Duke 1290, RD250LC, an RD500LC that hasn't been started from new  :eek , and David Jeffries proddy TT-winning R1.


Coupla pics:

[YamFazFan]

I like the black & gold colour scheme. Very nice.

Do you know how much the RD500 was priced at?. I'm guessing somewhere between £15,000-£20,000.

[nickodemon]

Bought it 





What a foccin day that was! Too knackered to go into detail now, more later.

Lovely looking bike you have bought. I had a triumph sprint 1050 and absolutely loved the power delivery and silky smooth throttle. Cracking engines. Good choice

[esetest]

Our second ballroom dancing lesson at the Elmgrove centre  tonight , it's excellent value and great fun .

[fazersharp]

Got complimented on it's looks at a petrol station I stopped at. Which brings me to...yep, no fuel gauge,

Didn't I tel you that !!

Nice colour though apart from the gold= less black

[nick crisp]

Do you know how much the RD500 was priced at?. I'm guessing somewhere between £15,000-£20,000.

I don't think it's for sale, nor the 250.

[quote author=Hedgetrimmer link=topic=11414.msg221014#msg221014 date=1452197787]


Got complimented on it's looks at a petrol station I stopped at. Which brings me to...yep, no fuel gauge,

Didn't I tel you that !![/quote]


Not that bothered tbh.

Nice colour though apart from the gold= less black

Fazersharp, I think I found a video of you:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIW9sL-Yf6Q


:lol

[fazersharp]

:rollin

My eyes - my eyes are pies and yours are lies !

[mtread]

Fitted Oxford hot grips to the Tiger 800, but what a faff! You have to sand down the throttle tube to get the grip to fit. Mind you, with the official Triumph ones costing £185  :eek  it was a no brainer

[hotmetal]

Good choice Hedgetrimmer! (I may be biased as I've got an 09 ST-R). Good to see you've found a nice one (and the corresponding forum LOL!)

[nick crisp]

Good choice Hedgetrimmer! (I may be biased as I've got an 09 ST-R). Good to see you've found a nice one (and the corresponding forum LOL!)

Well, fancy meeting you here  :lol


I know next to nothing about Street Triples, so thought I'd better go somewhere where someone does 

[joebloggs]

Re sealed the Eunos hardtop rear window when the Focer leaked everywhere after attempting to seal it from the inside only, doesn't look great but at least I don't need waterproofs to drive the thing now

[esetest]

Went to see Creed with my other half .