Mileage: 24899 A spring broke in the gearbox – meaning that the gear lever didn’t return to it’s correct position after changing gear – meaning that I had to tip it back into the return position manually after each gear change before I could select the next gear – meaning the bike was almost unrideable. [...]

Mileage: 24195 Cleaned thoroughly and ACF50′d. New oil and oil filter ( K&N ). New air filter ( K&N ). New fuel filter ( BMW item, same as Triumph filter, only cheaper ). New spark plugs ( Iridium ). The outgoing plugs looked excellent and were a good colour – wouldn’t want to see them [...]

Just got back from a weeks’ camping in Castellane near the Verdun Gorge in France with the Tiger and my good lady.

Mileage: 22008 New rear pads – Kyoto.

Mileage: 21917 From FWR – £110 fitted. According to myself, the BT020 that came off was fitted at 1075something miles. That means it lasted over 10k. That can’t be right can it? I do run them down low but that’s ridiculous – maybe I’ve forgotten about a new front tyre somewhere along the line…