Castle Rock tour

For the last week my friend and I have been touring Croatia from Zagreb down to Dubrovnik. It's been fantastic and I highly recommend it. We rented a Suzuki V-Strom 650 and a BMW GS 750....

There is not much mechanically mysterious in the Triumph rocker boxes, but they do have a few wrinkles, and are subject to leaking in a couple of places. One potential leaking location is the gasket s...

This morning I couldn't decide. Do I use my VFR or the CB 1300? I then went on a nice tour with the CB...

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The battery of my CB buddy exploded, so we went to Naps in a hurry to buy a new battery☺️ We had a refreshing meal and went home❢...

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There is not much mechanically mysterious in the Triumph rocker boxes, but they do have a few wrinkles, and are subject to leaking in a couple of places. One potential leaking location is the gasket s...

Next, to the spindles. People who have bikes that leak from the spindles maybe wouldn't know, but since the spindles are steel, the exposed end will rust if there is no oil on it to protect it. Assu...

Forges les Bains, Bissy, Bandeville (which has remained a small village despite a promising name), Meynil-Voisin, Château du Guichet and finally Saudreville....

It seems pretty well established in Triumph lore that long about the late 60s, there was a bit of a mixup in a redesign of valve trains. Prior to the redesign, rocker arms were drilled to route oil t...