InvictaMoto's Döra the Explörer

Today. It was going to be sunny. It was going to be warm. It's England. So I made sure I had leather jeans on and the heavier jacket. There was no sun,  but it was warm. Comfortable ride up to London.  Curiously home to work and back isn't as far as it used to be. Either the tectonic  plate has moved and Hythe is nearer London, or the odometer is different compared with the GS. The Emirates Stadium is about half a mile from where I work. I had a ride round the bike parking spaces around the stadium and they were all full so I ended up parking in a school up the road. It costs a fiver but at least the staff are on hand to keep an eye on the bikes and cars parked there. In future I might as well park at work and walk up! I might even be able to get in the building and change out of bike gear for the game. The ride up.  I gave myself plenty of time for a 1.30pm kick-off, leaving home at 10.45 and having a genteel cruise control  run up. The cruise set at a healthy ...

I have been toying with this item since the Scotland trip. The natural seeming place on the left of the cockpit for the TomTom was less than perfect. It was okay before the handguards were fitted and then on almost full lock to turn right, and you'd be surprised how often you do that, the handguard clashed with the Satnav. Dangerous a few times until I made allowances. The obvious place is the handlebars, but Döra has 1" bar in the centre and the Ram bracket won't fit. So enter the Touratech solution. Not cheap. But it looks like it might be effective.

After a relaxing ride and not buzzed by another biker, one of the Kent Centre, on the M25, the results are there to be seen! Not bad.

Not the traditional Triumph badge but this is the one they have out on the Tiger Explorer. The modern look for the modern bike.

Had a short ride out today across the marsh to the Blue and White to meet the other Kent Centre members.  Out of five bikes there were two Suzukis, two Triumphs and a Honda. Considering it was decent enough weather there were few bikes out and about.

Once run in and speed had been increasing the mpg has started to tail off. I suppose an overall mpg across the gamut of riding styles and conditions of just short of 55 isn't too bad. After all Döra is a big girl carrying a big lad on her back.