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Engine fix

Laguna have confirmed that Döra will be sorted by Triumph in the week commencing March 10th.  To save having to have a day off work I will take her in on the Saturday or Sunday and then Claire can give me a lift home or they will sort me out a loan bike. Triumph are supposed to be doing that anyway so we will have to see what turns up. Of course I do have Rosie for the station runs.....

Engine Programme!

Triumph have been running a programme to make changes to the engine on Explorers up to VIN numbers 602960, yours is 599051 and so would be covered under this programme. Triumph have been offering this modification via post and you should have received a letter.   Here is an extract from the letter sent to affected Explorer owners;   You may be aware that we have made an improvement to the Explorer / Trophy engine – notably to remove a top end ticking that can appear at certain engine revs.  This ticking generally becomes more prominent as your motorcycle approaches 10,000 miles.   The noise comes from excessive play from within the valve train.  We know that some of our customers have been irritated by the unwelcome noise and we have made modifications to these bikes.  We would therefore like to offer you a free of charge engine upgrade here at the Triumph factory to ensure you are never troubled by this symptom.   If you wou...

Whitstable Toy Run 2013

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After a day on my own in Belgium yesterday, I thought I'd chivvy Claire into getting her gear out of the wardrobe and get ready and come with me today. It was quite chilly when I pulled Dora out of the garage. I left the panniers on as the toys I bought a few weeks ago needed to go somewhere. The plan was to go to the Blue and White and meet other Kent Centre members. After yesterday's no show from anyone, I wasn't expecting much!  In the end when we pulled into the parking Graeme came out and we parked alongside his SV650. So at least there were three of us.  Graeme led us the Faversham route and we dropped onto the M2 and then Thanet Way to get into Whitstable.  We were quite early and the parking gradually filled up.  Someone later counted 242 bikes on the run, There were about a dozen left after they had left. Me and Graeme I didn't take as many photos as usual as I had the Sanyo digicam rather than a proper still camera. I did get one or two...