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​@@mightybeanstick9872Oh yeah I see what you mean.

To be honest, Paul, I didn't bother with the Vauxhall dealer. I've not had much luck with them in the past as far as parts costs go. The part I got from ECP is BERU, which is the same as was installed in the car. I do tend to shop around though. A couple of years ago, I was in the market for a new battery for the Insignia - the stop/start system wasn't working and it looked like the battery in the car was the factory original. That would have made it over 11 years old and over 90k miles, not to say how many stop/start cycles. I can't remember the prices now, but Tayna Batteries was significantly cheaper than ECP for the same Bosch S5 AGM battery (Tayna did have a discount running to be fair. IIRC the Vauxhall battery was far and away more expensive. If I'd still had my Vectra I think the tax for that would be £345 this year. Nice to only have to pay £35 for the Insignia :). Cost me almost 3 times that for the bike! What are the conditions for exemption on the bike? Babe is now 30 years old, 26 of those in my ownership.

Thanks Pete! As I said, I didn't feel comfortable just bowling up and starting to photo/video everything. One of the people involved with the scooter group has a IG account by the name of scootergirlie, and also on YT as Ali : Diary Of A Detour. She puts photos and videos up on those. I would deffo like to get another Lambretta GP200, but genuine Innocenti ones are pricey.

I think I'm just going to have to live with 'the problem' 😊unless and until it goes 'bang' properly...

@@mightybeanstick9872 My Dad used to say 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' 🙂

The 'sought after' 2 stroke machine of youngsters of my era was the FS1E. Yes, it was a moped, but was quite a screamer. I think we all have the 'should never have sold' regrets. We just didn't realise what we had at the time...

@@mightybeanstick9872 Yes, everyone wanted an FS1E when I was 16 too...My moped was an SS50 🙂 Kind of 'cool' going to school on your motorbike in the 6th form 😎 I took a big 'hit' on the DT175 because the 'learners' max capacity changed to 125cc (1983) 🙁 But, I cut my losses as it was still nearly 50% towards the cost of my new bike (Honda XBR500 cost new £1749....1985) 🤣 (I walked into a tiny 5* Honda dealership near to where I lived in Oxford city saw it in black, and bought it on the spot.) By an odd coincidence my Dad was visiting me for the weekend and walked into the Honda dealership (he'd had bikes in the past) and noticed the XBR and said it was a nice bike... 'I'm sorry Sir, that bike is already sold' 'That's OK.... I know who's bought that bike'. (I'd never said a word to my Dad that I was even looking for a new bike, let alone that I'd bought one) 👻👻👻👻

I'm generally a waver... I found wearing a black helmet with a dark visor meant no one could tell I was nodding! 😀

Hi Pete, no worries. 'Confuddled' is a state I am very familiar with, no alcohol required! 😆 Indeed, twas a good day. Liking your videos on the new bike. Certainly a looker!

@@mightybeanstick9872 I am a bear with a very small brain, so confuddled is my usual state of mind! 😀 Ahh ty mate 🙂

Good to meet you as well. Always nice to put faces to names/handles, expecially if, like me, folks don't do face reveals on camera. To be fair, with my memory it would take a few meetings to remember who is who! Some days I can barely remember who I am...

Hi NB! Thanks for the sub, happy to return the compliment. I don't think YT promotes my channel very much (if at all) - it's too small and I don't upload often enough.

Good to meet you, too. Hope the journey back was uneventful! I hope I'll be getting along to some more.

Hi CB, thanks for that. The only concern I have about using the camera mic is that the camera only has one port that it uses for charging or connecting the mic/speaker adapter, not both. So if I want to go for an extended trip and need to run the camera on an external power pack, I won't be able to use the mic. I will have to experiment with a lavalier mic as a temporary setup in my crash helmet connected to my phone in my jacket pocket, for those sorts of occasions. Yep, the Avons get a thumbs up from me :) - I think I said that already! Tyre choice is often a bit of a gamble, what someone recommends as the best tyre ever, someone else might hate with a passion. Glad the Avons worked for me.

Hi Gordon, tyres are doing well. I am starting to think the 'twitchiness' I'm getting with the new tyres is due to the old tyres being so worn and unresponsive for so long that I had forgotten how responsive decent tyres are. Oh well, I certainly got my money's worth out of the old ones! Maybe I have some secret Yorkshire heritage in my ancestry 😆. Actually, that's not so far fetched - both of my parents were from the North East... 🤔 Hope you and yours are all well.

New tyres are in Babe's very near future! Still trying to get Avons, but it's not looking promising. Nowhere around this area seems to be able to get them. Looks like it will be staying on Bridgestones - not that I have any issue with them, just wanted to give the Avon Spirits a try... I remember an MOT a few years ago, the test was under way and they were just going through the lights. Literally at that exact moment, one of the tail lights went out. Luckily there are 2 so the tester said it isn't a fail. Phew. People sometimes think the bike's name is something to do with a talking piglet. Nope :). It's to do with North American forest folklore and the four-legged companion of a mythical lumberjack.

@@mightybeanstick9872 Blimey, kind of an obscure way to choose a bike name....?? Although no more 'random' than mine I guess. I've never been one for giving my bike a 'name' to be honest... I was going up a steep hill (in the Pico's) and I was in a gear 'too high' probably and said 'Giddy up Jessie' (as you would to a horse maybe??) So, Jessie it was.... Interesting you should mention Avons, they do a fitment for my bike, and the mechanic who did my fork seals was saying how he rated Avons. I have Bridgestone B45's I'm not a fan if I'm honest. I switched when Dunlop Arrowmax's went up 2 speed ratings for some reason...and tripled in price. It would have been cheaper to buy a set for a superbike than my 38 year old Honda.

I tried to find another battery like the one that had just failed, but it didn't have any brand information on it, and I couldn't find any record of when I bought it. I've known about Motobatt for some years now and have seen some YT motovloggers put them in their bikes so thought it would be worth a go. Working REALLY well so far :). Before I got the last AGM battery I went through 3 Yuasa 'wet' batteries in about 2 years so I won't have those any more. The engine problem is a noise at idle when the engine is hot. It's done it for many years, and seems to emanate from the alternator/starter drive area. These bikes were known to break the alternator drive bolt on occasion (so much so that Triumph made an 'upgrade' bolt available), but I've checked mine as far as I am able, I don't think it's that. When the engine is running at speed above idle it's fine. My interest in the Delkevic silencers is partly due to wanting to preserve the Triumph silencers currently on it. I had to replace the right silencer a couple of years ago as it had rotted out, and was able to find a NOS Triumph silencer on Ebay. But they're getting scarcer and more expensive so I wanted to put mine away and use something less 'valuable'. But it's not a priority - yet... Originality is something I try to maintain also, as much as possible, but I also bear in mind that sometimes there isn't an option but to get something aftermarket as long as it is 'in keeping' with the style of the bike.

@@mightybeanstick9872 I've heard mixed reports on Motobatt to be honest. Generally speaking I don't like to 'update' the technology of any part I fit unless I have to. Thankfully, Dave Silver Spares still keeps the OEM fitment for my battery so that's what I went with. Completely agree Yuasa is not for me either. Despite the hype. I had a similar experience to you. Very little OE stuff is available for my bike now although thankfully I've been able to get the OE oil filter....(I'm considering buying a 'stock' just in case, in fact typing this I think I will as I'm old and I probably won't need many 🤣) Strangely, Honda stopped making the air filter for years, but I see Dave Silver is showing them as available this year? A 40 year old air filter resurrected from the dead??

I usually get Sainsburys Super unleaded, the pump says E5 but looking online the indications suggest that it is 1%. I'll have to run by my local Esso and see what they have there.

@@mightybeanstick9872 Esso is definitely Ethanol Free last time I checked on their website near you. Just a warning if you ever decide to tour /visit Wales E5 can be difficult to find there. Texaco stations are common, they do do an E5 but in my experience even in their larger stations they don't have it, better to get an App and look for Esso or Shell. I didn't know about Sainsbury's, so I'll add that to the list. Some Morrison's are doing it now, but not all. I remember my Uncle telling me he never mixed petrol manufacturers if he could help it (like you wouldn't mix oil) Only now, 45 years later, I understand. Oh, the petrol he swore by....Esso...

Indeed...

Hi Paul, and thanks! Funny you should mention going to a local engineering shop/machine shop. It reminded me that I actually did just that! I had forgotten all about that. To be accurate, I TRIED to go to one just a 5 minute walk from me. I had been there some years back to enquire about getting the pivot bushing in the gear lever pressed out and a new one pressed in as I felt there was too much lateral play in the lever. They were honest with me and said the bushing wasn't particularly worn and recommended I put a shim/washer behind the pivot to take up the slack. Worked like a charm. So I went to ask them about the pistons but, unfortunately they had closed up. I tried a couple of other places a bit further afield with no joy. This was at the beginning of the Covid panic, to be fair. So I just decided to try and find my own solution, and continue using the original (OEM) pistons as they were still ok - but they aren't ok now, hence the relief at finding the mini chuck. Hope all is well with you and yours.

Strangely enough, in the nearly 50 years I have been riding/driving, I have never witnessed anyone open their door in front of other traffic. I have seen a couple of videos online of people opening their door in front of passing cars, with the inevitable result, so yes, it happens. I have also read somewhere that the Dutch Reach rule also applies to passengers. How the rear seat passengers are supposed to check mirrors before opening the door I don't know. Lifesavers/shoulder checks are definitely part of advanced training/assessment, but as I passed my bike test nearly half a century ago when all you had to do was not fall off or run over the examiner during the emergency stop (just kidding) I'm not sure what current day instruction and testing does. As for those 'squishy things', which does include you and I on frequent occasions, I don't think anyone can deny that they are on occasion contributors to, if not the authors of, their own misfortune. Worryingly, the recent changes to the rules may have given more than a few of them (particularly those on bicycles) the idea that they can be more reckless and unthinking because someone else now has to provide for their safety. As for the 'seedy' description of Bognor - well, I'm one of the people that lives here so I think that lets me off 😄. I also lived in Margate before moving to Bognor so I clearly have a 'thing' for seedy seaside towns. Ho hum...🤔

Hi Paul, thanks for the compliments for Babe! Always welcome :). After I got the fairings back from Pete, I gave the other panels a light buff/polish and coated with ArmorAll 'Better than a wax' - seems to live up to its name... I've only ridden in Wales once - and it was end of October, beginning of November so the weather wasn't at its best, but the roads and scenery were still fantastic. Ethanol fuel is a bit of a worry. I always use super unleaded so hopefully the ethanol content is minimal (pump says E5 at the moment by I've heard they are planning on enforcing a minimum of E10). I have a theory that the ethanol issue is a useful way of getting older vehicles off the road. So far, Babe has not suffered any ill effects - touch wood. As for the noise 'problem', I really though last year was going to be the year that it got properly investigated. I was anticipating having funds available to splash out on having a Triumph dealer look at it. Yeah, extravagant I know! Unfortunately several things cropped up to put the kybosh on that, not the least of which was having to have approximately two thirds of our roof stripped off, reinforced and re-covered. We knew the roof wasn't in the best shape but it turned out to be a lot worse than we imagined. So that was that. Ride safe.

Cheers Gordon, all the best to you and yours. Hope you have a great Christmas..

Hi Paul, hope you are all doing ok. Yep, all sorted with the insurance. Strangely, my insurers were also HIS insurers:). The police did attend at the time, and the driver was breathalysed, but took no further action, presumably they considered it simply a 'traffic incident'. I am starting to wonder if this area should be a 20mph limit; the roads are quite narrow and cars etc. parked on both sides, yet some drivers (I hate to stereotype but you know the sort - loud exhausts, thumping bass etc) drive around here at stupid speeds. No go with the car I went to look at. It was nice, but there was a problem with the tailgate, it wouldn't open. I also though the panel gaps between the tailgate and the rear quarter panels looked odd. Heard from the dealer yesterday that, when their workshop looked at it, it turns out they would have to spend £2k-£3k to sort it, so they are going to send it to auction instead. I think they got stung on that one. I've had several trips to Wales, but only one on the bike. Great fun. Hope you enjoy (of course you will) and you ride safe as well.

Hi Siberman, yes, had a couple of close calls on that r'bout. Funniest one was coming onto the r'bout in lane 2, van to my left in lane 1 (had been like that on the approach). There was a police car parked on the nearside kerb just before the Fishbourne exit, ON the r'bout and partly blocking lane 1, so the van driver starts moving into my lane - right beside me. I, of course give him a beep on the horn. Bear in mind the horns on my bike are NOT standard bike 'beeper' ;). So the van driver hit the brakes and moved left again, and I went on my merry way. A short way along the A27, the police car catches me up. Apparently they thought the van had beeped at me because I had done something daft (isn't it always the bike rider that's in the wrong?) so I had to demonstrate that what they had heard was MY bike horn, not the van. I thought about pointing out that they were parked in a dangerous spot, but changed my mind :). How's the ankle (foot?), all healed up now?

Ah, ha! That’s why each class of vehicle has a different horn. Just need a louder beep-beep one.😁 Quite chuffed that you remembered the ankle, my wife never lets me forgets, of course. I’ve got a Fragmin label pinned to the back of the front door, just to remind me of the injections that go with a broken bone! I enjoy your videos with your honest presentation style. Cheers! S.

Hi Gordon, thanks for your kind thoughts and words. My condolences to you on your recent losses also. I can't recall if I mentioned it in this video, but in the first take I did mentioned that my wife's aunt was 101, so a good stint. Hope you get your computer issues sorted. I do all my own (and the rest of the family's) IT support (used to be my work), and I save money by not going for the 'latest and greatest' tech. Solid state drives are coming down in price but, for example, the Crucial BX series drives are quite a bit cheaper than their MX series, because they are slightly older technology but still better (faster, quieter, cooler running) than conventional hard drives. Stuff that is a few years 'out of date' is still good, and usually more mature and reliable.

I have lost a cousin and also a uncle in the last year and my mother is very ill and at the age of 90 is very hard.

Hi Paul, hope you and yours are all well. No, haven't been back out on the bike since the last video, had a few things going on, a couple of which I mentioned over on Instagram. Hopefully I will be able to get back in the saddle soon. First job - get Babe through an MOT... Ride safe...

Hey Paul, cheers bud! Just call me 'stoolpigeon' :). No it was a 'shoutout'. Confession time - all the audio was from my usual bluetooth headset mic. While editing this video, there was some sort of glitch somewhere along the line (either operator error or something to do with the two occasions my editing software crashed as I was working) and my two video tracks become de-synchronised. (I do refer to this at the beginning of my next video, but of course you haven't seen that yet...) I ended up using the 'undo' to try and get back to where the problem occurred without having to re-do too much of the several hours of editing I had already done. Never found the problem so I ended up having to manually re-do quite a bit of work. Along the way I must have undone the audio clip from the wired mic and the caption that explained that it was not much better, even with the changes. However, I didn't notice it was missing so didn't put it back in. Drift is one of the brands I have been considering over the last year or so. I like the form factor and I thought the Ghost X looked good value for money. I've become a bit concerned at the many reports of technical issues and lack of support from Drift, though. There is another brand that is looking more likely to be my next helmet camera, more on that in a later video... :). It IS one of the big names, but the camera is quite reasonably priced. I wasn't aware of riding any faster than normal..? Apart from a couple of overtakes. I think my helmet is a big part of the problem. The chin vent is definitely closed, but even with ear plugs I can hear a high level of wind noise, but not as bad as my previous helmets (both Caberg Justissimo). Maybe I should get a full-face helmet, just for motovlogging. I'll give that thought for when I need to get a new helmet. (edit: I've just seen that a shop not far from me has the C3 Basic in silver for £200... hmmm...) But, as you say, riding a motorbike, unless it's a Goldwing with a barn-door fairing and screen, there is ALWAYS going to be some level of noise. Would the Drift mic work with a phone? I'll look into that (would probably need a headphone/microphone splitter adapter). I wonder if the 'noise reduction aspect only works when it's plugged into a Drift camera, using the camera mic in conjunction with the wired mic to eliminate external noise...? Neither of the cameras I'm currently using are able to use an external mic. I'm also considering getting a 'proper' digital audio recorder, like a Zoom recorder or similar.

@@mightybeanstick9872 Yes, Drift seem to be having lots of problems with their new models, that's the main reason I searched for a Ghost S as up to a few years ago they were quite popular with vloggers and the quality is fine for my use. It depends on your camera which mic you use in a phone I think some of the new iPods use the Lightning connector, other phones use 3.5mm plug, however the plug is 'for use with phones only' so Drift wouldn't work (nor any other standard plug) To plug into a phone it's my understanding it has to have '3 black rings' around the plug like this www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pro-Lavalier-Lapel-Microphone-Clip-on-Condenser-W-Mic-For-iPhone-Android-Phone/192936074829?hash=item2cebe2de4d:g:OAcAAOSw70Rc7Y1S Not recommending this one just using it to illustrate the photo of the 3 rings on the plug. You could be right about the mic only doing the noise reduction on the Drift, I don't know the answer to that one. To be honest, I think it works a bit too well in that regard.

Milky is my certain preference, sorry to offend! ;). Hadn't heard of the IOW TT, but I will certain check into it. Just along the coast from me, although I have been to the IOW, it has only been as foot passenger, never taken the car or bike.

@@mightybeanstick9872 Yes, I know from some of the place names you mentioned you were pretty close to the IOW. I've only been once in the car but that was 40+ years ago now :-)

It was good :). I seem to have developed a 'tradition' of having a coffee around midday, not sure how that came about. I usually make my own at home, but this day I thought 'what the heck'...

Mighty Beanstick I have first thing in the morning the at 3pm lol

Hi Paul. Yep, looked at the Innovv systems. The C5 is a single camera and the K2, as the dual system, is the one that I have also considered. Cost is a factor with both of these. The C5 is around £180 and the K2 around £280. If money was no object, I'd probably seriously consider the Thinkware M1, although that is £350! Ouch. But it does claim to have electronic stabilisation, one of the few bike-mounted dual systems to do so. The cameras and mounts do look rather chunky though: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07SJTLP6K?ref=em_1p_6_ti&ref_=pe_19532351_495399291 Not had the 'noise' investigated yet, hopefully a bit later this year, when funds might permit. And yes, 'they all do that' is basically what the dealer told me when I first had the bike and asked about it! I know these engines can be agricultural and will never be Honda-quiet, but it just niggles at me.

Meant to add - I think Teapotone (@teapotoneinsta) did an installation video of the K2 system a while back. Can't recall now if he ever got to upload any footage from it though. Edit: it was the C5 system, not the K2.

@@mightybeanstick9872 You should hear my single cylinder air cooled 500 Honda from the '80's..... she makes your Triumph sound like a Singer sewing machine.....

Hi, yes I'd think it would cost a lot more to get a system that does stabilisation, if such a thing exists for motorbikes - other than the GoPro type cameras. I have to admit, I didn't think about adding stabilisation during editing. I know that can sometimes do strange things if it tries to crop the edges of the frames too much. Maybe worth a try though. I thought the music fitted well, also. I wanted something that suggested 'easy motorbike bike ride through green countryside on a sunny day'... UA-cam audio library didn't let me down :).

@@mightybeanstick9872 Aside from GoPro and a good IPhone, you’d have to get a good 360 degree camera to get the best stabilization. Yeah, I’ve been having a good run with YuuTube’s library as well.

Hello, and yes, I would have to agree that the quality falls short of what I would have wanted, and I haven't yet tested it at night. The camera system cost me £80 last year. You might think that sets it at 'low budget' price range, but that was an Amazon offer, the full list price was (I think) about £120. To be fair, I did see a review on the Innovv K2 dual camera system (£250+) that also said the quality was lacking. I'd rather pay £80 and be disappointed in the video quality than over £250!

​@@mightybeanstick9872 80 quid well spent. Will be invaluable in proving you werent at fault should you have an accident and prevent some prick dragging an insurance claim. Just wish there was an option that had as good quality as some of the car only units at similar price range.

Cheers Mark. I hope you've been able to get out on the bike...

@@mightybeanstick9872 i start riding my bike now here in phnom penh cambodia, take care there.