Ride to the Bike Shop (May 18, 2019)

Got up Saturday morning to a beautiful day and decided to get the bike out for a ride. Kind of a purpose to the ride as I am looking for a motorcycle shop to take care of the maintenance things on it that I either don't know how to do or don't want to do. Don't know how things would be such as valve adjustments. Don't want to do things would be such as tire changes. Now before you think I am a complete moron on the previous motorcycles I did such things as brake pads, battery changes, spark plug replacement and I do all my own oil changes. In fact just a few miles away from the oil change on the Triumph and this was the next to last ride before doing that.
In fact talked with the parts lady at Joe's Cycle Shop and she mentioned Triumph parts they still have in stock. That included crush washers and I got a new one. Usually did not change them on the Kawasaki Vulcan but for the Triumph figured might as well get one.   

Joe's Cycle Shop is located in Dayton, Ohio. Nice ride to get there and a nice shop. They USED to be a Triumph dealer but no longer are, but I was told they still have the knowledge to work on them, as they quit in 2016. By luck my bike is also a 2016.
Don't think the bike at right is for sale, but they do have some zero mile 2016 Triumph's on hand there. I have sure been happy with mine and have no problems to report as I close in on three years of ownership. It's a fun motorcycle to ride and looking forward to many more. 


 

I made a few more stops while out. Debbie and I had driven by this cemetery in the car, as it was in the area, I made a stop and explored it. It is a very nice one, but not a whole lot of history there. Did not see any Union soldier graves in the Union Section of Willow View Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. Still it was a nice short walk.
It was a wonderful 39 mile ride on Saturday. I love riding on the early morning days of the weekend. Traffic is normally very light and it is fun to explore in the new light of the day. It was a lot of fun and looking forward to the next ride very soon!