Hello From Sacramento

[A-A-ron]

Hi, y'all. I'm in the somewhat slow process of getting back into riding after a gap of maybe 12 years. I road from 16 to early 30s, until my best friend had a pretty dramatic accident in front of me. He's okay now, mostly. My intention was to hold off riding until both kids went to college, but it's been occurring to me lately that that was stupid logic. Your kids never stop needing you, as my teens make clear, so I'm getting back to riding now, carefully. I have my eye on a scrambler 1200 XE so I'll post some questions on the relevant thread, but I've never seen a Triumph I didn't like. My dad was a BMW (old school) guy, but he had a life-long appreciation of Triumphs that apparently got passed on in my DNA. But with my big riding gap, I don't know much about current bikes and riding approaches. I look forward to reading and posting with you all as I get up to speed.

 

[sikatri]

Howdy and welcome from Houston! I share y’all’s life long appreciation of Triumphs!

 

[Rocky]

Hello and welcome to TT from the Atlantic coast of Canada
Lots of friendly and helpful folks here who returned after a long break from bikes, so jump right in.

 

[atomsplitter]

Greetings from sunny North Texas. You may want to consider taking a MSF Advanced Rider course. I usually took one every time I bought a new bike so I could get the range work in for using brakes and throttle effectively under most riding conditions. New bikes will be fuel injected and pretty low maintenance so you'll be able to wrench less and get to ride more. It's a better balance than the other way round.

 

[Vector]

Welcome from NV USA. I lived in Chico for 12 years, no better riding than the NoCal area. I am dying to ride my Rocket on Hwy 70.

 

[Qship]

Welcome to TT from Eastern Canada.
Lots of riders take a break and get back into it. Like others suggested, a MSF course to wake up the riding senses again, can't hurt.

 

[brooke]

Welcome from Prince Edward Island..

 

[Popeye212]

We are in a similar situation. Getting back to riding after a hiatus and just bought a T120. Welcome to the forum

 

[A-A-ron]

Welcome from NV USA. I lived in Chico for 12 years, no better riding than the NoCal area. I am dying to ride my Rocket on Hwy 70.

Ah, Chico! I spent a lot of great years there. We love Sac for its similarities, in terms of snow and ocean close by. Hwy 70 is such a sweet, smooth canyon.

 

[A-A-ron]

We are in a similar situation. Getting back to riding after a hiatus and just bought a T120. Welcome to the forum

So much character in these bikes! Hope you’re loving it.

 

[A-A-ron]

Greetings from sunny North Texas. You may want to consider taking a MSF Advanced Rider course. I usually took one every time I bought a new bike so I could get the range work in for using brakes and throttle effectively under most riding conditions. New bikes will be fuel injected and pretty low maintenance so you'll be able to wrench less and get to ride more. It's a better balance than the other way round.

I like that ratio for sure. Thanks

 

[A-A-ron]

Welcome to TT from Eastern Canada.
Lots of riders take a break and get back into it. Like others suggested, a MSF course to wake up the riding senses again, can't hurt.

I will be grabbing a rider course here shortly. Looks like they have them in Carson City.

 

[Greyfell]

I will be grabbing a rider course here shortly. Looks like they have them in Carson City.

Carson City might be a nice place to do the MSF, but you shouldn't need to go that far, unless you want to.

 

[W-Frantz]

Hello and welcome from Texas.

 

[noizygit]

Greetings from sunny North Texas. You may want to consider taking a MSF Advanced Rider course. I usually took one every time I bought a new bike so I could get the range work in for using brakes and throttle effectively under most riding conditions. New bikes will be fuel injected and pretty low maintenance so you'll be able to wrench less and get to ride more. It's a better balance than the other way round.

Good luck to you folk in Texas right now with that fire trap. My thoughts go out to you.

 

[sikatri]

Good luck to you folk in Texas right now with that fire trap. My thoughts go out to you.

Thanks. It’s a big fire, but Texas is huge. Here’s a reference, the fire is like in Netherlands and I’m approximately in Austria. It is historically the largest fire recorded in Texas in modern times

It’s not very populated area either. So not the worst area for a fire.

 

[A-A-ron]

That image is one to remember!