Gwilym's Adventure Blog

After a little bit of fiddling with the bike this morning, it was off for another day of riding around the trails of Sweet Lamb to start with and then off site round the byways of Wales. Just Rob and I out today and we had a great time. It was somewhat drier than yesterday and my riding was better so no lying down for the bike today. Just the one pic today until Iget round to editing the video from the weekend

I finally got to take my rebuilt XT660Z Tenere off road today with a Trail Ride from Sweet Lamb . Nearly 100miles of gravel tracks and single track mud in the forest. The bike lay down for a rest a couple of times :-) but was soon back on its feet. Having only ridden 20miles since having it back on the road, today was a test of both my riding skills and the last few months worth of spannering skills. The bike held up mechanically so that was good and the only damage so far is a broken indicator (£15 on ebay) so hopefully nothing extra tomorrow.

A few weeks ago I picked up a Yamaha XT660Z Tenere to turn into my dedicated Off Road machine so that the Explorer can stay as my touring machine. The Triumph is awesome off road (given its size/weight) but I have started to compromise its road handling by the tyres I put on to make it off road capable. This last week I have managed to get a lot done on the XT660Z it and as such it is now ready to roll. I got the Continental TKC 80 tyres fitted by the local bike shop as I find tyre fitting to be a real faff but I have done all the rest myself GPS Holder fitted and power lead wired in Twin USB fitted and wired in Powerbronze Head Light Protector fitted (sadly the light already had scratches when I bought it) Givi Outback Rack fitted New Rear Wheel Bearings fitted along with new Seals - This was easier than expected, took some effort to knock the old ones out but after a good clean up inside the hub, the new ones went in easy enough New Spr...