Tim's Motorcycle Diaries

TMD was a blog about motorcycle travel, photography and mechanics written by former millwright & IT technician who became a technology teacher. It was well read in its time, but that time has passed and the blog is closed thanks to lousy internet marketing schemes and AI. Good luck in the brave new world. Do yourself a favour and get off the screen and go do something IRL.

Monday, 6 April 2026

Cold/Hot Starting Challenges with Triumph 955i Tiger

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  https://www.triumphrat.net/threads/955i-daytona-speed-triple-difficult-cold-starting.974150/ look at the 'warm-up' table - just in...

COG Chalkdust Details

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  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_UyK8y5a8OdxYLE8g0sduBOc4eIFI0kI/view?usp=sharing COG Chalkdust DIY:  https://concours.org/Tech-Pages  we...
Sunday, 18 January 2026

The end is nigh

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I originally started blogging as reflective practice for my teaching work, but when I got into riding writing about it seemed like a good wa...
Saturday, 10 May 2025

Triumph 955i Stalling Issues.... Fixed!?!

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 Facebook slapped me in the face with this this morning: ...so I went on a mission. I pulled the tank (for the millionth time?) and set up t...
Saturday, 26 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Finished! (finally)

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 It took the better part of four months over the winter thanks to lots of work travel stretching things out, but the C14 is back together ag...
Friday, 18 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3.2: frame reassembly after a valve job

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 Some pictures to help me put this complicated 3d puzzle back together again properly. https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/owner-center/parts/512...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3.1 - References for putting the plugs back together again on top of the valve cover

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Tools for finding what goes where (it's spaghetti in there!). The comprehensive disassembly video shared previously:  https://youtu.be/5...
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