Nice to see you back on a regular basis Steve, it  was a bit intermittent waiting on your video's prior to this latest trend. very easy watching, keep them coming.

Love your attitude towards saving money, by doing work yourself, and putting the savings towards using the bike.
Service costs are so, so expensive now, and to be honest, it's great sense of a achievement doing the work, and gives you great knowledge of your bike.
Get yourself a diagnostic tool for your bike, you can check fault codes, and importantly, perform the ABS bleed when you bleed the brakes.
Brilliant content, hopefully you give incentive to others to do their own maintenance.
Keep your invoices, and start a lot of what you have done. Just as good as a stamped book.

I remember having discussions with my brother and a colleague from work. I told them that I wanted to ride from Romania to see the Alps (Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia). My colleague told me the same thing: that I should start with somewhere smaller. But I didn't.
I was so happy with my trip. I had a BMW R1200 GS Adventure, and man... what a great ride that was! Grindelwald, Passo dello Stelvio, Pisa, the Croatian coast, and more. I loved every kilometer of it.

You could go to Bormio and ride Passo della Stelvio and Gavia😍

Looking forward to seeing the trip! An EU tour is on my to-do list as well

Looking forward to your trip to Europe! Keep us posted with your plans Steven

The best upgrade to my touring experience on the T100 was to change the rear shocks. I now have a 2025 Speed Twin 900 in the stable and it's the most comfortable bike I've every owned. The Marzocchi suspension is a dream. Enjoying your videos. Keep it up mate!

Will look forward to your euro trip. I did my first last year, rode to Lake Garda solo, couldn’t believe how easy it all was.

I wouldn't dream of changing those lovely spoke wheels for alloy ones, it's classic as it is, i know tubeless is better but looks trumps it for me. Keep up the great vids

Good preparation 😊. I am a non mechanical person. So gotta rely on the dealership 😢
At least you know your job is done right.
Good to know, re the coolant. Mine is in between the 2 marks.
I think I will look at getting iridium spark plugs.😊

Love the content! More European content would be great

Spot on pal, I use same oil get mine from sports bike shop, & same service parts from triumph, have a great summer  👍

Great video Steve - on my T100 Bonnie I use Triumph’s own chain cleaner and lube - not the cheapest but good quality and not much fling off 👍🏻

Hi Steven I wondered what happened to the street twin wheels ? I’m about to fit some to my t100 cheers Jake

It's going to be great! I'm sort of in the same situation with my Tiger, but I need the snow to retract a little before I can start my (big) service including valves. I had a big service with dealer fall '23, but was not overwhelmed by what was delivered except for the price. Your walk-through made me plan the service and I have some thoughts..feel free to ignore...
I'd replace the brake fluid and possibly brake pads. Check and lubricate wires (clutch, throttle) and check wheel and head bearings. Look for electrical wires that may be pinched or damaged. Have the battery tested. If not bringing tools, replace air filter and consider wether chain and sprockets need replacing. Grease open connectors like battery and fuse box. Lube kick stand and keyways. WD40 is not lube, it is a quick fix solvent.. Every day check three liquids (coolant, oil, brake fluid), lights, tires, chain and brakes.
I already have a Norway-Spain trip on the Tiger, and it has been mostly uneventful. A splash through a large puddle made the display light up everything, but it went away after a power cycle. I brought a chain cleaning brush and used it, and probably lubed the chain too much. This years challenge is bringing as little as i need of everything 😊 Good luck!

Sometimes the behind the scenes vids turnout to be the most interesting.

Nice VW van. Have you converted it to a camper?

I've never use de-ionised water when flushing cooling systems whether bike or car and never had any issues. Just a hose pipe with water flowing at a reasonable pressure. Always use quality coolant though.

The start of March is looking to be good weather sunny light winds and 15C the first week so I shall be taxing my bikes from 00:01 on Sunday morning 1st March.

Maybe you can enjoy the sunshine as well on your Bonnie? It will look great with the sun on the chrome and tank. Summer is only just over 4 weeks away when the clocks go forward.

Booking a ticket for the Eurotunnel is very tempting indeed. Unfortunately France has more speed cameras than trees, many disguised and hidden as well.

great video you're right about the servicing its nice to have stamp in the book but doing it your self saves a lot ,also it can be satisfying as you can take your time , the only thing with these bikes is the thought of a puncture with  tubed tyres on a long trip, have to see if there is cast wheels that fit a t120 👍

you live already in europe

How do you find long distance cruising on fast roads?..I have a 2019 Street Twin ..same engine and gearbox etc and find the 5 speed box a bit tiresome snd restricting at times ..especially sitting at motorway speeds for a few hrs ( try to use back roads as much as I can TBH!)….I know 5th gear is supposedly pretty “long geared” but I sometimes find myself yearning for that extra sixth gear like the T120!..great vid btw…looking forward to more posts 👍👌

Triumph oil at £72 !! Are the having a laugh..I have a landrover discovery 6..with the v6 3litre diesel engine ,serviced by a landrover main dealership and my oil was the same price ..re the bike I have a 350 classic royal enfield and use silkolene at 14quid a litre ..