For two years this 2001 Triumph Sprint ST got me all around the Bay Area and beyond. I racked up almost 45k miles on this. It was mainly used for commuting between San Francisco and Santa Clara, but it did get some time to stretch out on the backroads between Santa Cruz and Bodega Bay. And on one glorious 10 day stretch, we rode clear out to Utah and back.

Unfortunately a slow leak turned catastrophic one day on the freeway and it bled out of oil. A few moments later and a couple of lanes to the right, the piston was thrown into the head and the engine was effectively dead.

This is something of a backlog post, but since I don’t have the bike anymore I’ll probably never get around to any real detail. Below are some pictures from some of the projects I’d untertaken on it while I owned it.

Work history:

• Plenty of oil changes
• New throttle cable
• Rear brake disks and pads

There are a couple of pictures of her all loaded up for the trip to Utah. One of the big cases was full of work equipment (I got to write off the first couple days as a business expense!) and was shipped back to CA from Reno before heading out onto the open roads.