Triumph Tiger Thread

[ceebie13]

This thread has been an interesting read as I have just acquired a 1050 Tiger. After three years of being bike less I have chosen the Tiger as my latest steed. Having patiently watched several appear on TradeMe and discounted them for being over my budget I finally bit the bullet and punched the bid button and watched the clock tick towards the close. It was all over in a flash. The reserve wasn't met but I accepted the fixed price offer while Mrs Ceebie wasn't looking. Now three days later and after a trip to the Bay of Islands to pick her up, we have less room in our garage.

Details. White, tinted touring screen, CycleWorks can, additional spotlights. Plenty of scope for mods suggested in this thread. New tyres and simple service being done next week and we'll be good to go. Watch this space. Looking forward to exploring this neck of the woods as we now live in Taupo.

[YellowDog]

This thread has been an interesting read as I have just acquired a 1050 Tiger. After three years of being bike less I have chosen the Tiger as my latest steed. Having patiently watched several appear on TradeMe and discounted them for being over my budget I finally bit the bullet and punched the bid button and watched the clock tick towards the close. It was all over in a flash. The reserve wasn't met but I accepted the fixed price offer while Mrs Ceebie wasn't looking. Now three days later and after a trip to the Bay of Islands to pick her up, we have less room in our garage.

Details. White, tinted touring screen, CycleWorks can, additional spotlights. Plenty of scope for mods suggested in this thread. New tyres and simple service being done next week and we'll be good to go. Watch this space. Looking forward to exploring this neck of the woods as we now live in Taupo.

Congrats to you. You need to now join the Tiger1050 worldwide forum. All of the How toos are on there and there is some very experienced posters on there.

PM me your email address if you want me to send you the workshop manual.

Good luck and have fun

[thepom]

How about a picture ?....

[Crim]

Heya Barts

Absolutely love it. If your looking seriously then dont just get the standard 800 - the XC is the bomb.
Rides and corners like it knows it all on its own and is just letting you feel like your in control. I am very happy with my choice and have no regrets whatsoever. Let us know if you end up taking the plunge... you wont be disappointed

Can't agree more, love my 800XC - more "roady" than I thought I wanted but I love it - puts a massive smile on the dial , just took her in to Street and Sport for a once over and 30k service (just got her) - came back with a clean bill of health they swapped the rear brake pads out (called first for permission) and did the service - was very reasonable, level of service was great and everything seems to be at least half the price of orange! While I was in there this bloke http://2mororider.com/ was getting filmed for Campbell Live

[paturoa]

Looks like the triumph skunk works have been busy.

Criuse control, traction control and a buch of other stuff.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-...015/25701.html
http://www.visordown.com/image.aspx?...iteChannelId=2

[Crim]

Put my hot grips on my 800xc today (seemed like a good day to do it as it was hitting 28 and in the garage must have been 32 or so)

a few things, has the 800XC got the hardest tank to get off in the motorbike world (and you have to take that off to get to your airfiliter)? anyway after taking out the 378 fixings to get into the electrics it was plain sailing (used the Eastern Beaver hot grips loom which plugs straight into the Triumph hot grips plug) - then cleaned the air filter and put it all back together all good now - a few hints that may help others;
1. When putting the air filter cover back on watch the back screw very easy to drop into behind the motor, if you do drop it don't spend half an hour trying to take it apart and get in there - doesn't work, just wiggle the vent pipes - that sucker will drop straight out
2. When putting the fuel tank back on check that she fires up before you put the 378 fixings back on after you have taken the 378 fixings off and checked all your connections, discovered they are all fine make sure the kill switch hasn't been flicked off by mistake - proceed to fire her up
3. When the fuel doesn't read levels don't worry about taking the tank off again - just put the 378 fixings back on and take her round the block takes a bit of running for the sensors to "reset" - end of my street and she was all good

if anyone wants a hand turning an hour and a half job into a 4 hour one, just yell!

Crim - going to crack a few beers now!!

[Mike.Gayner]

That gave me a laugh. Sounds like every small job I attempt. It's funny, every 5 minute job with me turns into loads of complications and takes half a day. But huge jobs seem to go smoothly - rebuilt the motor in my A7 without any major hick ups, and did it faster than expected. Meh.

[YellowDog]

Put my hot grips on my 800xc today (seemed like a good day to do it as it was hitting 28 and in the garage must have been 32 or so)

a few things, has the 800XC got the hardest tank to get off in the motorbike world (and you have to take that off to get to your airfiliter)? anyway after taking out the 378 fixings to get into the electrics it was plain sailing (used the Eastern Beaver hot grips loom which plugs straight into the Triumph hot grips plug) - then cleaned the air filter and put it all back together all good now - a few hints that may help others;
1. When putting the air filter cover back on watch the back screw very easy to drop into behind the motor, if you do drop it don't spend half an hour trying to take it apart and get in there - doesn't work, just wiggle the vent pipes - that sucker will drop straight out
2. When putting the fuel tank back on check that she fires up before you put the 378 fixings back on after you have taken the 378 fixings off and checked all your connections, discovered they are all fine make sure the kill switch hasn't been flicked off by mistake - proceed to fire her up
3. When the fuel doesn't read levels don't worry about taking the tank off again - just put the 378 fixings back on and take her round the block takes a bit of running for the sensors to "reset" - end of my street and she was all good

if anyone wants a hand turning an hour and a half job into a 4 hour one, just yell!

Crim - going to crack a few beers now!!

Just done LED indicators all round and also a tail tidy, plus the reg plate bulb. Nothing to it! Only had 377 fixings.

2 weeks later, all done but 2 hex head bolts left over

[Gremlin]

2 weeks later, all done but 2 hex head bolts left over

No problem. Next time you take it apart and you're short of screws, use them. Even save them for the next bike when you're short.

It works... but can't explain it

[YellowDog]

No problem. Next time you take it apart and you're short of screws, use them. Even save them for the next bike when you're short.

It works... but can't explain it

Fortunately I found where they went quite easily, as I wasn't the first person on the Tiger forum to do this.