rear brake caliper

[DagT140E]

Good Morning,
  I have a 2003 Tiger. While going over everything in prep for an 8 day trip I noticed when I grab the rear brake caliper I get a slight amount of play. Is this normal? The brake seem to work just fine. All the mounting bolts are tight. The play seems to be at the upper pin that has the rubber sleeve around it. Thanks , Dave

[Mustang]

It'll be fine ..I have two steamers that are like that .Many thousands of miles later still fine .

[DagT140E]

Ah good. One less thing to be paranoid about. Just had a mechanic from NH return my call and said the same thing. I've got 100% confirmation from the state of New Hampshah. Thanks

[Mustang]

Where you going ?

[DagT140E]

The Gaspe penninsula. You been up there?

[Mustang]

nope .....do a ride report when you get back

[JTT]

The Gaspe penninsula. You been up there?

Nice country!  The Northern tip is particularly nice.  #299 is nice, slicing through the middle and following the river.  If your feeling adventurous try some of the offshoot roads.  If they don't start out gravel, they rapidly turn to gravel.  Good exploring.

Don't be shy of signs like this.  Tigers climb well :)  This is a tower road up on the northern part of the peninsula....great views

The view is worth the hill




Cool ocean views abound



Enjoy!

[DagT140E]

Thanks for those pics JTT. We had a great trip. Stayed on the coastal route pretty much the whole way. Did take a side trip into the Chic-Choc Mountains where we did some gravel roads.
I'm from Maine, so we entered Canada at Jackman. On to Quebec City and North along the St. Lawrence River. Took 6 days.
Having trouble loading pictures. Isn't there a link for instructions somewhere.

[Mustang]

[DagT140E]

The BBcode seems to work. The HTML link didn't. Anyway, A great place to take your motorcycle, and the Tiger ran flawlessly for 1600 miles. The wind could be hellacious at times (hence all the wind farms on the horizon)


Perce rock endview by dag2072003, on Flickr

Perce rock by dag2072003, on Flickr

North coast Gaspe penninsula by dag2072003, on Flickr

Cliffs at Follion National Park by dag2072003, on Flickr

[Mustang]

Its because you have HTML turned off in your profile settings
I looked  8)

[Chad]

The BBcode seems to work. The HTML link didn't. Anyway, A great place to take your motorcycle, and the Tiger ran flawlessly for 1600 miles. The wind could be hellacious at times (hence all the wind farms on the horizon)


Perce rock endview by dag2072003, on Flickr

Perce rock by dag2072003, on Flickr

North coast Gaspe penninsula by dag2072003, on Flickr

Cliffs at Follion National Park by dag2072003, on Flickr

WOW  8)  8)  8)  8) that looks nice :D

[JTT]

Nice shots Dag!  It is very pretty country for sure.  Did you get a chance to go into old Quebec City and explore?  It's also very nice and historic.

[DagT140E]

Thanks JTT, skirted by QC this time but I've been there several times before. A friend from Maine was going to school up there for a couple of years so we had a place to stay right in the city. It is a nice city. Is it true that they don't allow motorcycles in the old part of the city anymore?

[JTT]

Thanks JTT, skirted by QC this time but I've been there several times before. A friend from Maine was going to school up there for a couple of years so we had a place to stay right in the city. It is a nice city. Is it true that they don't allow motorcycles in the old part of the city anymore?

Sadly, to the best of my knowledge, it's true.  Another victim of obnoxious open pipe pirates.