My 2005

[pscinelli]

[¥TigerTamer?]

HEY - Thats my bike!







Nice color choice!





Hopefully that wet spot isn't from the bike.

[Bob Burnett]

Me like the screen what is it.



I want one please.



Bob

[pscinelli]

The spot is from my 1970 BSA, marking its territory.



The screen  is the Tiger sports screen, part # A9708029-XX where XX is the color ID. The price is $175, which is a bit steep, but I think it looks much better than the stock windscreen.

[pscinelli]

I just installed the Touratech Engine Guards and have posted an updated picture. Installation was very easy, took about 1 hour. Used a floor jack to hold the engine up while removing the  mounting bolts.

[¥TigerTamer?]

Very nice - here is an updated pic of my 05 after installing all the goodies I got from Sasquatch.  I also have some Happy Trails luggage on order.

[gazoo]

Bike looks great!  Are those TKC-80's?

[¥TigerTamer?]

Yea - in the photo those TKC's had just been put on.  I've got about 500 miles on em now with about half to 2 thirds of that being off-road.  So far I love em.

[squarepeg]

TT, what's the bag you have on the back?

[¥TigerTamer?]

That's the Wolfman Tailpack - I love it!  Has 4 bungie type cords on the bottom that are adjustable with hooks and it just hooks onto the luggage rack.  Its expandable to, I think, 30L capacity.



I got it here;



http://adventurersworkshop.com/Merchant ... _Tail_Paks

[Patrick the Scot]

Great Looking ride! How do the TKC's grip on the tarmac?

[¥TigerTamer?]

Way better than I would have expected.  Last week in AZ on the way back from a dirt ride, we (wife and I, 2up) took a highway that wound through the mountains.  Long sweepers some tight corners (2 lanes in each direction).  Anyway we were able to run at 80-90, 2up and the TKC's felt as secure as the stock Anakee's.  



I'm sure on a tight, twisty canyon road  they wouldn't be as good - but I am totally impressed with them and will probably keep running em.

[Patrick the Scot]

Way better than I would have expected.  Last week in AZ on the way back from a dirt ride, we (wife and I, 2up) took a highway that wound through the mountains.  Long sweepers some tight corners (2 lanes in each direction).  Anyway we were able to run at 80-90, 2up and the TKC's felt as secure as the stock Anakee's.  



I'm sure on a tight, twisty canyon road  they wouldn't be as good - but I am totally impressed with them and will probably keep running em.

Sounds like the next tire for me.  What is the mileage expectation on a set, i.e. at 7000 miles my rear Anakee is shot.  What do you think for the TKC?

[Mudhen]

Sounds like the next tire for me.  What is the mileage expectation on a set, i.e. at 7000 miles my rear Anakee is shot.  What do you think for the TKC?

I got 9k out of the last rear TKC on my GS...16k out of the front.  But most people seem to get around 4-5k on the rear and 8k or so on the front.  I think they're very dependent on weight and throttle.

[¥TigerTamer?]

Yea - you know how it is  -  you have to find that spot in the balance that your comfortable with;





performance<---------------------------------------->tread life





Me? - Well, I just migrated from the sportbike world so I would rather get 3k miles out of a set of tires that I know are going to perform the way I want, rather than get something that performs ok but lasts longer.  Geez, on my old sportbike, I only got 2k miles out of a rear tire.  If I can get 3-4k from the TKC's then I'm ecstatic!