Making the Steamer off road ready? Pure Dual Sport?

[OK Tiger]

I have been using my 1996 Tiger (90,000+ km) mostly street but am increasingly moving onto forestry roads, bumps and gravel.  I have 'aggressive' tires and a spare set of knobbies.  What would people suggest for additional off road preparation?  Note ... I hope to take an Alaskan trip inside 12 months ...  :lol:

[JetdocX]

Bring along a pal to help you lift it when you drop it in the sand/mud/loose rock/(insert your favorite hazard here). :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[NoShock]

When did you last have your rear shock serviced. I would look into improving the suspension front and back. Emulators in front and for the rear take a look at
http://www.sasquatchrider.com/ (http://www.sasquatchrider.com/)

btw http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,6505 (http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,6505)

[Stretch]

A Ride Report by our own Patrick (Prielo on ADV)...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=454122 (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=454122)

[OK Tiger]

So, what kind of long term mileage have people heard of Steamers getting?  I have 90,000 km now and some say I should expect 200,000+ ...

[Sin_Tiger]

I have 86,000 mls and it would have gone for a lot more had I not decided it needed some care  :roll: after the previous lack of servicing  

Now it's in intesive, must post up the pics this weekend.

[Rocinante]

Replacing the original exhaust with a 3-1 light weight system is a big improvement (just did this and realized I should have done years ago). The 9-10 kg you save in weight (and weight high up on the bike as well) makes the bike more controlable in low speed off roading, and easier to pick up when you drop it.

Dag

[OK Tiger]

That's a great idea ... any ideas for suppliers?

I really noticed the weight this summer on some fire roads here ... not bad at all in the rocky and hard stuff.  On the freshly graveled or sandy, however, a nightmare of nervousness.  Lot's of diving when braking ...

[Rocinante]

That's a great idea ... any ideas for suppliers?

I really noticed the weight this summer on some fire roads here ... not bad at all in the rocky and hard stuff.  On the freshly graveled or sandy, however, a nightmare of nervousness.  Lot's of diving when braking ...

There are few pipes made for the Steamer, but you can use a Motad Venom for the Daytona and rebuild it slightly. Patrick Rielo did this. There's a link to him earlier in the thread.

I used a light weight 3-1 system from Norman Hyde. It was made for Sprint. In the top image in the link below you can see the tube has been bent slightly and compressed a little about 10 cm behind the footpeg. That's where it was (brutally) modified to get a steeper upwards angle than it had originally.

http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,7023

[Colonel Nikolai]

Rocinante, the mod doesn't look bad at all. I'm impressed. Did you use a mandrel to do the bend?

[Rocinante]

Rocinante, the mod doesn't look bad at all. I'm impressed. Did you use a mandrel to do the bend?

I went to a exhaust dealer and they let me use their pipe bender. I regret a little that we did the whole bend in one spot instead of bending it little by little. The pipe walls are paper thin and compresses out of shape very easily.
But what the heck, the compression in the tube probably reduces the air flow back to stock pipes or there about, hence no need for carburettor adjustment.

That's my excuse anyway....

Dag

[fishnbiker]

Some good ideas here. You really should think about getting more engine protection. Get some wider aluminum plate rigged up to fit in front of the existing pipe style. Even if you never need to bounce it of a boulder, it keeps the mud off most of the engine.

[Mudhen]

How about gearing...depending on how rough you're going to go, you'll certainly want to lower it down some.

Since you have a separate set of rims for off road, you could have something big on that one - I run a 53t.  Then maybe drop to 17 on the front.  OR...chop your front sprocket cover apart so you can more easily swap that out...go down to a 16 for those times when you're going off road a lot...and go up to 19 for highway work...

[Colonel Nikolai]

Anyone have a link to how to split the front sprocket cover?

[Mustang]

Anyone have a link to how to split the front sprocket cover?

http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,5024

scroll down to about the 8 or 9th post of Patrick's ..........