Off Roading the Tiger

[Bob Tosi]

So I have been doing some off road "practicing" with my new beastie.  Been rding short tracks of 1 - 3 miles on some lava cap, gravel and dirt side roads.  
She's heavy and needs to be kept moving.  I find a line and keep the bike moving through it and try to be lite on the bars.  Use alot of body english to stear her around.  I find that you need to keep on the gas and ride the line out.  She gets squirrelly in the loose stuff but that could be my road tires.  Steep downhills are "SCARY" right now because of the tires.  

So pony up with the advice on how I should proceed.  Obviously I need to get some good off road tires......

[aeronca]

hey bob, talked to you a few times on adv( overthere im supercub). sounds like your figuering it all out. these guy's are top heavy to say the least, but  if you keep them moving there pretty docile. a good set of nob's will do you well. i dont run a good set so i suffer, this year will be different. picking up a 500lb  bike in the wet grass and mud (even laughing) sucks :lol:  so get a good set of tires.. practice riding while up on the pegs.  typical dirt bike stuff.  the most important thing is, just get out and ride(which it sounds like your doing), and remember it's a heavy pig in the dirt, so choose your path wisely. mudhen and fano and patrick should be chimin in soon :D     eric

[Mustang]

its a heavy pig and the front wheel will wash out no matter what tire is on there  a knobby helps but will wear out fast , like really fast on the street .

even with a knobby on the front they like to fall over .................

it's a heavy pig with the weight up high , when it starts to go over you aint gonna stop it with any amount of body english

[Nick Calne]

It's too heavy for real off road work.  Shale tracks, fire roads, forest paths fine.  Anything requiring signifcant weight shift will have you on your arse as Mustang suggests.

That's why Triumph needs to make the next Tiger significantly lighter.

[Mustang]

this is an "OFF ROAD" bike


the little one with out riggers is the one I ride

not !

[jphish]

Hey Mustang - i see at least seven 2 wheelers there! (well...actually 1 appears to be a 4 wheeler) but anyway - Aint there a quota ?  My wife gives me grief about 4 in the garage. I must forward this pic in self defense. j

[Mustang]

Half of em belong to Mrs. Mustang  :shock:

[Bob Tosi]

So here's proof, not much proof but at least it's good old red dirt.LOL

[JetdocX]

Yeah, get rid of the road rubber and get some Anakee II's.  

The front only washes out if you let off the gas, so....

RAMMING SPEED, MR. SCOTT! :twisted:

[Sin_Tiger]

RAMMING SPEED, MR. SCOTT! :twisted:

 :shock: Captain - Ma Anakee's 'll no tak onymore.

[abruzzi]

I'd did some moderate off roading on my steamer, and I was amazed at how much better it handled the loosed stuff once I got TKCs on there.  It's still, a pig but it was a vast improvement.  Whatever year bike you have: get crash bars, pseudo-knobbies, and a friend to come along to help pick it up.

Geof

[Bob Tosi]

Whatever year bike you have: get crash bars, pseudo-knobbies, and a friend to come along to help pick it up.

 

[JetdocX]

Whatever year bike you have: get crash bars, pseudo-knobbies, and a friend to come along to help pick it up.

 

He's absolutely right.

[Bob Tosi]

JetdocX,

you going to do the Wildwood 400?

[JetdocX]

I'm trying to go.  You worried you might need a prts bike out there? :lol: