Things you think while riding your Tiger

[Bob Tosi]

So I was riding the other day and the though occurred to me that my Tiger is one Bad Ass'd machine.

It is crazy good in the dirt "for a BIG bike".  Although it is a handful its got a certain charm to it.  Makes you feel like a real man riding a beast like that in the dirt......LOL

On the road, she is smooth as butter in the turns.  Feels like a sport bike almost.  It gets to 80mph in a heartbeat!

Mine's a '98 but she feels just as good now as it did when she was new I bet.

So what other stuff do you guys have to say?

[rybes]

i love my tractor. always surprises me just how capable of a bike it is. love showin up sports bike riders on the twistys. gotta love lots of suspension travel. only took it off road once n lets just say due to lack of experience it wasnt fun :roll: makes me smile now tho. wouldnt part with it for anythin. not even if the girlfriend asked me    :lol:  no really, i wouldnt  8)

[MtheTiger]

My tractor rarely goes offroad, and then only on reasonably hard surfaces. That's why I fitted the cast 3 spoke Trophy wheels and nice wide rubber to match (F:120 and R:180 Pilot Road2). This conversion makes her ride like on rails and totally eliminates the front lightness @ high speeds :D .
Regularly I get the thumbs up from fellow riders when they see (& hear !) my rig. With the BOS open exhausts the sound is sweeet  8)  8)
I'm one happy camper with my Tigger & she will always be here to stay!
Caspian Blue 1997 with 63K kilometers on the clock.

[JetdocX]

"Why the hell am I working so hard offroad??!!!!"

I never used to think this, but I've ridden the new XC.  My mistake. :roll:

[NKL]

God.... she is nice!!!

[jphish]

I think - WOW - this 06, silver Girly makes even me look cool. Not easy to do! Most the guys I ride with are GS owners - as they revel in the Teutonic mastery of their beasts - I sneek off to lube my chain. But - I still choose the Tiger - it's a fine Adventure machine & truely looks & performs like nothing else. Maybe they should try some of my Dupont teflon spray on their final drives ?!

[NeilD]

currently I think 'how long before it cuts out and I coast to the side of the road'..  :(  but when its good, its very very good..  :D

[Bixxer Bob]

I sometimes think,  the Blackbird would do this quicker or smoother, but the Blackbird is more technical to ride, very few folks can just rag a Blackbird.  Most folks can rag a Tiger  :lol:

[Bob Tosi]

Most folks can rag a Tiger  

 

[Putts255]

Here is what I think while riding:

"Man anyone who has never ridden a bike is losing out, this bike takes me away from personal and work stress like nothing else in the world, thank God!"   :D

OR

"Wonder what position she will want tonight.......hmmm."   :lol:  

[D-Fuzz]

I enjoy riding my bike because I don't really think about anything.  I just sit there and take in what's around me.  The sights, the sounds and mostly the smells.  I think it is so cool how all the smells hit you when you are riding.  I spent 14 days and 11,000km last summer riding to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and back and didn't think about work once.  It was awesome!

[John Stenhouse]

Funny, I was just thinking as I battled another blast of crosswind on the viaduct over the Medway and tried not to lose the front end in one of Kents fine potholes, I do this for fun? Bloody daft!

[Bob Tosi]

I do this for fun? Bloody daft!

That was me on my ride last weekend, after I dropped the Tiger for the third time in the mud and snow......  


My buddy was right behind me helping me every time.... I started to get real self conscious..... I was scared crapless cause it was a really hard road.... I had already broke the turn signal, gotten pinned under the bike twice......dropping F bombs left and right....all the while wondering "what the HELL  am I doing riding this big beast out here.....!

[Bixxer Bob]

.... I started to get real self conscious..... I was scared crapless .... I had nearly dropped it several times....all the while wondering "what the HELL  am I doing riding this big beast in here.....!

Words are almost the same as me last summer  :oops:

[Nick Calne]

As I ride along I don't think much except perhaps about the road, the cars, where I am going and such like.

As I roll along I am aware that all the work stress, the bad times, the worry just drain away and then I'm me again.  The real me, not that busy faker at work.  Benign, quieter, more contented.  There is a kind of calmness that comes from riding steady on the tiger.  Drifting along.  No other bike I've ridden does this.

A rolled up £20 note for petrol and food, a little sun and a clear road can be better than 2 weeks holiday sometimes.