Since the factory paint wasn't as good as it looked in the pictures and I was not a fan of the graphics, I thought I would paint the Tiger in a more "adventure bike" theme.
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Originally this was to be a base color for some type of desert style camo. After I got the base color on it looked so good I thought I'd leave it like this for a while. It's Rustoleum "Fossil" satin paint. Once I decide what to do permanently I will clear coat it so it will last.
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Also added MSR aluminun CR high bars.
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Rox bar risers.
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MSR hand guards.
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Hepco-Becker crash bars, moved the Stebel air horn from the blinker down to the crash bar and added a SW-Motech centerstand.
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Lookin good , but needs something to breakup that big plain look my .02 says it's begging for a british flag or something , it needs a graphic of some sort .
Quote from: "Mustang"Lookin good , but needs something to breakup that big plain look my .02 says it's begging for a british flag or something , it needs a graphic of some sort .
I agree it's a lot of plain real estate, I may go with the camo later but I love the color. What I really want that I think would help is the headlight guard on Patrick's. I have not been able to find one online yet.
Maybee these guys can help with the light guard
www.thunderbike.co.nz (http://www.thunderbike.co.nz)
Badass. Makes me want to paint my bike.
i dig the bar risers and new bars. where you get them? i need some bad.
Looks like it belongs in the Afrika Corps. I like it!
Quote from: "aeronca"i dig the bar risers and new bars. where you get them? i need some bad.
The risers came from here. http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/ ... cat_id=303 (http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?subcat_id=303) The second ones down, the "Pro-Offset Elite block Riser" which will let you use the "Fat Bars" or standard 7'8". I would have gotten the 1 1/8" bars but I had already bought the standard bars before I realized I needed the risers.
The bars and hand guards I got from a local accesory shop, just standard MSR fare. The bars are "CR high" bend.
Quote from: "aeronca"i dig the bar risers and new bars. where you get them? i need some bad.
The risers came from here. http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/ ... cat_id=303 (http://www.roxspeedfx.com/cgi-bin/cart/showitems.cgi?subcat_id=303) The second ones down, the "Pro-Offset Elite block Riser" which will let you use the "Fat Bars" or standard 7'8". I would have gotten the 1 1/8" bars but I had already bought the standard bars before I realized I needed the risers.
The bars and hand guards I got from a local accesory shop, just standard MSR fare. The bars are "CR high" bend.
Quote from: "cascadetiger"Looks like it belongs in the Afrika Corps. I like it!
Yup! That thing is tits! How about an urban camo theme? Black white and gray. Or just leave it flat white.
How'd you prep it before you painted it? I've been thinking about painting mine but have been dreading the prep work.
Quote from: "Dr. Mordo"How'd you prep it before you painted it? I've been thinking about painting mine but have been dreading the prep work.
I sanded with 200 to get through the clear coat over the graphics. Then peeled the stickers, sanded with 400 and wiped it all down with xylene. Everyone who has seen it up close can't believe it was done with rattle cans. I'm waiting on a co-worker who does airbrush work to get back from vacation, I might still pursue the desert camo thing. In keeping with the Tiger theme I also was kicking around brown tiger stripes. Any thoughts?
I know it looks more like a leopard but how about this Africa Korps camo?
Triumph Leopard doesn't sound right.
I was thinking of the Palm Tree logo (minus the swastika!) that the Germans used. It would look cool on the tank or side panel. It would go with all the palm trees in your pictures. I can't seem to get the picture of the logo onto this post.
I think it would look good with a red star and stencilied "Tiger" lettering.
geof
Quote from: "Kiwi Tiger"Maybee these guys can help with the light guard www.thunderbike.co.nz (http://www.thunderbike.co.nz)
Thunderbike only had crash guards when I called earlier this year. I bought the guards and am quite happy with them.
I have a fast, cheap and effective solution for a light guard for the Steamers. Buy some velcro tape and some lightweight mesh screen. You want the screen to be fine enough to deflect smaller stones, stiff enough to maintain its shape when bent, flexible enough to be shaped by hand, and easlily cut. (I spent $ to get the perfect screen which is found on door guards intended to protect doors from jumping pets. About $25.)
Cut two circles of screen with diameters about 1/2 inch larger than the diameters of the holes in the cowl which the lights shine through. Bend the extra 1/2 inch 90 degrees to form a lip. Line the outside of this lip (on the screen) with velcro. Line the inner lip of the two light holes of the cowl with velcro. (I used 360 degrees of velcro on both the screen and the cowl. That is way too much, but that screen is going nowhere. The width of the inner lip of the cowl in not consistant and the tape I used was too wide at places. I didn't care, but you might want to trim the velcro to the proper width. ) Place the screens inside the light holes of the cowl, press the velcro together and you have screen guards. You will need to take the plastic cowl off to mount the screens.
I have used these for the last 15,000 miles with no problems. I doubt the screens will hold up to heavy branches, but for protection from flying stone, these screens are more than enough.
You may not get Mad Max style points for these, but this is an easy solution which requires little in material and no welding of brackets.
A few new additions.
MRA Touring windshield (waited 2 1/2 months for this).
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Luggage Rack designed for a late model KLR650 (now I need a Pelican case) and a Delorme PN-40 with Ram Mount.
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Very nice indeed. How does the windshield work? It looks really promising. Any turbulence due to the opening at the bottom? Is it mounted with MRA original parts? Some pictures of this windshield show it mounted without the upper extensions. Did you fabricate those yourself?
Real nice bike.
Great color and damn fine job with the rattle can.
Its "tits" as JetdocX says.......boy haven't heard that one in years......got detention in High School for blurting that out one day :lol:
I still say "tits". I guess I'm just a dinosaur.
But I'm a meat-eating dinosaur. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Stretch67/naughty.gif)
Quote from: "Stretch"I still say "tits". I guess I'm just a dinosaur.
But I'm a meat-eating dinosaur. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/Stretch67/naughty.gif)
Does that make you one of a dying breed? :lol:
Sorry, I'll get my coat :roll:
I'm not extinct quite yet.
"Tits" is good with me too.
The windshield works well as it is now. Being 6'3" with the stock fairing the wind hit me right at face level and I got a lot of noise and buffeting. It is intended to be mounted flat to the fairing with 4 of the original bolts. With the angle of the fairing it was more like a "longer" than "taller windshield and did me no good at all. I intended to make some metal stand off brackets for the top mounts but wanted to experiment with the angle first. So while scrounging throught the garage I found some white hard plastic icemaker line that has the perfect inside diameter to "thread" the stock mounting bolts into. It actually came out pretty solid and if you grab the top of the windshield the whole fairing moves. Once I got the angle right I painted the tubing with Krylon Fusion paint. The opening at the bottom that resulted from rotating the windshield up seems to equalize the pressure and it is much quieter to ride now with almost no buffeting. The only thing I would do differently would be to get a clear winshield. Because of the height I have to look through it to see obstacles near the front wheel when riding offroad and the tint makes it harder to see, guess I'll have to stand up more.
i dig the fairing, looks good. and does any one else still say"wicked pissa".i guess im still a masshole at heart. :D
Quote from: "aeronca"i dig the fairing, looks good. and does any one else still say"wicked pissa".i guess im still a masshole at heart. :D
:oops: guilty but my wife is from Maine
and Ayuh I live in New Hampshah
Quote from: "Stretch"I'm not extinct quite yet.
Several years working as a contractor for the Navy (Naval Surface Warfare Center) and I have had the term "tits-up" permanently burned into my vocabulary. as in "Gas Turbine number three is dead, she's gone completely tits-up."
Geof
I got the lowering pegs from Mustang this week and they are beautiful!
Packaged nicely with excellent illustrated instructions.
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Comparison to stock pegs with rubber.
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Comparison to stock pegs without rubber.
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Comparison of pegs on the bike, neither the camera or the bike were moved so this gives you a good idea of the drop.
Stock pegs without rubber.
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Mustang's pegs.
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These things are slick! Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to ride the bike with them yet. Thanks Mustang for an excellent product!
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Comparison to stock pegs with rubber.
(http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/singlespeedin/97%20Triumph%20Tiger/P3120033.jpg)
Comparison to stock pegs without rubber.
(http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/singlespeedin/97%20Triumph%20Tiger/P3120034.jpg)
Comparison of pegs on the bike, neither the camera or the bike were moved so this gives you a good idea of the drop.
Stock pegs without rubber.
(http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/singlespeedin/97%20Triumph%20Tiger/P3120014.jpg)
Mustang's pegs.
(http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp258/singlespeedin/97%20Triumph%20Tiger/P3120035.jpg)
Thanks Mustang for an excellent product!
This deserved another airing
I was fortunate enough to acquire a set of Mustang pegs (and a valve-shim tool) a few years ago now, made it possible to ride the 'bike without pain in hips after some time on the road.
RIP Mustang.
Quote from: 93TigerBill-2016 on January 16, 2024, 11:41:15 PMI was fortunate enough to acquire a set of Mustang pegs (and a valve-shim tool) a few years ago now, made it possible to ride the 'bike without pain in hips after some time on the road.
RIP Mustang.
After not riding anything on two wheels for an extended period, it was a shock to my hips & knees having to "fold up my undercarriage" on the tiger with the standard distance between seat height & footpegs.
They'll be the next modification along with boosting the seat.