Greetings all
I've been looking at this forum for the last 12 months dreaming about buying a Tiger, but first I had to sell my Triumph TR7 V8 car. This finally happened last week so now I can turn the dream into reality.
I'm looking for a 955i Tiger, preferably with panniers and top box, centre stand and crash bars and, believe it or not our preferred colour is bright green. Any Aussie members know of any for sale. They are very scarce in South Australia so I shall probably have to buy one interstate. looking at a couple in Qld at the moment.
Cheers Mossy
Pt Augusta South Australia
PS the Tiger will be to keep my 1960 TR6B Trophy Scrambler and 1950 Thunderbird Salt Lakre Racer company in the shed.
Hi Mossy, welcome aboard. :D
Hope you get your Tiger soon and remember and post some pics
Welcome dude. I have just joined this forum after purchasing a beautiful little black 955. You will love it. You might not find one with all the bits attached that are on your wish list (I wanted all those too) but they are easily added.
My first ride was a total grin fest for 350km or so in the middle of the night. What a good bike.
welcome aboard 8)
Welcome.
Buying from a banna bender :shock:
Welcome mate! Black ones are the best! Lets see the pictures when you get one - enjoy!
Well, I've done it today :D :D :D
Paid a deposit on a 2004 Lucifer orange Tiger from a dealer in Brisbane. No panniers but it does have a Triumph top box and centre stand.
The plan now is to have it shipped to Adelaide by the 2nd Dec, when I'll pick it up, as we will be in Adelaide that weekend.
Going to be like a litle kid waiting for christmas morning now :D
Cheers Mossy
Welcome Mossy. I'd be happy to ride it down to you.....but...
you'd have to pay to fly me across the ditch first. :wink:
By the way, did I mention I have never actually seen a Girly in the flesh, let alone sat on or ridden one. We did look at the 800's earlier this year and have had a sit on them. Thats where the wife worked out she can just touch the ground so it will be alright. My original intention was to buy a Scrambler, but the wife's reasoning for a Tiger is that `as we are getting older and fatter, we need something with more power'.
The decision to buy was based solely on the looks and what I have read on this forum.
How's that for blind faith.
Cheers Mossy
Welcome to the madhouse Mossy :wave :lol:
Quote from: "Mossy"...snip...
The decision to buy was based solely on the looks and what I have read on this forum.
How's that for blind faith.
Cheers Mossy
Clearly you haven't found the Bacon thread....
(some of us only visit for the pictures)
Ah, is the Bacon thread something I shouldn't look at???
Ordered a set of crash bars from Thunderbike as a chrissy to myself today.
Cheers Mossy
Welcome aboard Mossy, just a couple of long days to go now...............
Welcome to the madhouse Mossy>>>>>>Lucifer Orange is the way to go, they are the fastest!!! Most comfy bike you will ever ride.
Crash bars have arrived, just need the bike to put between them now.
Cheers Mossy
Quote from: "Mossy"Crash bars have arrived, just need the bike to put between them now.
Cheers Mossy
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Here's a pic of my new crash bars :D :D :D (http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af98/50Tbird/PC090184.jpg)
Cheers Mossy
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Only 4 more sleeps, then I fly to Adelaide Friday morning where the Tiger is being delivered to a mates place. Then the 300km ride home. :D
I went to get it registered last week but because it is coming from interstate I have to have it inspected by the police ($55 fee :x ) to make sure its not stolen. So to ride it home I had to get a permit for the day (another $55 :x ). On the permit I then have to list each road I will ride on because if I get stopped riding on a road not on the permit I will cop a fine :x . Hopefully I will be home early enough to get it inspected and registered Friday :D , otherwise we will have to spend all weekend sitting looking at it in the shed :(
Cheers Mossy
PS also thought I would add my other bikes to the signature box.
Quote from: "Mossy"Here's a pic of my new crash bars :D :D :D (http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af98/50Tbird/PC090184.jpg)
Cheers Mossy
Hey Mossy, I just got a 2003 Girly over here in NZ. Good move putting the crash bars on. Do you reckon the Thunderbike ones are the way to go, and what did they cost, and how long to deliver? They look absolutely agrucutural but f....n strong. Wish I had them on two nights ago when I decided to see if the rust on the bridge railing needed scraping off with my upperarm, left hand mirror and gear change lever. Fixed the lever, mirror is dangling on a branch caught up about 20 feet above stolen river and my arm is telling me its not happy until I take a pill the Doc gave me. Can you post up some photo's when you have them on and give us the low down?
OUCH! as we always say to anyone who'll listen, Tiggers like naps, get some crash bars.
Quote from: "John Stenhouse"OUCH! as we always say to anyone who'll listen, Tiggers like naps, get some crash bars.
Tiggers in particular John??
G'day Deano
That does look a bit painful. I paid a bit over A$400 for the crash bars (whatever it is on the web site) which included postage and they arrived in about 6 days.
I fitted them yesterday, took about 1 3/4 hrs all up.
Contrary to the instructions, I started on the left side ( I'm a Fitter, always start with the hard bits so the job only gets easier).
This took about 1 1/4 hours for various reasons. First off the nuts on the top bolts are a bit harder to get to on this side. The coolant hose wasn't as much as a problem as I expected, though I did find the allen screws supplied were a bit long on the left and I had to cut about a 1/4" off the end. I also added a washer to each just to make sure the bolts weren't bottoming out in the thread. I also found it easier, through trial and error, to fit the front top bolt, then the bottom bolts and the top back bolt last.
After this the r/h side was easy and took about 30 minutes. The r/h side required the extra washers supplied between the engine case and crash bar and once again I also fitted a washer under the bolt head. This was enough that I didn't have to trim the bolts this side.
And while the instructionsalso say no beer, I found the l/h side required 1 Cider and the r/h side half a Cider :D :D
Cheers Mossy
PSI love the new Tiger :D :D :D , I'll start a new post tomorrow with more details and pics