I'm looking at a 2005 Tiger with 20,000 miles on it. He's asking $5,300.00. Assuming everything checks out is this a good price for this bike?
Single owner. Has after market crash guards and skid plate with highway pegs, tank bag, and tour pack.
Guy says he rode it to Moab Utah two years ago putting on over 600 miles a day.
When I go too look at it what things should I look for / ask about?
Thanks!
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That's a fair price. He might go as low as 5... doesn't hurt to ask.
Ask if the chain and sprockets have been replaced yet. If not, they're probably about due. That'll cost a couple hundred if you do it yourself.
Other than that, make sure it's had the full 12,000 mile service, and let 'er eat.
This isn't the one that had the catastrophic engine fail due to letting it run while heeled over on it's side is it????? :shock:
I'd ask to see all the maintenance records. :wink:
I forgot to ask about the tires, but I go a response on the other things.
"I do my own servicing the fuel sending unit is not working at this time
I just set the trip gauge. I just put a new chain and both sprockets on
the bike. The bike has not been lowered and as far as the rest of the
bike I have had no problems with it."
Maybe he'll reduce the price by the amount of a new fuel level sender, about $100 bucks from Bike Bandit, part #11...
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How hard is that to change out myself?
Four screws and a plug, once you've pulled the tank...
http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/msg,32393 (http://tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/msg,32393)
It's the best color going...offer him $6500! :violent1
We ended up agreeing at $4900, so I made the drive today... 3.5 hour drive.
After we looked at the bike and chatted a bit, I wanted to test drive the bike of course, but the seller lived on a nasty gravel road and it had been raining off and on for about a day. I bucked up, but I have never rode in the rain before and about shart myself when the back tire got all squirrely in the mud and had to put my foot down. Once I got to the highway and got it up to speed I fell in love.
Now even before I rode it the bike it was filthy. I don't blame the guy since he rides it regularly and lives on that road, but it made hunting for blemishes and leaks through bugs and crusted / fresh pretty hard. Any dos or don'ts for cleaning this bike?
So we took care of the not fun part (payment / forms) and then trailered the bike up for the drive. Was half-way home when I heard the sound of a trailer tire that needed more than air. And sure enough it was shredded. No spare. $227 service call. This bike just got more expensive.
I've got it home and I'm trying to look it over with garage light and a flashlight but my eyes are tired.
Can't wait to get a license plate on this thing.
Sounds like you got a good deal.
Welcome to the club!
:D
Title is supposedly in the mail. I have the safety inspection and insurance aspects done. I going nuts not being able to ride this thing. I wish I knew what day it was coming in the mail and I'd take half a day off! :)
Suweeet! Get her on the road and then all ya need is a cool shirt. OR coffee mug. Or sweatshirt. :D Oh, grab a mousepad too since you seem to be a fellow geek! And WELCOME! :thumbsup
Nice one, looks like you got a good deal on the best coloured bike. Hope your documents turn up soon so you can get riding.
Thanks guys!
Other than changing the oil, is there anything I should do to this bike right away? Should I have the valve clearances checked? Previous owner claims he never had this done. Bike has 22000 miles on it.
Quote from: "EvilBetty"Thanks guys!
Other than changing the oil, is there anything I should do to this bike right away? Should I have the valve clearances checked? Previous owner claims he never had this done. Bike has 22000 miles on it.
never checked in 22k .............it is time to at least know what they are , they may be good they may be knackered , it all depends how the previous owner rode it .
22 k of easy riding speed limit stuff they are prolly still ok
22 k of iron butt riding 6500 rpm + tire smokin wheelie poppin fun they might need an adjust
I would do the 24,000 mile service on it right now. That way you can ride, ride, ride. 8)
Looking for a link to the scheduled maintenance checklist.....standby while I trip over my thumbs in the interwebs. :lol:
Edit: I found a link from the RAT site:
http://www.triumph.co.uk/media/enTiger955cc2001onwards.pdf
Uh oh... the price of the bike is going up again! :(
How much "should" the 24,000 mile service cost depending if the valves need adjusted or not?
Thanks for the PDF link btw.
the 24k service at the stealer is going to be a big one prolly easy in the $500-600 range
order a workshop manual the triumph bible is good but expensive haynes is ok , me I like the bible .
ride your "new " bike for a week or so while you wait for a manual and then do the 24k service yourself and get to know your 'new' bike , assuming you are somewhat familiar with the buisness end of a wrench .
Thanks!
Ok maybe a rash purchase, but the $1000 quote from my Triumph dealer scared me into a BuyItNow...
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Right one? Overpaid badly?
That's the one. Pretty good price for the genuine Triumph™ article. There are copies out there for $20 or so, but that's copyright infringement, piracy, etc.
Cool.
If the original had cost $20 I'd scold those nasty piratez, but for over $100 I say make all the copiez you want. In fact PM me if you want me to demonstrate how my flat bed scanner works :)
Bikes should come with it in my opinion.
Thanks, but I'm already a manual pirate.
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Yaaaarrrrr!!!
Thanks again guys! But...
So my girl friend and I head out on our bikes. My first real ride on the Tiger, and our first real ride together on separate bikes.
I knew of a nice 45mph road through southern Kansas City with lots of trees and twisties. We rode all the way up and were half-way back before disaster struck.
I was daydreaming through most of the ride back but still paying attention. We were heading toward yet another curve. I was in the shade. Just as I began to evaluate the curve to adjust my speed, the sun (which was directly in front of me) came out from behind a tree and blinded me. My instincts took precedence over what I knew, and I decided to straighten the bike up and come to stop. Next thing I knew the bike and I were on our left side.
I looked up to check on my girl friend and she was coming to stop but in a panic forgot to put her foot down and fell over as well. She fell in the middle of the road just around the curve so I bolted up, got her to the side of the rode then moved her bike to the shoulder, just in time to miss a Jeep coming around too fast.
My bike was completely off on the shoulder. After checking again that everyone was fine and out of the road, I squatted down and picked up the bike. I had a scrape through my jeans and under layer to the skin on my left knee, and my ankle felt a little sprained. Jacket seems to have saved my wrist. My girl friend was completely fine.
Her bike suffered a little nibble out of the left grip end (sliders will be added soon). My bike... suffered far worse. After setting the bike up I see the front faring is cracked and scraped up. I thought the crash bar would have protected this. I checked the crash bar and tank and they are fine... a little dust. The left pannier is shattered. Other than that the only other damage was a little rash on the left handlebar slider.
After standing there for a second thinking through what happened this is what I surmised. 4 factors contributed to this wreck:
- My inexperience with this bike.
- Sudden panic when I lost my vision.
- My decision to stop, instead of lean and throttle.
- The soft and loose gravel shoulder.
I was entering the curve. Right before I was blinded, I felt the bikes weight try to pull me out of the curve. Any other time I would have leaned harder and gave it more gas. But the shock of losing my vision made me react instinctively, which was to stop. I was slowing fine but when my tires hit this very loose gravel the bike came out from under me (wonder if ABS would have stopped this?). When the crash bar hit the gravel it dug in about 4 inches or more, letting the faring hit and drag as well in the gravel.
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So... how much do you guess am I out to get this repaired.
Is the pannier modular? Can I take it apart and just replace just the painted plastic that is damaged?
Jeebus...glad you're relatively ok.
I don't think the ABS could do shit for once you'd already hit the gravel, but that's my opinion.
Let's see...it's about 300 bucks for a new front fairing.
The bags are modular but you'll have to scrounge that front plastic from somewhere cause i'm almost positive that Triumph does not sell the pieces individually.
That's really bad man, I feel real sorry for you. ABS wouldn't have helped I don't think.
Glad you are ok.
The damage probably isnt as bad as it looks, that side pannier probably saved you from a lot of damage, went down on mine on the left side a couple of months back on a diesel spill (without the panniers on) and managed to run up a repair bill of £3,200!.
The fairing is easy to replace and shouldn't cost too much, the pannier covers can be bought seperately but are quite expensive from Triumph, worth looking for on ebay, I picked up a brand new one for £20 a while back
Thanks guys!
Yeah I've been watching the US eBay since getting my Tiger. There is rarely anything on there of note.
The UK eBay on the other hand seems to be a treasure trove of parts. They sellers won't always ship to the US, but it doesn't hurt to ask!
There are not any fairings on there right now, and all the panniers are either full sets or right side lids. I need a left.
Is there anything solid to mount Pannier crash bars to? :lol: