2 Questions - No rush just need to hear some opinions/facts

[Putts255]

I have a guy close to me that has some parts from a 2006 Tiger he wants to sell.  

1) He has some cast wheels he is willing to part with.  I have heard that wheels from an 06 will not fit my 2001.  Is this true?  If they do fit what would be a reasonable price to pay for them?

2) I bought his side panniers from him today and want to take my originals and sand them down and repaint them.  Has anyone done it here and do you have any advice on how to proceed?  Hey, although I work in a bank and am pretty handy and since I have an extra set I can take my time and "experiment".  

Thanks everyone or anyone who is willing to put in your 2 cents....   :D

[John Stenhouse]

The Frame changed in 2004 with intro of cast wheels, but all the changes shouldn't mean the wheels wont fit. Try them and see is the best advice.

The boxes are plastic, so when painting them make sure you use some plasticiser mixed with the paint to stop it flaking.

[chairhead]

I have a guy close to me that has some parts from a 2006 Tiger he wants to sell.  

1) He has some cast wheels he is willing to part with.  I have heard that wheels from an 06 will not fit my 2001.  Is this true?

If you buy the cast wheels i think im right in saying you will need the discs too :roll: $$$$,as the ones off the spoked Tigger will not fit,they are not a straight swap,also i seem to remember that the spacers for the two wheels are different,but i could be wrong,
there is a thread about it on this forum somewhere.

[NKL]

The swing arm changed to conventional in '04' along with dif brake caliper but as John says try them and see.
I got hold of a spare set of panniers (not my colour) and just wet and dryed the paint off and left them plain black plastic, which looks ok because it matches the colour of the rest of my lugage.

[Chris Canning]

I've said it before on here,so folks will have to bare with me,I saw an 885 a couple of years ago with cast wheels,he had transplanted the swing arm in as well,I think the front wheel is a straight fit and if not doesn't need a lot of tinkering to get to.

There was also a real hybrid Tiger on ebay not so long ago,early Tiger with a 595 motor and cast wheels that also had the latter swing arm as well.

[Putts255]

Well the guy who is selling actually has the swing arm, sprockets and front shocks for sale among other items.  

But he is an older fella and has gone south for the winter.  Last e-mail said he would not be back until April.  Man that would be nice....c'mon lottery help me out!  

Either way I am putting the bike in storage this afternoon, actually had a couple weeks of chilly but ridable weather.  So I will e-mail him in the spring.

Panniers will come off and sit in the garage until I am ready to experiment.  I am going to try a texture paint or I will see if I can get the brother in law to get his air brush stuff dusted off.  Back in the 80's he was quite the talented artist....

Thanks for the input everyone!

Paul