Santa has come early

[robxxxx]

Said bye to the Girly a few weeks ago when I collected this. Still trying to run it in. But did my back in the very day I rode it home, so sat in the shed for a week with 30 miles on the clock.

[John Stenhouse]

MMMM Shiny! Me likey

[Nick Calne]

Nice

[The Midnight Rambler]

Did the same in March. Its sort of sad cos I loved my Girly, but oh man the Tex is one big bad naughty girl.
It appears I have been seduced by a younger woman!

[Chris Canning]

Well the great joys of motorcycling you have to go with what ever floats your boat,when the 955 gets pushed to the back of the garage(it certainly won't be sold) it'll be a 1050 Sport for us,unless something better comes along in the mean time.

[robxxxx]

I loved the 955. Palmer screen, TOR can, airbox mod, offroad tune. Would have upgraded suspension next, just to keep Chris happy! But I just got so paranoid with the R/R problems, it was becoming an annual thing. In fact the last mod I did was to replace the R/R for a MOSFET one, just a few months before P/Xing her.
But the TEX is some bike. Just pulls like a train. I'm still running it in, but it has scared the sh*t out of me a few times how quick it is. This is just going to eat those miles up when we go off touring next year.

unless something better comes along in the mean time.

With you on that Chris. I want this 1200 engine/drivetrain in something like a Sprint or 1050 chassis.

[Yukon]

robxxxx,

Congrats on the new purchase. I did the same thing about 3 weeks ago.  Here is a copy of a post I made in another forum:

Rode this Tiger to the dealership a couple of weeks ago. I had it for 7 years and put 37,000 miles on it. I did a 1500 mile trip in May that included the BRP, Tail of the Dragon and the Snake; she never let me down.







Rode this one home...........

[Chris Canning]

I loved the 955. Palmer screen, TOR can, airbox mod, offroad tune. Would have upgraded suspension next, just to keep Chris happy! But I just got so paranoid with the R/R problems, it was becoming an annual thing. In fact the last mod I did was to replace the R/R for a MOSFET one, just a few months before P/Xing her.
But the TEX is some bike. Just pulls like a train. I'm still running it in, but it has scared the sh*t out of me a few times how quick it is. This is just going to eat those miles up when we go off touring next year.

unless something better comes along in the mean time.

With you on that Chris. I want this 1200 engine/drivetrain in something like a Sprint or 1050 chassis.

If a bike is becoming unreliable and you can't sort it then it's got to go,the time to put good suspension on your bike is when you've done a couple of thousand mile and then buy aftermarket I haven't really spent anything on my Tiger in 10 years!!

I'd be surprised to see that motor in anything else it way too tall,they will have to go short stroke and even then it's a big old lump,I came up behind one the other day and thought jeeze what the hell is this with a bicycle tire on the back and then realised it was a 1200,do let us know how get on putting 130hp through it on a wet day 

[BONANZA]

Seems to be a growing trend. I did the same in May. Got offered a a good deal on an ex demo and couldn,t resist. My Girly did me proud but the little niggly things were starting to grow and it seemed like time to change. I know what you mean about the Tex getting you into trouble, I seem to be going 15mph faster than I think I am. Oh, mines black with the wire XC wheels.

[robxxxx]

,I came up behind one the other day and thought jeeze what the hell is this with a bicycle tire on the back and then realised it was a 1200,do let us know how get on putting 130hp through it on a wet day 

Same spec tire as the 955 & traction control! But I know what you mean Chis, it does look skinney for the size of bike. Not been out in the wet yet, mailnly because I dont want to get it dirty. I'm a lazy sod, I hate washing bikes. So the Aprilia comes out in bad weather.