Now to put it all back together

[Madruss]

it was so nice to take the Tiger for a shakedown ride on Friday.
I overtightened the chain by mistake too. It looked fine but after inspecting it upon returning, fairly tight.
The screen appears a bit off centre too. I repaired the framework some time ago but upon the refit, the left side was a bit tight.
The instrument cluster & fairing don't coincide either. The fairing frame on the Calypso looks straight, so it'll be swapped sometime after the Christmas break. (grandkids visiting)
The preowned Hepco Becker crashbars from the Calypso, fit with the rest of the ol girls battle scars !
A little bit of fine tuning after the novelty of listening to the 3 cylinder growl wears off.

[ghulst]

Well done Russ! She looks good out in the country. I personally like an adventure bike with battle scars. It makes you less scared to just send it and see. Which often ends up much better than carefully trying to navigate a rougher bit. 
Enjoy!

[London_Phil]

Still one of the best looking bikes out there.
If only they were EFI...

[ghulst]

Well, that is something that can be changed. Not cheap, but it can be changed... ;-)

[ssevy]

While rebuilding the Mikunis is no picnic, once I did mine and then ran non-ethanol fuel, I've been trouble free. Fuel injection is probably great, but I am still impressed by what a carb can do when it is set up correctly. I did stop at a Triumph dealer to pick up a part, and I wouldn't feel bad about owning any of the new Tigers. I sat on all of them, and was quite surprised that I had no issues touching both feet to the ground. Probably never will afford one, but for me, I'd gladly trade fuel injection for shaft drive, as the chain and sprocket maintenance is more of a pain for me than the carbs.

[ghulst]

Carbs can be great, if they are working nicely. However, when they go wrong... And that is one factor that EFI has a bit less. I enjoyed my Tiger 800 with injection. I have looked at the 900, but in my opinion it was so close to the 800 that I didn't really see the point for the extra expenses.

Having said that, I would prefer EFI and shaft drive...

Which means I will probably end up with something old and ratty again.

[Madruss]

Well done Russ! She looks good out in the country. I personally like an adventure bike with battle scars. It makes you less scared to just send it and see. Which often ends up much better than carefully trying to navigate a rougher bit.
Enjoy!

Thanks mate.
have a nice Christmas.
Big damaging storms predicted over South East Queensland for the next 3 days. Glad we're staying this year

[Madruss]

Some wild storms have hammered south east Qld over Christmas.
Good beer drinking weather here on the range, 34c today.

[Lee337]

Wet, windy & 10c on the other side. Bikes firmly tucked up in the garage but all being well with the weather, I might take the Tiger 800 out new years day. (Working through Xmas - New Year so no beers for me just yet.)

[Madruss]

It's not over
Right side fork seal is shot, don't know why.
It's had a little seep but now the front suspension is as good as a Z 50 Honda.
More spanner work before anymore riding  

[ghulst]

True, but a great chance to upgrade the fork springs and change the oil as well. That transformed my steamer.

[Madruss]

I've done 200klm on rebuilt forks (seals, oil & gaiters) from a triumph workshop 
Pss's me off, I have to strip it out of the bike again