2001 tiger build

[johnwesley]

I bought a 01 tiger on sept 24, 2010. Since then I have put 6,000 miles on it and have done a few mods to it. It came with heated grips, crash bars, and a cee bailys shield.  




I stoped at a friends house about 1200 miles from me and decided I need highway pegs








That worked great for the trip to Happy-trail which just happens to be anothe 1,000+ miles. I did stop and do a rally on the way, but that is another thread.

Happy-trail set me up with a bunch of goodies and installed them  :D

first order of bussiness is pegs



then racks



and of course you need panniers for that rack



then of was time for rox risers and trimimg of the windshield so I can trun full lock



the guys at H-T were great to work with and I have a set of piaa 510s on the way.  H-T then set me up with Bill Mayers to have a custom seat done, so now its another 875 miles day. By this time I know what I do not like about the stock seat  :shock:

[zadok_oz]

Sounds like you have discovered the joy of owning a Tiger. Nice one, John. :D

[chairhead]

Wow!,
some serious farkles there John,nice panniers
and some serious riding too :shock: ,875 miles in a day,spectacular!! thats a long day in a shitty saddle i know.

[johnwesley]

made a trip out to Ojai, Ca cause I hade a pain in the butt
 

 
so I come out with this
 

 
cool job here is some of the process
 

 

 

 

 
I did a ride in and the shaped and sent me off on a test ride and then repeat. I liked the shop and customer care. Did a great job and I choose leather. then I drove the 2,000 miles home.
 



overall pic of bike set up with seat



the ride home was 2,000 miles. I whish the foor pegs were longer. the rear break guard sticks out so far that it pushes my foot partly off the peg

[Bixxer Bob]

Is that thing with the yellow lid a BBQ?

[johnwesley]

could be  8)

nope I put it on my bike before I had the panniers installed. needed some way to haul my junk. It came off my KLR

see

[johnwesley]

links to other mods I have done or am working on

skid plate

shifter

suspension

[johnwesley]

while i am waiting on the suspension, I decided to rework the header. I wanted more ground clearance, so off to the chop shop she goes.  I'm not a good fabracator or welder. It seems to work though.

Pics will show whats going on. should gain some ground clearance

 what it looked like before


after