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I had one of similar vintage, 2010.
Nice bikes,
good engine, watch for oil leaks and cracked headers.
Clutch and gbox generally good, BUT clutch lever can be very heavy. Triumph used to do a clutch arm extension kit to make it lighter, but stopped doing so, some mod them, but IME it is not necessary....what is necessary is the treat the clutch cable as a service item and change it regularly. For some reason they go stiff and add a lot of drag, around town mine was awful at one point, (and I ride a TL1000R with Barnet springs, welded clutch centre and shorty levers!!)
You could get a hydro conversion but rare to find now, italian I thnk they were.
SUspension, -- ok, but wallowy with pillion or if you are heavy, rear in particularly. I fitted an ohkins fuy adjustable shock, remote preload too, and it transformed it. Well worth it if you can find a used unit.
I fitted the carbon arrow Triumph road can, it was a work of art, but not that noisy, fuelled nice on triumph tune. THen I tried the same can in race version from Triumph, and boy oh boy, it sounded a treat! Best exhaust about for them, again, harder to find now but they do come up, some new ones were out there on ebay last year for fcck all, like £250 or so. All got snapped up.
Wind blast.... treat it as a naked bike, screen is not great. Paniers and top box are great, KTM could learn from looking at the locks and handles etc!! Handguards are excellent, get a set if not fitted. Heated grips useful again, the bars are wide, and out in the air even with handguards.
For what they cost, they are good bikes. I sold mine and got a Superduke GT. Superduke of course beats it everywhere bar the paniers, but it should do, it is a modern bike with a mental engine and theyre 10k second hand. Still miss the old Tiger though!
Overall, excellent tourer, commuter / pillion bike, bags of character, great motor and sound with race can. ABS is worth it if fitted, brakes fine, (just get used to cleaning the disc bobbins every now and then to keep the rotors floating), and adequate suspension. If you get a tidy bike, can find a few hundred quid on an ohlins and same on a race can, they're more bike than you'll ever need on road.
Nice bikes,
good engine, watch for oil leaks and cracked headers.
Clutch and gbox generally good, BUT clutch lever can be very heavy. Triumph used to do a clutch arm extension kit to make it lighter, but stopped doing so, some mod them, but IME it is not necessary....what is necessary is the treat the clutch cable as a service item and change it regularly. For some reason they go stiff and add a lot of drag, around town mine was awful at one point, (and I ride a TL1000R with Barnet springs, welded clutch centre and shorty levers!!)
You could get a hydro conversion but rare to find now, italian I thnk they were.
SUspension, -- ok, but wallowy with pillion or if you are heavy, rear in particularly. I fitted an ohkins fuy adjustable shock, remote preload too, and it transformed it. Well worth it if you can find a used unit.
I fitted the carbon arrow Triumph road can, it was a work of art, but not that noisy, fuelled nice on triumph tune. THen I tried the same can in race version from Triumph, and boy oh boy, it sounded a treat! Best exhaust about for them, again, harder to find now but they do come up, some new ones were out there on ebay last year for fcck all, like £250 or so. All got snapped up.
Wind blast.... treat it as a naked bike, screen is not great. Paniers and top box are great, KTM could learn from looking at the locks and handles etc!! Handguards are excellent, get a set if not fitted. Heated grips useful again, the bars are wide, and out in the air even with handguards.
For what they cost, they are good bikes. I sold mine and got a Superduke GT. Superduke of course beats it everywhere bar the paniers, but it should do, it is a modern bike with a mental engine and theyre 10k second hand. Still miss the old Tiger though!
Overall, excellent tourer, commuter / pillion bike, bags of character, great motor and sound with race can. ABS is worth it if fitted, brakes fine, (just get used to cleaning the disc bobbins every now and then to keep the rotors floating), and adequate suspension. If you get a tidy bike, can find a few hundred quid on an ohlins and same on a race can, they're more bike than you'll ever need on road.
I had a 2007 bike for 3 years, it replaced a speed triple for more touring, and I replaced it with a vfr1200 for more speed.
The Tiger is a bloody good bike, capable and comfortable. Great for big distances too.
The suspension can be a bit soggy and would be greatly improved with a higher quality replacement.
I also fitted an Arrow exhaust, lovely sound with the triumph tune.
The triumph hand guards aren’t as good as bark busters but are decent enough if the bike has them already.
The Tiger is a bloody good bike, capable and comfortable. Great for big distances too.
The suspension can be a bit soggy and would be greatly improved with a higher quality replacement.
I also fitted an Arrow exhaust, lovely sound with the triumph tune.
The triumph hand guards aren’t as good as bark busters but are decent enough if the bike has them already.
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