Not a Yamaha but...................

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:26 pm

Well Chaps, you all know i sold the Ace and bought the Tiger.

Been busy with a few jobs, replaced the Trophy swing arm and shock with original, cleaned up and repainted the end cans, fitted a new centrestand and done a high mudguard mod.

Still needs a lot of tidying, but summers nearly here and time to get a few miles on it.

Post by **creedxup** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:04 pm

Looks good.

I followed one on the way to work last year and they're surprisingly quick

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:27 pm

Cheers Chris, haven`t really had a decent ride on it yet, what with the crap weather and it needed a bit of work.

Post by **Stig** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:28 am

strange lookin mods on the exup there Mark

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:42 pm

No Exup valve to worry about.

Although there seems to be a cylinder missing....................

RAG TOP · Post by **RAG TOP** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:52 pm

RF nice to see the pipe's on a bike again instead of collecting dust in the garage

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:27 am

RAG TOP wrote:RF nice to see the pipe's on a bike again instead of collecting dust in the garage

Cheers mate, didn`t realise you were on here.
I took the heat shields off and sprayed them, came out ok.

The spare tank will be used soon, just needs prepping and spraying when i`ve emptied all the black packing bits out of it.

Someone didn`t seal the holes and its full of little black squares!

RAG TOP · Post by **RAG TOP** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:57 pm

that will be me then

Rutz · Post by **Rutz** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:35 pm

You've got to liking ugly bikes Mark

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:48 am

Rutz wrote:You've got to liking ugly bikes Mark

Ugly? Its a beauty!

Post by **Stig** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 6:29 am

compared to the exup....i'm with Rutz on this one

(and prob due to the fact i couldn't see over the seat)

parappadog · Post by **parappadog** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:21 pm

Im not a fan of the looks but i have had a go on a tiger and they are bloody impressive.. They perform a lot better than u might think!

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:00 am

Been a while since i updated this, and i do still look here most days, so here goes, i know how you all love the pics

My current Tiger has now had a few mods done, i`ve rebuilt Tiger stanchions into Trophy fork legs so i could fit Trident six spoke alloys.
Fitted a set of Trophy white dial clocks, and a few little odds and sods.

rf9rider · Post by **rf9rider** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:07 am

I was so impressed with the Tiger, that i now have 3!
Ones in complete bits ready for a complete rebuild, and another one that i intend to keep, it`s a low mileage, full sevice history, very tidy one.
Here she is, before i start modding it

I`ve got some Trophy forks and 3 spoke wheels that have just been powder coated, plus some engine bars and a few bits and pieces to fit.
Also have a complete bodykit ready for a respray over the next few months.
After seeing what Nasty did with my old YZF750w wonder what he could would do with it?

kev.h · Post by **kev.h** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:54 pm

yes i like them

but if it was mine i would have to put some knobly tyres on just to see what they would handle like on the rough stuff