Triumphrat

winger

You know i'm i'm not normally into'I've got a Tiger and i think it's great' so i'll contradicted myself!!!.

I've had my 955 four years,it doesn't get ridden in winter,and barely turned a wheel last year through reasons beyond my control,but has just turned 19000 miles,nearly every one done travelling Europe from the Polish boarder to southern Spain/Portugal and have just returned(again) from Italy from the WSB round,if I it said it had been hammered would be an understatement,it's been sat on Autoroutes at a steady 100mph(and upwards!!) for hours,gone over umpteen mountain passes and been thrash'd mercilessly,nearly all of which has been done in 35c of heat,yesterday my wife and i rode 825 miles from Misano in Italy to central France and another 450 today,it ain't standard but the dear lord never made a better mile muncher!!!!.

We've covered just under 3000 miles in four days!!,i see other posting about wind noise??? we both were Arai Corsairs with foam plugs(we had custom ones made and through e'm away) and haven't the slightest problem.

BigStripey

Winger,

Proper Iron Butt stuff
I rode non stop from Calais to Roanne (645 miles) gas'n go in a little over 7 hours. I thought i would be wrecked at the end of it, but apart from the inevitable arse biscuit , i was in good shape.

The same cannot be said for my colleagues. We could have done with a crane to get one of his Aprilia, he was seized solid! , But 'Tango' and i could have carried on.

Every year i seem to push the Tiger harder and further, and every year it keeps meeting the challenge and passing with flying colours!

Tyre shredding in the mountains, peage mile munching, it just does it all with no fuss. I can't ask for more than that?

Keep it up Winger, it's what it's all about eh?

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Big Stripey

I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw

pigpen955

See my other post about the 2,300 miles I just got done...2,000 after fitting the bike between the asphalt and the bumper of a car in front of me. An hour's work getting the metal structure that holds the gauge pod bent back out of the way and we were off. It never even complained.

It does eat up the miles.

Fred

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No such thing as cold weather, just inappropriate clothing.

TorqueyT

while we're on mileage - anyone else following Nick Sander's trip? Rtw in 20 days record attempt - proper iron butt stuff, although it's on an R1....

http://www.motochallenge.com/rtwhome.htm

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TorqueyT

winger

Something else i'd forgotten to mention,i can't be arsed with a Scott chain oiler and all the mess,have been useing Wurth Dry lube for some time now,but have never done a long ride with,absolutely spot on,one very clean back end even after all those miles,although i'd be lieing if i said it didn't take a leap of faith to use it!!!!,because it really is a world away from all the gunge and snot that i've sparyed on chains over the years!!!!

2ndSpace

F you

signed jealous