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01-01-2004
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Formula Extreme Favorite Bike: 2002 Sprint ST
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Location: Ann Arbor MI
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Thinking of getting a Tiger for a trip to Alaska and was wondering how reliable they are. Don't want to get stranded with the bears you know!
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01-01-2004
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Formula Extreme Favorite Bike: 2002 Sprint ST
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Location: Ann Arbor MI
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Thinking of getting a Tiger for a trip to Alaska and was wondering how reliable they are. Don't want to get stranded with the bears you know!
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01-01-2004
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Senior Member
Formula Extreme Favorite Bike: 2002 Sprint ST
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ann Arbor MI
Posts: 504
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Thinking of getting a Tiger for a trip to Alaska and was wondering how reliable they are. Don't want to get stranded with the bears you know!
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01-01-2004
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Chelmsford, Essex, England
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Great choice for a trip like that!. I am on my second Tiger now and can honestly say that i have found them to be completely reliable in all the environments i have ridden in.
The engine control management system on the efi tigers calculates altitude and humidity etc, so the bike is always running on the optimum mix whatever altitude you go up to.
Fantastic mile-eaters - sit back and watch the world go by, but get the Gel saddle unless you are an 'iron butt'.
Fuel economy is good if you stay below 90mph and you can load them up like a pack mule and it doesn't seem to affect the handling to any degree?
Yes i am biased, i have ridden plenty of bikes over the years but i have found the Tiger to be the only bike that does what i want it to do on the day? You dictate the rules and the Tiger follows you.
Go for it
Jim
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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
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01-01-2004
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Great choice for a trip like that!. I am on my second Tiger now and can honestly say that i have found them to be completely reliable in all the environments i have ridden in.
The engine control management system on the efi tigers calculates altitude and humidity etc, so the bike is always running on the optimum mix whatever altitude you go up to.
Fantastic mile-eaters - sit back and watch the world go by, but get the Gel saddle unless you are an 'iron butt'.
Fuel economy is good if you stay below 90mph and you can load them up like a pack mule and it doesn't seem to affect the handling to any degree?
Yes i am biased, i have ridden plenty of bikes over the years but i have found the Tiger to be the only bike that does what i want it to do on the day? You dictate the rules and the Tiger follows you.
Go for it
Jim
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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
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01-01-2004
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Great choice for a trip like that!. I am on my second Tiger now and can honestly say that i have found them to be completely reliable in all the environments i have ridden in.
The engine control management system on the efi tigers calculates altitude and humidity etc, so the bike is always running on the optimum mix whatever altitude you go up to.
Fantastic mile-eaters - sit back and watch the world go by, but get the Gel saddle unless you are an 'iron butt'.
Fuel economy is good if you stay below 90mph and you can load them up like a pack mule and it doesn't seem to affect the handling to any degree?
Yes i am biased, i have ridden plenty of bikes over the years but i have found the Tiger to be the only bike that does what i want it to do on the day? You dictate the rules and the Tiger follows you.
Go for it
Jim
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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
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01-01-2004
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: juneau, alaska
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Our bears rely on stranded bikers for supplemental protein, so I'd suggest you get a Harley or a GS - - -
[ This message was edited by: paulie on 2004-01-01 12:59 ]
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01-01-2004
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Our bears rely on stranded bikers for supplemental protein, so I'd suggest you get a Harley or a GS - - -
[ This message was edited by: paulie on 2004-01-01 12:59 ]
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01-01-2004
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Our bears rely on stranded bikers for supplemental protein, so I'd suggest you get a Harley or a GS - - -
[ This message was edited by: paulie on 2004-01-01 12:59 ]
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01-01-2004
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Paulie,
I refer you back to the Christmas joke .......
95% of Harley riders are still on the road. 5% made it home, the other 95% are still on the road somewhere!
Probably bear food in Alaska!
Jim
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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
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