Hey guys, Alex here! Nice to meet you! I m from Greece and i ride my Tiger 1050 since 2012. I love it but i also hate it (finishing engine rebuild for the second time in a week).
My engine cracked middle piston in 2017 on 18000km... I rebuilt it with je forged pistons and now after 3k km it cracked middle liner now i m rebuilding again but with enough tuning in the head too... Last chance!
Wow, that's super unlucky, good job you are handy with the spanners. Hope it stays together for you this time.
I m more of a Japanese-Honda guy, but in 2012 i fell in love with that bike... I was disappointed with all these failures but now i hope it won't break!