New Tiger Owner In North Wales

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  1. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    Hi all,
    new to the forum, just bought (a month ago) a 07 tiger 1050. Loving the pokey plant, but have been struggling with bottoming the front end.
    Found this place really helpful and thought I'd join in as I do a lot of my own maintenance
    Cheers
    Dave Bell
     
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  2. David Cooper

    David Cooper Triumph Rocketeer.
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    Hello and welcome to the forum Dave.

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  3. Tiglet

    Tiglet Vintage Member

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    Hello Dave and welcome to the forum :)

    You would be better loosing your postcode as you don’t want any undesirables knowing where you live.
     
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  4. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    Hi Dave, and welcome in :cool::cool:
     
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  5. Bad Billy

    Bad Billy Baddest Member

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    Hi David and Welcome to the Forum :cool:

    Try heavier springs and oil in the forks.
     
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  6. joe mc donald

    Dec 26, 2014
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    David Bell.
    Welcome to the family. Nice beastie you have acquired. Its now time to hit the add a link at the bottom right hand corner and let us all see it. We the inmates here in the asylum like piccies.
    Ride Safe & Enjoy
    Joe.
     
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  7. stollydriver

    stollydriver Elite Member

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    Welcome from another North Wales member - loose the postcode from your details..
     
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  8. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    Thanks for the heads up, didn't know it was there
     
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  9. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    I've just put 9.5N/mm in (I'm 17 stone) much better. Old oil was grim
     
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  10. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    I've just put 9.5N/mm in (I'm 17 stone) much better. Old oil was grim
     
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  11. Bad Billy

    Bad Billy Baddest Member

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    Don't have a Tiger, run a 600 Bandit in Formula Prostocks Racing, I am 16 stone, recently went from 9.5N/mm and 15 weight to 1.0N/mm & 20 weight in order to reduce the loaded sag, worked a treat, trouble is now the rear shock is too soft for the front ... Doh! :p
     
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  12. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

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  13. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

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    I assume you went to 10 not 1???
     
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  14. Bad Billy

    Bad Billy Baddest Member

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    Yep, I meant 10.0Nmm, had to send to the USA for them as 9.5 is the heaviest I could find in the UK, company called Racetech.
     
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  15. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    Yeah, I found the racetech site, great for working out combinations, I used several different weights, to allow for the winter belly before settling on 9.5's how are you finding the 10 rate?
     
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  16. Bad Billy

    Bad Billy Baddest Member

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    I was looking for more ride height & less diving on the brakes, obviously for racing you are looking for a far firmer ride, after fitting them complete with Motul 20W and experimenting with spacers I got the front loaded sag to 25mm which is spot on for racing.
    Unfortunately the rear GSXR 1000 shock I have in is at the max of all adjustment & is still way to soft, the front tyre wear then became an issue, front & rear no longer working in harmony :dizzy:, so had to reduce spacers in forks as a compromise.
    Have just sourced a Hayabusa rear shock, which will fit and is heavier duty than the GSXR one, so hopefully we will get a setting that works. :cool:
     
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  17. dilligaf

    dilligaf Guest

    Hi mate and welcome
     
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  18. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    You don't happen to know of a direct swap on the 1050 tiger that's better sprung and valved. Does seam to big down on B roads
     
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  19. stollydriver

    stollydriver Elite Member

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    Just don't let bodgit and scarper from Aberg### work on it...
     
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  20. David Bell

    David Bell New Member

    Sep 20, 2019
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    Never have, always too snooty to deal with me, look at me like I couldn't afford to be there, whereas I just don't rate them. I use Road & trail or A55 if I've not got time to do it myself.
     
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