Tiger 100 Prices

@Obijohnkenobe Yes but without seeing the bike and service history it hard to put a price on it. Think i would like to get it a little cheaper.

 

the solution to oil leaks is not to worry about them.

if you like the bike and can get it within your budget, buy it.

you can always wash it occasionally and keep a rag tied to the handlebars to clean up smaller seeps.

and who knows, the lower end leak might be a just drain plug with a bad washer.

 

@Obijohnkenobe Mate they all had a seep. But mainly people let them sit idle and most wet sumped. These days you can get them almost perfect by changing the oil pump for a four valve pump. And there are taps you can fit now close to the oil outlet pipe from the oil tank you have to remember to turn it of when storing the bike and more important turning it on before starting. I have had many Bonnies and a couple of 500 hundreds and don't remember any oil leakage to worry about.

 

@Obijohnkenobe Nice bike thanks for the picture. May need to check the jetting if it is an import. And plugs.

 

Yes, very interested. You seem to have scored one with a very desirable, good looking bike. A late model and probably well sorted at that.

Is there a problem with the oil pressure? Colour preferences and normal maintainance aside, personally I’d carry on using it while the weather lasts to get a feel for whatever it might need doing long term. There’s nothing much worse than having a pile of bits in the shed when the weather’s fine and it could be in use. Ask me how I know.

Anyway, best of luck with it and enjoy the ride.

Dave.

 

Yes, very interested. You seem to have scored one with a very desirable, good looking bike. A late model and probably well sorted at that.

Is there a problem with the oil pressure? Colour preferences and normal maintainance aside, personally I’d carry on using it while the weather lasts to get a feel for whatever it might need doing long term. There’s nothing much worse than having a pile of bits in the shed when the weather’s fine and it could be in use. Ask me how I know.

Anyway, best of luck with it and enjoy the ride.

Dave.

 

Looks sweet. Personally if it’s running well enough leave well alone and just ride it whilst summer is here! Plenty of time in winter to fettle.

 

@Obijohnkenobe Yes agree with the other contributors just ride enjoy and clock up little jobs you want to complete over the winter. Looks all right to me. Has all the patina.

 

Good news on the throttle thing then. The bars you show in the pics I always used to think were more of a “rough track” “desert sled” type of thing, more suitable for the trials/scrambling type of competition work where you need good low speed handling and lots of leverage. I only ever experienced them on one occasion when I tried out a friends bike. Cant say I was impressed at speed on UK roads. They seemed to set you up to get a bit ‘wind blown’. They didn’t seem to do much for streamlining but others I knew loved them, but it was probably more of a style thing. The standard UK bars on my ‘69 bike, which I would think would be similar to yours, always worked okay for me. At least you could tuck in behind them.

 

If you’re going for new handlebars then look around for the reputable dealers. Everyone’s got their own favourites but I’d steer clear of cheap stuff straight off the internet.

You have a bit of a decision to make there. Whether to keep it as original as possible or buy in new. I’ve recently come to get started to get some parts re-chromed. Firstly I found that a couple of the smaller local rechroming businesses I had earmarked have ceased trading, so I’ve had to cast further afield. The ones I’ve now found are not cheap. Basically it costs far more to rechrome than to replace. Personally, at least so far as the Bonnie is concerned, I’d rather bite the bullet, keep the original part and refurb it than get an unknown quantity part that may, or may not, fit, and then have to junk an otherwise perfectly good bit.

As far as the T100 is concerned and I don’t know what parts if any, are original, I’ll probably try to keep the costs down with the cheapest option. From your photo it looks as though you’ve got a bit of an original gem. I’d try to keep it that way if at all possible.

As far as my bikes go I’ve never seen the T100ss in a finished, one piece state. I bought it years ago as a pile of bits that for the most part was just scrap. So all I’ve got to go on is other internet pictures that I use for reference. The other bike is my Bonnie that I’ve had a long time and is currently partly stripped for a makeover, so not much to show atm.

If you’re interested I run blogs on both of them in this Forum under the “Builds & Projects:” section. They are:

Resurrecting 1966 Tiger 100ss

Refurb On The ‘69 T120

Sorry I haven’t learned links yet. Here’s a couple of pics. The T100 isn’t mine, it’s just what it ‘should’ look like.