Hi, Ravey from Southampton Uk. Just traded my MV Agusta hyper naked for a Tiger 900. Totally different bike (obviously) and made the change to go touring. Managed around 350 miles and must say I really like it. Very smooth and just a tad more comfortable than the MV!!! Warm hands and bum cheeks are a proper luxury and make winter riding a fun experience never known before!! Already found some good info here and hope to hang around for the foreseeable future. Happy riding.
@Raveydavey Welcome to the family. Yes there are some very clever people on this forum if you ever need help. But not sure i would have traded a n Agusta though
Cheers Joe. Bikes come and go. Except my GSX1400 which I’ve had for 19 years. May get another MV one day. It’s the difference between having a bike to ride for a few months a year or one I can get out riding on all year round. Ran out of room. Couldn’t fit three in the garage!
@Raveydavey See were you are coming from. You should have told me i could have put it in my Garage and had the temptation not to just take it for a little spin. Even more so we were in Southampton just a week ago.
Thanks for the welcome. I’m looking forward to putting many miles on my tiger and hopefully enjoying every one of them.
Great choice of bike.i will be interested to hear your views on the quickshifter, whether you think it's a worthwhile addition. Personally I could have done without it and also the tpm monitor and service light.the last two are a bloody nuisance.
Welcome in Waveydavey, nice intro and photo, enjoy your red Triumph, they're supposed to be faster than the blue ones......
Hi Pedro. The quickshifter I find to be silky smooth foot up shifting but not great downshifting. As I’m still running it in I can’t give it too much beans and as such downshifts have been at fairly low revs which seem to make it quite jerky as it blips the revs higher than needed. That said it does shift every time I’ve tried, which is something that my previous bike (MV Brutale 1000) didn’t do. The MV just seemed to refuse to down shift quite often. I started getting tyre pressure warnings within 3 miles of riding a brand new bike. Since I’ve put 42 in the rear and 36 in the front as recommended it’s been ok. Although there pressures seem too high, especially the rear which even riding fairly conservatively in 8 degree weather the rear was showing 45 psi! Who knows how high that would be in summer. Don’t know if anyone here can shed any light on that or say what pressures they’re running. I’m only around 350 miles in after two rides and haven’t seen the service light. To be honest, for any issues the bike will go straight back to the dealer. I don’t put up with things like that. It’s new and under warranty, they need to sort it. I did find the screen handle installed upside down and when I looked at whether I could remove the (stupid) phone holder under the rear seat i found none of the bolts were tight. When i get chance and before i ride it again I’ll go over it to make sure everything else is tight. Not a great first impression of Triumph dealer i must say.
If the correct tyre pressures were set when it was warmer then the ambient temperature drops then the tyre pressures will also drop and can trigger the tpms. Once on the move the tyres will start to warm up and may turn off the tpms light as the pressures increase? It's important to check tyre pressures often when the air temperature fluctuates a lot from day to day. Tyre pressures should always be checked when the tyres are cold.
That I understand and am aware of. My point was that 42 psi as a cold pressure for the rear seems too high. Max I’ve ever run on any of my other bikes as 32 front and 36 rear. If planning on some spirited riding then it would be 32-34 in the rear. I’m new to this type of bike and tyres as skinny (compared to my sports bikes) and a such was asking if anyone runs their pressures as high as those that are recommended. It seems that if you don’t you’re going to get warnings from the TPMS.
The tpms will have been set to suit the recommended tyre pressures in the manual. So, yes if you run significantly lower pressures it may trigger a warning. I think there is usually a margin of about 25%.
Im not convinced that a quickshifter is needed on this style of bike,especially as the gearbox is a cracker. I don't have any issues with mine,I just don't use it .keep the quickshifter and tps monitor and lower the price.
25%? That would be 9 psi drop for the front tyre. I can say for sure it registers way before it gets to 27 psi. I was getting a warning at 32 psi. Which is why I was surprised at the pressure recommended.
Best have a chat with your dealer if you think something is amiss. I don't personally have tpms on my Speed Twin but have it on the car (it triggered a warning recently when air temperatures suddenly dropped).