Mileage: 5649 – 7510 After my last disasterous attempt to hit the highlands on my GS – I was anxious that the Tiger prove itself to be both reliable, and as good at touring as the GS was.  I needn’t have worried.

I fitted an external Tool Tube to allow me to carry a useful set of tools.

Mileage: 5536 Rear pads were shot, front weren’t far behind so I changed the whole lot.  Went for EBC sintered on the front ( hopefully for a little more bite ) and non-sintered on the rear which is wearing quicker. I noticed that the fluids looked old despite the 6k service Triumph carried out last [...]

Mileage:  5536 I was annoyed to notice that the top bolt on the left-hand side footrest hanger had shook itself loose and disappeared – especially annoyed as most folk say it’s only the right-hand side hanger which loses it’s bolts, so I hadn’t bothered to look at the LHS when whilst I was sorting out [...]