Mileage: 20875 The front brake on the Tiger 955i is what could be described as ‘adequate’, ie. it’s not very good.  The main problem is that the master cylinder doesn’t seem to have quite the capacity to push enough fluid to the calipers.  The result is that whilst the calipers do work, you can pull [...]

Mileage: 20667 I’ve never been very happy with the suspension ( or front brake ) on my Tiger.  The front suspension is both too harsh and too soft – if that makes sense.  Too much fork dive under braking, doesn’t damp well.  I think this is because of the triple-rate springs my ( very late [...]

Mileage:  20600 From FWR Kennington.  That means I got a monster 12423 out of that last rear Tourance, although to be fair it was completely shagged.  Goes some way to make up for the rate at which I get through brake pads.

Mileage: ? The combined height of the Skidmarx tall screen and the Touratech extender thingy is considerably taller than the stock Tiger screen was, and the cheapo plastic of the cockpit was flexing quite a bit at speed due to the extra air pressure created.  Also, it was squeaking like a bastard and really annoying [...]

Mileage: ? I did the famed regulator / rectifier mod.  As standard, the r/r is connected to the loom, and travels all the way around the bike before getting to the battery, losing a volt or two en route.  This mod connects the r/r directly to the battery via a big fuse, reducing any lost [...]