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 ) 955i comes fitted with as stock.  Progressive/multi-rate springs try to be a ‘catch all’ system in my opinion, but is actually just a jack-of-all-trades and a master of none.  They make it impossible to achieve the correct damping across the full range of suspension travel.  (more…)

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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.

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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 me.  So I knocked up a couple of aluminium struts and spliced them in to reinforce the cockpit area and therefore screen.  They mount conveniently onto the screws that hold the instrument warning cluster in place.  Squeaking stopped and the screen flexes a lot less now.  As an unexpected bonus, I *think* there is slightly less buffeting as speed now too, although I could be imagining this.

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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 charge.  Detailed thread here.   I also fitted an LED voltage indicator, thusly:

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Mileage: 18991

MOTed by Roger in Catford.  Passed.

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