Mileage: 20875
While I was doing the master cylinder mod below and as my front disc’s were worn below spec, I decided to fit some EBC floating discs and new pads, all from Triumph-online. The cost of these funky disc’s plus the new pads was quite a lot less than Triumph want for just the basic non-floating disc’s alone, not including fitting, so a no-brainer I guess, and any further improvement to the front brake is always welcome. (more…)
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 the lever pretty much back to the bar. This doesn’t make for a great braking experience. I decided to take Adrian Malloy’s advice, and fit a Nissin master cylinder from a Kawasaki ZXR 636. (more…)
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…)
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 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.