• A to Z Rules
      Start with a City beginning with A
    1. This is BY STATE
    2. Similar to the Tag contest, there will be one thread per state
    3. Post a picture of your bike AND some sign, building etc which clearly shows the city/state you're in
    4. The next person posts from a city with the name beginning with B, then C, D, etc
    5. You can't posts back-to-back pics, you have to wait for a person to post the next city
    6. Once Z is reached, the game starts over with A
    7. If your state doesn't have a city beginning with the next letter in sequence, it's okay to skip that letter
    8. If the location sits for more than one month, the person that posted that is open to move it to the next letter.
    9. For some States there are tough letters to find such as Q, W, X, Y, Z - in those cases it is acceptable to find anything with those letters in the name to keep the game moving.

    The World Wide game is a bit different as it is by whatever is considered a geographic type of regional category, state/province/village etc. and all those will be in the single World Wide A-Z topic.
  • ST-Owners and the event organizer(s) are not responsible for the actions taken during any ride. Each member is responsible for determining if conditions are acceptable for riding and for their actions.

ON: A to Z (Round 12)

RaYzerman said:
Good eye....... traded my CBF for a couple of days for my buddy's Tiger 900. He told me to go ride it for a while, then........ it would be over 20k kms, which triggers the service light....... at the moment it's in my shop all torn down for the 20k service, valve check, etc. It's a major service Triumph recommends, very expensive, but I work cheap apparently.
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Interesting. So what's your early take on that Tiger?
 
Nice bike, I could see myself riding one someday, except it will take some doing to pry me off the CBF. The Tiger is a good cruiser and adventure style without being too tall like some of them. Turn the throttle and you'll find plenty of giddyup in the higher revs. The seat sucks, so my friend put a Sargent seat on it. It sucks too, lol. The ergos are great, and I would lower the front end a bit to get a little better handling, although it is very good as is.
The valve check is meticulous and takes a lot of time, and a couple of special tools. Basically got to strip all the plastic off and the tank to get at anything under the hood. Very expensive $2000 job at the dealer. A healthy 10 or so hours later I have it back together with the tank back on. Going to take another couple of hours to run the OBD software check/adjust sync and put the plastic back on.... overdesigned.
 
RaYzerman said:
Nice bike, I could see myself riding one someday, except it will take some doing to pry me off the CBF. The Tiger is a good cruiser and adventure style without being too tall like some of them. Turn the throttle and you'll find plenty of giddyup in the higher revs. The seat sucks, so my friend put a Sargent seat on it. It sucks too, lol. The ergos are great, and I would lower the front end a bit to get a little better handling, although it is very good as is.
The valve check is meticulous and takes a lot of time, and a couple of special tools. Basically got to strip all the plastic off and the tank to get at anything under the hood. Very expensive $2000 job at the dealer. A healthy 10 or so hours later I have it back together with the tank back on. Going to take another couple of hours to run the OBD software check/adjust sync and put the plastic back on.... overdesigned.
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Thanks for the overview.
Thats the only complaint I have. Got to dig deep to get at the engine - valve adjustment or whatever. They claim long intervals between that maintenance. Best to try group them together if possible.
Nice bike otherwise. Ill be interested in a lighter model in my coming years.
Its nice to have that option for a couple of days instead of a 'Ride It - You Buy It' from a dealer.
 
I always cringe when I see these pathetic, unsafe Ontario gravel road shoulders as shown in some previous shots above.
 
DeanR said:
I always cringe when I see these pathetic, unsafe Ontario gravel road shoulders as shown in some previous shots above.
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Most of our two lane highways outside of built up areas do not have paved shoulders, hell some roads have no shoulders at all and the edge slopes directly into the ditch. As you have noted, many of my photos are taken at these locations. It can be exciting when you pull onto the shoulder with a bike, particularly if you are carrying a little too much speed.
 
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