TIGER RESCUE Part 2
WELL, IT’S FINALLY ON the road. And it’s a better bike than I expected, to be honest.
Last issue you saw the bike half pulled apart in my quest to resurrect this unloved Triumph Tiger 955. Whether I have succeeded in my quest to get an adventure bike on the road for peanuts is debatable but so far, I’m impressed with the ride quality of a bike that’s been treated pretty poorly during its life.
A quick recap might be in order here. I paid two grand for the bike, a 2005 Triumph Tiger 955 with 90,000 kilometres under its wheels. In the last issue I’d replaced the fork seals and oil, cleaned up the rusty fork tubes, fitted new aggressive Anlas tyres, changed the engine oil and filter, chucked a new battery in it, and that was about it. There was a bit more to do to get it roadworthy though.
A new chain and sprockets
