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Offline Timbox

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Orange is not the only fruit
« on: January 26, 2016, 05:24:08 pm »
So, 6 years after picking up my first Tiger, to the day, this Saturday another one due for collection.



Cop the TopBox,  ;D
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2016, 06:00:42 pm »
You Certainly divert to the enduring road. :'(p
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2016, 06:21:01 pm »
Very nice. Shame about the topbox.

I like wire wheels. Are they tubeless?
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2016, 06:30:45 pm »
i love it! i had a 955i Sprint RS; lovely engine and sublime handling. If I had longer legs, a Tiger would have been of interest.
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2016, 07:45:09 pm »
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but to my eyes that is pig ugly.
I can't put my finger on it but that is my reaction when I look at that model.
Good job we are all different.
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2016, 08:50:46 pm »
Nope not one of the great lookers after 15 years I've just learned to look at mine at the right angle  :)having said that I could say the same about my sport that isn't too flattering side on either,one thing you can say about the old tiger absolutely no skeletons in the closet apart from the female fuel connectors,and while I'm no keeper of costs and mpg my old triple still holds the record for Dover/B'Ham and Portsmouth/B'Ham trips by some margin.

Oh and price wise a bargain.
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2016, 08:56:23 pm »
I am deeply hurt..................... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2016, 09:51:50 pm »
My mate Paul has one the same, except his has alloys, good bike, solid engine. Enjoy mate :)
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2016, 06:16:53 am »
Hey Brian, might meet to start considering revise; other K bikes, thread to: other OK bikes.......
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2016, 09:38:43 am »
Tim, Looks in good fettle, how old is the beast ?

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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2016, 01:28:13 pm »
Much prefer front or back cuz it needs all the help it can get  ;D





Tim's is an 04 one of the last of the wire wheels versions
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2016, 02:52:51 pm »
Quote from: JackSnipe on January 27, 2016, 09:38:43 am
Tim, Looks in good fettle, how old is the beast ?

JS

Not as old as me thats for sure, as Chris says an 03/04 with a folder of Docs from previous owner who had it 10 years.

Not a pretty bike I know, but they grow on you, the 90's Top Box sure dont help. I still regret chopping the first one in for the K13GT
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2016, 07:13:26 pm »
That is a very British aproach., Timbox.
It's ugly.
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2016, 10:49:07 pm »
I thought the sign said 'Keep Clear'!
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Re: Orange is not the only fruit
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2016, 08:49:17 am »
I'd like to know what Tim is going to do with all his money!!,won't need to see a dealer,no extended warranty cost,no feeding tyres to the bike like strawberries to a donkey,250 miles on a tank,no dodgy gearboxes or clutch,no devaluation it's already had it,no dodgy fuelling but if there is you fix it with free Tune ECU,no canbus system  :) and an absolute doddle to work on.

The only chink in its armour is the lack of a 'Kapow' motor but that's not to say it's slow because it ain't.

For you budding wannabe K owners here's you 'Break the glass bike'  ;D
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