softly, softly...

[MooN]

nearly 3000km under my belt on the tiger since october but still far from being as "at ease" as i was on the tralp.

At the moment i'm putting this down to a combination of factors, the main one being that I rode the transalp in all conditions, both on and off road for 17 years ( so we'd pretty much got used to each other and I knew what i could do and how she'd react ...) which is obviously a major factor but also that the tiger is heavier, has twice the horsepower, a fairly different geomety and a very different engine.

I do remember that taking the transalp off the tarmac onto the trails and getting her sliding around a bit was a big confidence booster when I first got her, so I took the tiger on our first, very tentative, trail ride yesterday. no nobbly tyres of course, and still very wet underfoot so sfotly, softly... nice and easy

 

[Steve T]

Bonding with yer bike on the dirt - nothing better for a long lasting relationship

Hope the extra ponies don't catch you out - tis a tad peaky that Tiger engine, if my recollection of it is correct

Steve T

 

[MooN]

tis a tad peaky that Tiger engine, if my recollection of it is correct

Steve T

" a tad peaky" that is EXACTLY the phrase i've been looking for for weeks! Thanks Steve.

Now, to translate that for the frogs...

 

[boboneleg]

Nice one Chris, get some bloody 50/50 tyres on and give yourself a fighting chance

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Interesting that you both consider the engine as peaky, I have ridden a 2011 several times and peaky is the last thing I'd use to describe it - silky smooth, glitch free and turbine like but certainly not peaky, am I missing something, or did later bikes get a bit peaky in the search for more hp?

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[Steve T]

Tad peaky, to my way of riding Phil, is that the bike needs more revs than I considered healthy when rolling around on loose stuff.

Not enough low down grunt for me - the power is too far up the rev range, in a place I don't really like to visit that often being a luver of either V-twin or paralel twin grunt

Horses for course and all that

Steve T

 

[Barftone]

Bit higher, bit heavier, bit more valuable, bit older???