Dear Michael Moore...

[tigre]

...I see your 1100cc motorcycle, and raise you 100cc.

I just bought an 1198s to throw away in turn 9 at Sears next year.

[moto]

[somegirl]

Oooh, you can't just leave us hanging like that.  Details?  Pictures?

[DanTheMan]

NICE! 

[Speeddog]

Sweet! Congrats! 

What is that, like +30 HP and about same weight?

[Michael Moore]

 

Nice!


Now, can I borrow your chain adjuster tool? 

[tigre]

Should be 10 pounds lighter or more than my 749R.  Should be about 30HP more at the rear wheel.

Sweet! Congrats! 

What is that, like +30 HP and about same weight?

[tigre]

Of course!   

Now, can I borrow your chain adjuster tool? 

[mostrobelle]

Keeping up with the Moore's has just turned into keeping up with the Metz's...  So you gonna let me ride yours, too?    I know GP shift.  

[tigre]

Purchased on eBay from a seller in Texas.

Oooh, you can't just leave us hanging like that.  Details?  Pictures?

[Speeddog]

Should be 10 pounds lighter or more than my 749R.  Should be about 30HP more at the rear wheel.

So, the throttle goes to 11?
</spinal tap>

And has TC, no?

Is it track-prepped already, or can you take a bunch of street stuff off and make it lighter?

And half your paint job is done already! 

[tigre]

Like the Spinal Tap shout-out.

Yes -- it has TC.  I'm not sure yet whether I'll keep it or bail on it.  I'll play with it in the fall and see if I think I like it.

It is not track-prepped.  I assume the weight-difference will be about 10 pounds after track-prep.  I'll try to find a scale to weight it.  The 749R was 390 hot off the track with about 1 gallon of fuel in the tank.

Good one on the paint job.    The frame is really bugging the crap out of me...  but if I mess with that, it'll be down the road.  Initial priorities are making this thing a fire-breathing dragon on rails.

So, the throttle goes to 11?
</spinal tap>

And has TC, no?

Is it track-prepped already, or can you take a bunch of street stuff off and make it lighter?

And half your paint job is done already! 

[somegirl]

Sweet!

[Speeddog]

Curious to see how you like the TC.  

You already got HP mods in mind or is it suspension mods ?

[tigre]

The big mods I've got planned are below.  Basically no plans for motor initially.  I'm hoping I can save some dough and run the termi ECU without getting a nemesis system.  That would allow me to run traction control.  I'd miss out on over-rev, but we'll see how the gearing works out on the bike anyway.

Chassis/suspension:
New triples
Revalve forks
"near" flat-rate linkage for shock
Revalve rear shock
Respring front/rear
16.5" rims

Other:
Slipper clutch

Motor:
Set squish
Set cam timing
Close-ratio gearbox

Curious to see how you like the TC.  

You already got HP mods in mind or is it suspension mods ?

[Desmostro]

HA! Sa-WEET!  w00t Tigre!

Congrats!            

You are going to  l o v e  that. man O man.
Ya that silver/grey frame is a bit off. Some stripes will fix that for the mature Tigre look   one little gray streak.  

All you need now is some of that