Hi from South Africa

[silverfish]

Hi all,
I recently completed a full rebuild / restoration of a 1969 Triumph Tiger 650 and am enjoying every moment riding it. My other bike is a 2007 Tiger 1050 which to is a pleasure to ride.

silverfish

 

[DaveM]

Hello and welcome to the forum and we love photos here

 

[silverfish]

As requested:

 

[DaveM]

Wow I have always loved that colour on these old Triumphs, stunning looking bike

 

[Rocky]

Hello and welcome to TT
Beautiful bike
You're like me; I have an old Triumph, but also a new one.

 

[Silli]

Sweet Ride!! Welcome.

 

[Dilligaf]

What a sweet bike, welcome to TT.

 

[The Seeker]

Welcome to TriumphTalk from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA!

Thanks for the photos......absolutely stunning '69 Tiger.

I think that makes 3 of us with the same year and model (and on '68 which they called a Trophy then).

You can see mine HERE . Funny the tiny differences between US and other markets

 

[Ksquared]

Silverfish - Hello and welcome from Sunny South Florida (though cloudy and rainy today).

That's a magnificent Tiger 650 - What fun it must be to throw a leg of that and fire it up.

AJ - yours is also gorgeous - I like that deep red color

 

[DaveM]

Ooohh yes you better watch out for those South African types

 

[hemibee]

Howdy from East Texas and welcome to TT.

That's one sweet ride you have there.

As said before, there seems to be a member or two from South Africa and one of them is our "Technical Expert" (TE) so you had better pick up a can of WD-40 and a roll of duct tape, that's all you need for Grade A Repairs per the TE's guidance.

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[The Seeker]

Some of us are from cold central BC.

To help clarify......that's "BC" as in British Columbia, CANADA (ie: The Great White North)

 

[The Seeker]

Yes, our resident Technical Expert is Gromit.......ask her ANY question and ye shall be "enlightened".

 

[DaveM]

Yes, our resident Technical Expert is Gromit.......ask her ANY question and ye shall be "enlightened".

And you may have even seen her working hard in the workshop at Traditional Triumph Edenvale

 

[silverfish]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Yes she is my pride and joy, my first brit rebuild which kept me busy for 18 months. I can understand why these Triumphs were so popular in the day as it's a joy to ride. Small and nimble
Now for this Gromit person! I live in Edenvale and spend a lot of time in Traditional Triumph but don't know anyone by Gromit! What's their real name?

silverfish

 

[DaveM]

Here we go her profile Gromit Do you know the two big guys that also frequent TT well she is married to the one

 

[Gromit]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! Yes she is my pride and joy, my first brit rebuild which kept me busy for 18 months. I can understand why these Triumphs were so popular in the day as it's a joy to ride. Small and nimble
Now for this Gromit person! I live in Edenvale and spend a lot of time in Traditional Triumph but don't know anyone by Gromit! What's their real name?

silverfish

EVERYONE knows Gromit or at least know about her! But I must go by a pseudonym because my technical expertise intimidates a lot of guys so I keep a low pro - I'm humble you know. BTW, besides the duct tape and WD40, you also need BLACK cable ties.

Anyway, you're "Silverfish" so what's YOUR real name??? But there's a really great bunch of people here and I'm sure you'll enjoy the banter.

 

[Sea Dog]

Hi all,
I recently completed a full rebuild / restoration of a 1969 Triumph Tiger 650 and am enjoying every moment riding it. My other bike is a 2007 Tiger 1050 which to is a pleasure to ride.

silverfish

Beautiful restoration! Those '69 Tigers have such clean lines. Welcome to everything trumpie. Sea Dog, Queensland, Australia.

 

[CarlS]

Hi all,
I recently completed a full rebuild / restoration of a 1969 Triumph Tiger 650 and am enjoying every moment riding it. My other bike is a 2007 Tiger 1050 which to is a pleasure to ride.

silverfish

Silverfish, welcome to the forum. Congrats on that Tiger restoration. That is a beautiful TR6. Thanks for the pics. I agree; they are a joy to ride. I have a 68 Trophy TR6.

 

[avion]

Very clean looking machine! Well done on the restoration.