Joan & Robin – with the folks visiting from blighty I had to show off the new Tiger. I took my mother ’round the block for a quick spin. She gave two thumbs up on the pillion perch.
September 20, 2018
20 liters
Jerry Can – the cunning folk at Icon 1000 have given this Tiger 800 a definite utilitarian brutish appeal. With a finish like machine pressed galvanized steel sheet, ready to roll through some dystopian military industrialized kingdom.
September 17, 2018
Ripping
Claws – the sharp retractable nails of a feline paw. The weapon of choice to grab and hold prey. Deadly stealth.
September 10, 2018
Pilots Seat
Cockpit – flight ready is how the Tigers controls look to be. Perfect upright perch to view the world from. Wide bars offer superb control in a natural stance for my long arms. Easy to reach buttons, and clear instruments. The Garmin navigator completes highway needs ($15 on eBay!).
September 9, 2018
North Flight
Tony Tiger – it’s G-R-E-A-T! Fun ride up north with a regulation brunch at Emily’s in Zion. Le Corbeau behaved impeccably.
September 5, 2018
River Crossing
Rain – been wet weather of late… looks like Tigers can swim… photo from the antipodean NSW launch where reviewers took the XC through its paces in the gnarly bush.
September 4, 2018
Survivor
The Eye of the Tiger –
“Risin’ up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance, now I’m back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
So many times, it happens too fast
You trade your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive
It’s the eye of the tiger, it’s the thrill of the fight
Risin’ up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he’s watchin’ us all with the eye of the tiger”
September 3, 2018
Pale Sands
Manticore: The White Tiger. Back in ’14 a pair of stock Triumph Tiger 800XC’s were fettled to take part in the Baja 1000. Both prepped by Motoworks in Chicago; one being piloted by shop owner Johnny Scheff. Though up against more purposeful off-road motocross bikes these middleweight managed to make the finish line.
Manticore was the white tiger that Siegfried & Roy used in their Las Vegas Show…
September 2, 2018
Pouncing
Dusty Cat – we still have some late summer heat here. Temperatures in the 90’s today. That would make for clouds of dust thrown up by a speeding Tiger.
September 1, 2018
Drowned road trip
Wash Out- on our drive out of Chicago today for a weekend in Cleveland Ohio we encountered a flooded West Loop causing a 2 hour back up. We needed the Tiger with its long legs to splash through the deluge.
August 31, 2018
Full Circle
Balancing Act – ONE WOMAN, ONE MOTORCYCLE, ONE YEAR
Lea Rieck, circumnavigating the world with Cleo, her Triumph Tiger 800 XCA.
August 30, 2018
Angled
Cornering – Through the esses from one lean to another. The Tiger sits sturdily on its boots and the wide bars give ample leverage for easy flickability.
August 29, 2018
Piscine Molitor
Hump-Day: sometimes to leap into the leeward side of the week you need to get some air. Richard Parker the Jumping Tiger .
“Actually, it was not so much the speed that was impressive as the pure animal confidence, the total absorption in the moment. Such a mix of ease and concentration, such a being-in-the-present, would be the envy of the highest yogis” Life of Pi -Yann Martel
August 28, 2018
Smokin’
Sideways – there are plenty of images online of the Tiger is full action. We’ll use them as suitable blog material until we get Le Corbeau out onto the highways and trails.
August 27, 2018
Big Boots
Silly Old Bear -“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” Winnie the Pooh
Bear Grylls enjoying the open countryside on his Tiger.
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