Featured Tiger 90 Rebuild

That’s correct! A lovely bike but it has three cylinders too many.

 

Sanded the front mudguard with 120 grit paper, by hand.

 

Hi-build undercoat. Not happy, so will sand again and re do the undercoat.

 

The weather yesterday was too wet for painting outside so i set to work on other sundry items. The horns fitted to the bike are a pair of aftermarket “Clearhooters” on a home made bracket. The bracket had snapped, see arrow in picture, and a field repair made by wrapping the pale colour wire around the other part. I feel that this temporary repair became permanent. I won’t weld the bracket but will make a new and stronger one.

 

More prepping, ready for primer.

 

Sundry brackets and bits painted black.

 

Front mudguard brackets on for a final test fit. The horns are on and working.

 

This is the top end of the side stand spring. It has worn half way through where it touches the spigot it is hooked on to. Time to get out the box of old springs and see if a replacement can be found or adapted.

 

The bike came with a rack and rear crash bars, which have been put on to see what they look like.

 

Well here is a nice surprise, my box of stand springs had one in it. There was a Triumph one in there, yet i’ve never owned a Triumph. Old one is on the far left.

 

On goes the choke slider, spring, cable and lever.

 

Air filter on.

 

Kill switch on. Not the best position, so i will need to check where Triumph originally put it.

 

The underside of the front mudguard. Preparation was sanding, treating rust spots, primer and two coats of enamel paint (as used on my Land Rover wheels).

 

Paint test swatch for the front mudguard. First the grey primer was sprayed over a piece of scrap steel then the Alaskan white paint (cellulose) applied by brush, next the orange/red colour sprayed on (Halfords Rover Vermillion). 24 hours passed between each application. The orange/red paint is very thin and doesn’t take to either of the other paints, producing a poor finish. I will try a different supplier.