Vintage Tiger Luggage - Panniers - Rails

If you can find the factory refs (Triumph World) you may find they are common items for other models. I needed bits for a Bonnie recently and found three other models had the same ref, also worked to my advantage as the 'other' model was cheaper!

 

Where I come from we're used to applying a "the bigger the problem, the bigger the hammer" approach. Some years ago I got a custom fabricator to adapt Givi brackets, made for a Suzuki, to fit a Triumph 955 RS or ST, I forget which.

Browse the ads for someone who custom-builds parts, get any bracket from any manufacturer - Givi/Kappa (same product), Shad, SW Motech, Krauser, you name it - hand your bike plus the bracket to the custom parts builder and get him to to marry the two.

Regards
Stan
South Africa

 

I can recommend the following bag. SW Motech Drybag 700. It has an capacity of 70 liters and is fully waterproof. I rode on my last two bikes about 15.000 km / 9320 miles with it without any problems. You may attach a second smaler bag on it too. It is a cool system which is attached/detached in a few minutes to/from your bike. You don`t need any extra luggage rack. You can fix the bag with the included retaining straps directly to/on your bike. "Speeding" is also no problem! ;-)

 

Hi mate not replying about luggage, Iam interested in your bike I have the same model 94 steamer Caspian blue just wanted to ask how it's going my carbs are tired, rear shock tired, sprag clutch sprocket very tired, How is yours going cheers from new zealand

 

Hi Simon. Dreadfully late to this, I know, so my apologies.

Fundamentally, getting pretty much ANY part that was unique to the carb'd Tiger (aka 'Steamer') is more a matter of luck than skill or knowledge! Givi used to do a full kit - panniers and top box for the 'bike - I bought one in the late nineties (the Givi kit, I mean) when it became known that the kit was going to be discontinued. I'm fairly sure that the original, optional case kit for the Steamer was made by Givi with Triumph badges but that stuff was rare in the nineties and would be unobtainium rare now! Other than constant trawling of ebay, gumtree and the like, it's going to be a matter of a rare, chance find, IMHO.

I'd suggest that, realistically, your best bet is to try to find some suitable cases that would suit your tastes and the bike (Givi Trekkers, perhaps?) and have some brackets fabricated to suit. Alternatively, you could contact Craven - see, we DO still make stuff in this country ! - and see if they can help with something that might be modifiable? https://www.craven-equipment.co.uk/

Similarly with a hugger - I strongly doubt that you'll get something specific to the model. I'd guess you could keep an eye on the breakers and see if you can pick up a '90's Speed Triple/Daytona hugger and try to modify it to fit? But, as you suggest, it probably would get clogged quickly in an off-road environment so would need to be adjusted to suit.

Sorry to bear news that I suspect you more than half expected. The carb'd Tiger was, to my recollection, never sold in huge numbers - it wasn't an off-roader, being too big and heavy; and it wasn't the greatest of roadsters, being ... you guessed it ... too big and heavy - but it IS a great bike and one to be cherished! I certainly wouldn't willingly part with mine.