Tiger Fuel Tank!!!!!!!!!

[skippy]

this is true.. but you need 1 to start with.. and no one has stepped up to make rears

[blue27]

most of the rears are PVC , so the question is who wants to let a mold maker work with there only set of plastic (25 year old brittle) fenders????


BUT , I do know someone working on this

[mike from long island]

just a shame to see it parted in my opinion. something as rare as tigers should be kept as complete as possible. even though his was far from done, just to have a roller like he has/had would be the cream in my corn!

I gotta say,just like any nice/mint/rideable atc we see parted out.It is a shame.But that one bike probable gets many back up and running again.Now for a Tiger to be parted.We might see some more come out of the woods.It is a shame but again ask anyone who is going to bid.They are more then happy to see a roller being sacrificed for them!!

[iowarotax]

Im pretty excited about the chance of getting a fender. Im not getting my hopes up too high. I know ebay is hit and miss. My friend restores older Vettes and Ski-Natique boats. He thinks he can reproduce them. Hopefully some more Tiger fenders will be available in the next 6 months.

[iowarotax]

Im not excited any more. Im out!!

[skippy]

I attempted to work for a few people in regards to the rear fender.. I NEED one to finish/repair my trike.. So if it goes high.. I will be all over it..

I wanted to have someone reproduce them and I would have not started bidding, but no luck..

[Bigbore]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was going to go to $600. I know a guy that would build a mold for $650 ready to start reproducing the rears, But $800+ is insane!

All I can say is Mike is feeling the love

[dirtface]

I am with Bigbore, hang on guys looks like a wild ride ahead. Then again, we have seen NOS 350x fenders go for over $2000.

[skippy]

well you figure there is probaly 5-10 of us at the most that "need" tiger fenders.. i thought we could work together to get them made.. if I win the auction, I will do what I can to have them made.. I promise..

[Brockey]

I was gonna jump on the wagon when it was around 375 or something. Was gonna get a local boat building company to reproduce them to sell too you guys in need. Then I could fund building a Tiger too, maybe trade fenders for parts,lol . But I decided to stay away from driving the price and then it went nuts and I cant afford to go that high right now. Hopefully one of you guys gets it.

[Orangecnty250r]

Reproductions are great when there are no other options (very likely for tiger folk) but its like a maier to an OEM....hardcore collectors want the "real thing" ! I had the front produced but I need to contact who did it because I have an order for 5 more and havent heard back in a while....a long while, I have been busy and I am sure he has been as well but the mold is made!!! I lost a perfect original PVC front because the release agent wouldnt release proper on the PVC....having a mold made from PVC on a rear is a risk I just wont ever take after my experience.

[HondaHarry]

I just said Holy Sh!t out loud when I saw the auction. been watching, but didnt place a bid, there are others who need fenders worse than I do. Im OUT. I really need a front fender though. I will buy a reproduction, but I guess if OC is having trouble getting them, then where do I stand? Same with Decals, whats the story with those? I understand the efforts involved in getting parts made for these machines, and applaud those who have taken these projects to completion! Hope I dont come across as annoying or impatient, just wondering if I got into the game a little late, I feel I am making great progress with the restore, it will have some unrestored parts on it (tank and shroud, they cleaned up great) just waiting on a few minor parts as far as hardware is concerned, after that it is mainly the tiger specific stuff, (front fender and decals) and its about as complete as I can get it. sorry if I got off track guys. HH

[blue27]

OK in the next week I will be talking to my guy again, He was up and said no problem on the fenders and will make them( I talked to 2 moldmakers and they both said they can do it). I will get a price, but orginals are better for some people. I do not need a fender but would like some to toss on to ride around the yard. I will post when I get more info. I have NOS unmounted scoop, two rear fenders, and one front fender to make repos of. I can not gurentee a rear fender will be availble soon but I have been in contact and He sais hes ready for me.

[iowarotax]

Im in for a couple of sets. I would be happy with reproductions. Hopefully Bill will come up with the fronts. On the decals for Harry, I looked for the link to S&S graphics, but cant find it. Maybe Bill can give the info.

[Bigbore]

Reproductions are great when there are no other options (very likely for tiger folk) but its like a maier to an OEM....hardcore collectors want the "real thing" ! I had the front produced but I need to contact who did it because I have an order for 5 more and haven’t heard back in a while....a long while, I have been busy and I am sure he has been as well but the mold is made!!! I lost a perfect original PVC front because the release agent wouldn’t release proper on the PVC....having a mold made from PVC on a rear is a risk I just wont ever take after my experience.

I've had an order in for 2 with the same guy also with no update, as well as 3 glass '82 250R seat pans and a glass '82 185S seat pan

My PVC rears to my Tiger are O.K. and could be used for a mold but like you said the PVC and doesn't release well with just carnauba wax and I didn't want to lose them.


Put me down to 2 sets of rears!


OC - Did you get with Maier about the Cagiva red plastic sets yet?