Project Tiger 500 Conversion

[Derrick Adams]

So lets have an update!!!!

[toyota200x]

brapp quit being so cocky. I can't believe you said that.

[SpeedBump]

So lets have an update!!!!

Nothing new to tell YET. Been super Busy at work...no spare time. I am just getting ready to head out and finish up the frame...well, finish grinding and getting it ready for the gooseneck to be restored. Dale is coming over tomorrow to pick up his Tiger 250 engine and probably some other odds and ends. He is also bringing me a spare frame so I can get some measurements and dimensions of the front tube. Hopefully by tomorrow night, the front end will be finished and ready to go to the powdercoater.

Unfortunately, I will have NO PICTURES of the progress....my wonderful wife accidentally knocked my Camera off the PC desk and now gotta get a new one. I can take some pictures with the video camera, but they don't look real good. Not real high quality, but I guess they will have to do.

Check back later tonight for some added info.

[BigGreenMachine]

Sweet, no complaints from us man, your doing a wonderful job.

[SpeedBump]

Been grinding for hours.....WOW he had piles of weld on that frame. I am so glad he didn't go chopping this thing up that badly. The bottom frame rails are in great shape....only a couple small dings here and there. Not all bent up or rusted out. I only got one bottom rail done...I gotta get up fairly early tomorrow...YAWN! Anyway, got BOTH tops finished....they look good. It was real hard getting to some of the areas that needed ground off. I had to be extra careful up top, as the Quad front end needed to be welded directly over the original frame welds. I didn't want to grind right through and mess things up. In the end, I had to just smooth out the factory welds too. I think it will look great after it is all powdercoated. Here are some pictures, and keep in mind, these were taken with my camcorder, and not my camera. They are fuzzy but give ya an idea of how things are going. Tomorrow, I will start on the neck as soon as I finish the last bottom rail. Fab time.....!!!!

[SpeedBump]

Thinkin about grinding all the welds...would make it look real smooth!!!! Lotsa Work...not sure If I got time to be honest!

[SpeedBump]

Few more coming.

[SpeedBump]

Pics, blah blah blah!

BTW, looks like there is a # stamped on the side of the frame.....054.....could that be say a production #...as in this particular Tiger500 is the 54th one built? ANY input? Cool none the less....sounds like a good story, so we will stick with it!

[AirManCam]

I say you say screw the powdercoating, and just polish the rest of that frame!! That looks great!

[Orangecnty250r]

Man you're doing a nice job removing that stuff. Keep up the good work.

[Derrick Adams]

No way are you going to have that done for Trikefest! WAY to much work and not enough time.

[Orangecnty250r]

No way are you going to have that done for Trikefest! WAY to much work and not enough time.

I'm thinking even when he's working he's thinking and planning what to do with this tiger. He probably dreaming of tigers if hes even sleeping. He said it wouldnt be show quality for trikefest (that would be in the future). He's a man on a mission. He hasn't posted today because he's working on the frame tube as we speak I'll bet.

[3tigers]

i believe the number 54 stamped on the side is the production number,all my tigers have numbers stamped on them as well except the 80.i had 2 tiger 125's and they had different number stamped on them.my buddy has a brand new 125 frame that was used for making the pipes and there is no number on it.

[350Xhilaration]

He might be working on it now...but he wasnt any time before 1:30...he was running a yard sale. LOL

[BigGreenMachine]

its 12:37pm in NL and everything looks fuzzy so the picks look good. lol Thats a chromoly frame or aluminum?