Another TIGER is reborn-My Restore Progress

[Kintore]

My idol! All the perfect machines restored. Looks amazing! Keep up the work!

[Orangecnty250r]

ummmmm, guys......wheres the motor? the laws of physics state that an object cannot be put into motion unless a force is acted upon it, so its going to be slow as hell until the is a fully race ported high compression race motor in that beast.

A little secret is that the motor being rebuilt was fully race ported with the head shaved 20 years ago. It will be real fast. But it is a very expensive venture. Even though it appears to only need a top end and possibly clutch I am having the whole thing inspected to make sure its solid rather do it once than pull it and do everything over again. The rotax parts are very expensive. I plan on having it fully complete in 6-8 weeks if funding allows it and my motor man pulls it off. He was actually in the process of becoming a tiger dealer when this company folded. I am tracking down a kid I went to high school with who owned a tiger 500 -18 years ago .I know he sold it but I plan to do some detective worked to se if we can track the location of the latest owner.

Anybody know an approxmate number of ATVs Tiger produced.

Erectordale ever find that former employee??

[Mr. Sandman]

Very sano job OC250R. I've only seen Tigers in pictures, and your's looks as good or better than everything I've ever seen. Keep up the good work!

[Orangecnty250r]

I actually got in touch with an old high school acquaintance whom I heard he had a tiger 500 18 years ago. I ve been talking to some other guys about my tiger and they mentioned him (I never saw it back then- he rode with a different crew in a different area). Well I gave him a ring and we BS'd for a while. When I asked if he had a tiger 3 wheeler he said yes. Excited, I asked if it was a 500 and his exact words were. "Oh Jesus a 500!!! I had a 250 and it would do a donut in 3rd gear on dry pavement, I cant imagine a 500" Well anyway we talked tigers for a while because he was the only one I grew up with that ever had one. He was going to race it but he never did and sold it because he trail rode which he said it was terrible for. He did not know the name of the person he sold it to but gave me an approximate area. The man he sold it to also had a tiger 4 wheeler. I'm going to print up some more Wanted fliers for convenient stores and gas stations in that area to see if anything turns up. Doesnt hurt to keep looking for rare machines. Keeps things interesting.