A few helpful hints about servicing your Tiger.  The cost of a 12,000 mile service in the UK was quoted to me as £380.  I
did this service myself for & bought a Hagon Shock and Fork Springs with the savings.
Tool Kit
The Triumph plastic
tool kit holder was
awful.  I used a
cheap pencil case
made from Denim
with a large zip.  It
also held more
tools.
The official
Triumph
Workshop
Manual
is very
good.  I found
one on eBay
for sensible
money.
New
Tsubaki
Sigma
Chain &
Sprock
ets
at
20k.
When I checked my tappets at 12,000 miles they were all OK.  The Tiger really perked up when I replaced the plugs.  Ditto
at 24,000 miles.

To remove the Rear Axle I needed thin walled 19mm and 22mm sockets (These will also remove the Swinging Arm
Pivot).  Thick sockets like those used for air-tools will not fit into the recesses.  Carry the sockets with you on long trips.  

At 20,000 miles I fitted a new chain & sprockets.  There was only slight visible wear on the old sprockets but the chain
would have failed one day and to cover 20k is impressive.  The Gearbox sprocket requires a 36mm socket.  I bet you don't
have one of those for a half inch drive!  Cheap to buy on eBay as this is the same size as the axle hub nut on a VW Beetle.

A Torx T55 fits all the Engine mounting bolts and the Shock mounting bolts. The smaller Torx T25 and T30 will undo the
bolts for the side panels, tank, air-box and coils.  Keep the latter 2 in your tool kit.

To get at the lower Shock mount it is easier to remove the Swinging Arm spindle and remove the swinging arm and
shock together rather than unbolt the entire exhaust systems which the manual recommends.  (See Hagon Shock page)

A K&N Oil filter comes with a 14mm nut on the end so you do not need a special oil filter extractor.  The K&N also has a
hole drilled through the head of the nut.  I recommend that you drill a corresponding hole through the Sump Drain plug
and wire the two together for peace of mind.  

It is easy to fit a K&N Air filter.  It slots into the Air-box from above.  Makes the Tiger much sharper on the throttle at low
speeds.

Always use Loctite thread lock or similar on major bolts.  Especially the brakes, spindles and shock mountings.  I once
had the rear spindle work loose on an XR600 and I rode a newly acquired Z900 with loose fork spindle caps.  I wouldn't
recommend it.

I attach a strong magnet to the outside of the oil filter and the outside of the sump plug.  You can buy rare earth magnets
very cheap on eBay.  This will keep any ferrous particles out of the oil.  (I'm not sure if the Tiger has Steel clutch plates.  If
it has, a magnet is essential).   I do the same on all my vehicles as no one seems to fit a magnetic sump plug anymore.

Having added the missing Headlamp solenoids I fitted a switch on the dashboard to turn the R/H dipped beam on or off.  
This is an MOT requirement in the UK as the headlamps are not covered by a single piece of glass.  It also gave me
more confidence to run both my heated grips and Klan heated jacket all day if I switched one headlamp off.
Servicing your Tiger 955i
Tiger 955i
Adrianmolloy.com Home Page
Tiger 955i index page
Thunderbike Crashbars, GPS, Motrax Chain Oiler
12v Accessory Socket, Gel Seat, Sheepskin Seat Pad
Cable Locks, Fender Extender, Heated Grips
Cruiser Pegs, Sigma Speedo, Starcom1, Sensoro Radar Detector
How to lower the seat height a few extra mm
Jack Lilley Tall Screen and Cee-Bailey #2 Screen
Comparing Tourance, Pirelli Scorpion ST90, BT020 and Pilot Roads
Standard 955i Dyno chart and the Triumph Off Road Can
All the luggage options I tried on the 955i
Fitting a Hagon Rear Shock and Fork Springs
Fitting a new Master Cylinder to upgrade the front brake
My options for SatNav, Music and Phone on the move
Fitting a Speed Triple Belly Pan on a Tiger
Servicing the Tiger 955i
A track day at Cadwell Park
Pictures of the 955i Tiger on Tour in Scotland
Pictures of the 955i Tiger on the Stella Alpina in the Alps
More pictures of the 955i Tigeron the Stella Alpina in the Alps
Pictures of the 955i Tiger on Tour
Adrianmolloy.com Home Page
Tiger 1050 Index Page
Comparing the Tiger 1050 and the Tiger 955i
Comparing the Tiger 1050 and the KTM 990 Adventure
1050 Touratech Bash Plate
Fitting Givi D225ST Touring Screen
Triumph Tail Pack, Tool Kit, Handguards, Fender Extender
Motrax Chain Oiler, Extended Chain Guard
Heated Grips, Sheepskin, Cargo Net, Triumph Sticker on Tail Piece
Camera Bag, Bar End Weights, Sony Radio, Accessory Plug
Acumen Gear Indicator
Fitting Krauser Skyline Panniers
Fitting SW-Motech Crash Bars
Michelin Pilot Roads, Dunlop Roadsmart 3TC tyres
K&N Airfilter and opening up Airbox entry holes
Fitting a Remus End Can
Home made Crash Bungs
My Garmin 310 Deluxe GPS
Tiger 1050 at Rockingham Raceway
Some pictures of my Tiger 1050 on Tour
Tiger 1050 on Tour II at the Stella in 2009
TRips planned on my Tiger 1050 for 2010
Servicing for the Tiger 1050
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