Tigcraft XBR500

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I have decided to sell my current project, its a tigcraft chassis circa 1989 one of the first type that Dave pearce made.

Consists of:

Alloy twin spar frame (integral oil tank) freshly polished.
NSR400 swingarm freshly polished
billet yoke & stem with TZR250 top yoke all newly polished again.
Alloy tank (blasted clean ready for repainting). QD filler cap.
Fuel tap.
clip ons, rearsets subframe and all brackets to mount motor.
TZR250 forks freshly polished
TZR250 wheels & brakes with good tyres.
Renthal chain & sprockets
new renthal grips
magura throttle
RS250 fairing (1989 shape)

Engine
XBR500 modified with kicksart removed.
modified generator cover with electric starter removed
r&d valve springs
gas flowed head
head removed for inspection as there is cam wear which will need to be sent to JOY cams ror reprofiling, it is a race cam.
HRC siamesed 2-1 exhaust & brackets
braided lines & oil cooler.

The whole package is dismantled, clean and boxed with most parts prpeared ready for rebuild.
sensible offers please, i am located in Lincolnshire near cadwel park.

I also have a stripped dominator engine, high comp piston, dellorto 40mm carb, various RFVC engines and parts/spares available first refusal to the potential buyer.

There are loads of setup info for UK tracks, manual etc and prob more ive forgotten about so best ring for a chat.

cheers, Paul 07931 904279

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I forgot to add the rear shock is a maxton re-worked WP remote reservoir unit and the forks are believed to be maxton reworked too.

I Have spoken to Dave Pearce of tigcraft fame today. (www.tigcraft.com)

He has confirmed the frame was one of two of that type made in 1989.
He since went onto produce the alloy beam chassis utilising an indented extrusion spar mated to CNC engine plates.

he believes this early chassis still has potential to be a race winner even today over 20 years later. The machine is dimensionally tiny like a Honda rs125.

I think the all up weight with xbr engine is 108 kg, it could be considerably lighter and made more lively with the use of a newer 450 honda engine as popular today.

If anyone is interested in the rolling chassis minus engine and pipe i will consider selling separately.

Dave Pearce is also happy to speak to anyone regarding the chassis as he knows the history of nearly every bike hes made, he can be contacted on: 07887 538598

cheers

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I have taken some pics of the chassis i put together this weekend.

Interestingly i have been in contact with the original owner & rider Bob Dalton who had some success with this machine, i believe it won some British Championship races.
After Bobs ownership it spent a few seasons racing in the states with its new American owner, it was purchased and shipped back to the UK after that.

Bob is happy for me to pass his details onto any prospective buyer too, if anyone wishes to know more about the bikes track pedigree.

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Here are some period pics and an article from back when Bob was racing this bike for anyone who is interested:

[richardsracingmad]

a very nice bike !!

[pmhclassics]

Cheers matey,

Heres the bike on ebay if anyone fancies it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ht_2258wt_1141

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some of the spares available as first refusal to the buyer

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Bike sold,

lots of engine spares left inc tuned 650 dominator engine