Vintage pictures of New Tiger 200 and Tiger4

[sheldo13]

I recently found these photos in my grandparent’s barn, along with some other Tiger items visors, large gear bag, jackets. My uncle owned an ATV shop and Tiger Dealer in Adrian MI, in the mid 80’s and into the mid 90’s called American Tiger and later after Tiger shut Down It was called Hypertech Racing. The pictures of the 200 were taken out side the dealership and used for ads of some sort. The pictures of the tiger 4 are actually the very first production machine sold. They were taken before it left the factory in MN. I thought that someone on this site would enjoy seeing some history.
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[honda250sx]

Wow thanks for sharing!

[Russell 350X]

That is to cool, thanks for posting that up!

[code200k]

cooooool pic adn welcome to the boards.some of the tiger collectors on here will be very excited to see and talk to you bout the dealership i would bet

[bigred44]

Cool pics man. I never knew they came stock with a twist throttle.

[AutoXer]

love that tiger 4 never new about that thanks

[blue27]

THANKS!!!!! I love it!!!

[Bryan Raffa]

Sweet.. proof there was a orange Tiger 4 ! I often wonderd if the pegs looked bent from the factory...:lol: J/K.... Thanks for shareing!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets see them Other ITEMS!!!:naughty:

[HondaHarry]

The Original Owner of my 2nd Tiger200 ordered it and picked it up at that dealership! too cool. HH

[MonroeMike]

Great photos, thanks for taking the time to upload them.

[dcreel]

I love hearing stories like this.. Got any more stuff?

[Vealmonkey]

I gotta say that's pretty neat!

[jeffs250Russell]

Yes I love history too..

[aldochina]

very cool pics! thanks for sharing.

[inv3ctiv3]

Man if you sold those jackets, gear bags, etc you'd make some serious cash! But these pics are just too cool!

[bandito90]

Great pics!!!!

[cox]

yup, that is really cool. thanks for sharing with us. any chance of some pics of the other items?

[sheldo13]

sorry this took so long, some of the other items i have.

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[Bryan Raffa]

after all that time thanks for comeing back and shareing again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! over a year ... come On.. some MORE!!!!!!:Bounce:Bounce:Bounce

[Vealmonkey]

Do you know where you can find those Tiger images on a Tiger? I've only seen the Tiger picture on the Tiger80 tank emblems!

[TatTooL23]

wow thats cool stuff. whats the gear bag look like?

[tecat-z]

Looking over the pics submitted at first post, i just noticed the Tiger-3's all had clamp on POD filters. And the Tiger-4 didn't have one installed yet. Were all Tigers delivered without an airbox?:wondering Nice pics btw.

[bigpimpin]

way cool, is there a head count of tigers?

[Vealmonkey]

I think OC250r has the most accurate list of who has what. The only bad thing is, it seems like alot of the frames don't have any numbers or they have been ground off at one time or another. So there isn't really a good idea of total production numbers. From what OC250r has found out so far, there were 15 or so 500 frames and only 10 of those were actually completed and delivered. The other frames were never finished or sold, but at least one member on here had picked up one of the unfinished 500 frames.

[sheldo13]

The Cartoon American Tiger logo is just somthing my dad drew for my uncals dealership. He says it's loosely based on Tony the tiger.

[TatTooL23]

Oh so this stuff isn't official tiger gear??? It was just made by someone for a certain dealer ship. I thought it looked funny and was curious y the logo wasn't how they write tiger. Cool that it's old but....

[sheldo13]

The visors we from Tiger, not sure why the logo isn't the same. I was told they were ordered along with some other gear from the factory with the thinking that they were hlemet visors.
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The shirts and Jackets are not from the factory, but they are a peice of the histroy non the less.
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[bigworm626]

Nice pic's sheldo13. Definetly a piece of history wheather factory or not.

[Orangecnty250r]

Brian is that you!!

The visors we from Tiger, not sure why the logo isn't the same. I was told they were ordered along with some other gear from the factory with the thinking that they were hlemet visors.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq323/sheldo13/accesorries.jpg

The shirts and Jackets are not from the factory, but they are a peice of the histroy non the less.
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq323/sheldo13/iceracedouble.jpg
http://i460.photobucket.com/albums/qq323/sheldo13/ice.jpg

[Orangecnty250r]

I have been meaning to go through it all again!!!

[Orangecnty250r]

Here is the logo again and # 218 :naughty::naughty:

[tecat-z]

After re-visiting O.C 250R's site. It does appear as though Tigers never came equipped with an airbox. They made mention of an "unprotected air element" in one of the tests. But i guess it would make sense as it also seems as though Tigers were never built with anything that was injection molded???? Which anything built on the high side of the mid 70's for dirt use, had injection molded plastics throughout. Other that some of the european manufacturers. This was imo, no doubt a cost cutting measure and one that allowed for easier frame design and manufacturer. Contrary to what many believe, a well thoughout and designed airbox can actually increase power, and of course allow full off road use, due to protection. But, design, implementation, and producing the myriad of pieces needed to work around the machine is very complex and extremely expensive. Capitol was obviously a huge problem with Tiger from the beginning.

[Orangecnty250r]

They were going to make airboxes for the New R3 tiger...Only one I have was on the Mickey Dunlap prototype and I have part of the original mold

[sheldo13]

Visor is on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120793529499&viewitem=&vxp=mtr

[Eric250R]

Awesome post...thanks alot!!

[sheldo13]

listed another visor on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tiger-3-wheeler-atv-visor-vintage-unused-cond-atc250r-honda-/120817717998?pt=Apparel_Merchandise&vxp=mtr&hash=item1c214c12ee