TIGER ATV parts buyouts PHOTOS

[Orangecnty250r]

Posting it here on 3www first before adding to my TIGER webpage.

I ran out of room where I was taking photos, I have more boxed up and some parts are already being refinished.

This is the contents remaining from the tiger factory bought at an auction in 1988 that I have now purchased.

Also parts that came with the Mickey Dunlap prototype Tiger buyout.

I am both pleased and honored to be able to line up all the unfinished chassis's like in the TIGER factory and finish what went unfinished over 20 year ago. This will be no easy task but I am up for it and I estimate it will take me about 2 years.

A few Highlights
NOS frames
NOS fenders including PVC fenders
NOS tanks
Tiger 500 parts
Tiger 80 parts
1986 dual radiator TIGER parts ....alot of them!!!
17 ORIGINAL TIGER FACTORY molds and pre mold parts.
and soooo much more

I Will be spending the rest of the day organizing it all:D

I will have some extra parts but havent come close to sorting that out yet

[Orangecnty250r]

A few more shots. Also this stuff doesnt include all the TIGER parts I have collected over the past 4 years which will now come in very handy.

[Vealmonkey]

Oh My!!!!! I can't wait till you have the entire inventory and you are ready to cut a couple things loose. Please keep me in mind.

[tecat-z]

Now that is amazing!!!:drool:

[3Razors]

Good sat morning stuff to see. Alot of those parts look similiar to Tecate pieces.

[Mosh]

Holy Crap!
Score!

Sidenote...
Your fireplace is worth more than my whole house!

[brapp]

i think i just dribbled on the floor

[edog]

Put one of them together and make it a daily driver. If it breaks you got parts!!!!!!

[Orangecnty250r]

Holy Crap!
Score!

Sidenote...
Your fireplace is worth more than my whole house!

I made that fireplace and large table myself :lol:

[Orangecnty250r]

Put one of them together and make it a daily driver. If it breaks you got parts!!!!!!


There is enough parts here to build an me extra dual radiator R3 model 250 ....3 R3's to show (125cc, 200cc, 250cc) one extra 250 to ride...that is now part of the master plan....plus I have an extra TIGER 500 now:naughty:

[Dirtcrasher]

Unbelievable.....

The rest of you guys may as well sell OC all your stuff :lol:

[jeffatc250r]

Wow! Guess you wont be bored for a little while huh? Very nice!

[hadar]

Tigers, Tigers and Tigers. Oh MY.:drool:

[scooterroo]

wow, thats all i can say.

[petesatc]

Bill that is just awesome!!!!!!! build be a R3 500!!!!!

[blue27]

AWSOME!!!


I see stuff I need!!!!!!!!!

[sandpuppi101]

WOW, that is absolutley amazing too see all of those Tiger part's together.I guess congrat's are in order.I bet your like a kid in a candystore with yourself today..


Question OC : You have the mold's I see,now I know nothing about molding part's,but are the mold's re-useable or just a 1 time deal ?

Once again Congrat's on the collection...

[SeaBass8]

Holy Mother Load!!!!

Awesome stuff there...

OC - Did you buy the rights to "Tiger" or what ever the name of the business was? Looks like you have whatever was left of the business.

I'd say your pretty much the "authority" when it comes to Tiger shtuff... IMHO

[Billy Golightly]

Oh My God...OC, Those molds, that is INSANE! Talk about the holy grail, wow!

[edog]

Are you adding an addition on to your house for the Tigers?!?!?!?!?!lol

[maggiesboy]

nice score, :drool:

[skippy]

im sure chris needed the space... anyway, start making those rear fenders~~~

[88 Turbo Coupe]

How does your wife and kids like the new addition to the family?

[chris200x]

Oh My God...OC, Those molds, that is INSANE! Talk about the holy grail, wow!

I was wondering what those things on the table were.

Surely out of all them tigers you have one that will get rode often? What's that wood barrel with the tap in the 4th pic on top?

[Dirtcrasher]

All I can add is that it must have taken allot or perseverance to find out "who" bought out Tiger and to acquire it yourself. It's obviously a huge goal of yours and there's nothing better than getting one step closer to your dreams!!

How the hell that MOHAWK guy found peter and convinced him that he gave a shhit is beyond me......

It doesn't matter if people like or dislike Tigers, this find is beyond amazing.... the most AUTHENTIC collector is right here and right NOW!!

Thanks again for sharing; what a HUGE piece of history this all is :w00t:

[mad]

are those blue fenders with the red seat for a tiger 80? anything forsale?

[oscarmayer]

yea the parts are cool, but thew fact you got the molds, that's mind boggeling! you shoudl consider contact someone that makes plastics already and have them do you some peices up.

[Twilight]

There is enough parts here to build an me extra dual radiator R3 model 250 ....3 R3's to show (125cc, 200cc, 250cc) one extra 250 to ride...that is now part of the master plan....plus I have an extra TIGER 500 now:naughty:

I know this wont sound too great, but in all actuality you COULD offer kits that consist of frames and fenders and whatever else you can get from the molds.

Great score man, that is truly unbelievable.

[Orangecnty250r]

Yes those are tiger 80 fenders. No I dont own the rights to TIGER it was just simply a Vintage buyout...and a good one!!!!. I just got done organizing it and putting it all away....an all day affair. I do not plan on making plastics or fenders with the molds. I have a big enough job enough ahead of me just getting my machines together. All of the frames have a enough parts to go with them and a home in my shop except one. It is very cool to see vintage racing pictures of TIGERS and know the parts on them were popped from the molds I have sitting in front of me. I plan on completing the Dunlap 200cc Prototype first... then the factory (funky works looking shrouds) dual rad 250.

[Twilight]

Well good luck to you =) This is just more proof that all these rare/prototype/unmade trikes CAN be out there, sitting. Its like the Briggs Gen IV cars, only 4 were made, and they were all found in a dogfood factory that bought it from Briggs and never could get the things out the doors.

See DC, its all still out there. Dont rule out anything, not the 87 250r, 88 USA trikes or anything really.. its all out there, even if one was made..

[Orangecnty250r]

Well good luck to you =) This is just more proof that all these rare/prototype/unmade trikes CAN be out there, sitting. Its like the Briggs Gen IV cars, only 4 were made, and they were all found in a dogfood factory that bought it from Briggs and never could get the things out the doors.

See DC, its all still out there. Dont rule out anything, not the 87 250r, 88 USA trikes or anything really.. its all out there, even if one was made..

Yep I agree ...plenty more crazy stuff out there...I believe an 87 r will turn up at some point. Lots of people who dont use the net!!!!

[Twilight]

The way I think of it, is; If it was built... theres a chance. All these rare parts, all these mythical pieces, all the rare offroad toys, If just one was made, then it can be out there. There was a Pilot owner in Mexico that bought a atc 250r and said he had white plastics from the factory. This was during one of the Baja1000's. When I lived in Australia, the 1988 Super Red was used in many vineyards and farms. Then when I got my first ATC and found this site and say the Quest for the 88 ATC's and 87 ATC's... I laughed my ass off =P

Again, Cant wait to see your builds and these parts getting a new life. Hopefully I will be getting a ex-racing 86 250r this week with about 7 plastic totes full of extras..

[Bryan Raffa]

Very Cool OC! I need a few loads of triz stuff like that! WOW!

[fabiodriven]

Simply unreal, man. I can't imagine what you went through to track all that stuff down. Congratulations brother.


Put one of them together and make it a daily driver. If it breaks you got parts!!!!!!

This coming from the guy who won't even ride his 250R through a mud puddle!:lol:

[Dirtcrasher]

Well good luck to you =) This is just more proof that all these rare/prototype/unmade trikes CAN be out there, sitting. Its like the Briggs Gen IV cars, only 4 were made, and they were all found in a dogfood factory that bought it from Briggs and never could get the things out the doors.

See DC, its all still out there. Dont rule out anything, not the 87 250r, 88 USA trikes or anything really.. its all out there, even if one was made..


Well...... we never discussed a TIGER NOS surplus or it's availability before, I mean it HAD to go somewhere!? Tiger parts have shown up from time to time no matter what year they were manufactured....... They also weren't "imported" like the others.......

I'll stand by my thoughts that we'll never see any imported 87 and up trikes, aside from the known models we've seen. I'll always believe that they were all destroyed and nothing has shown up thus far. I do appreciate your enthusiasm though :D

BACK TO THE AWESOME TIGER FIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets keep the "mystery" missing Honda's to another thread.

This is a huge surplus and an incredible find! and I'd imagine allot of research went into this find.

I'm not sure if Tiger 3wheelers were manufactured and or available in 1987?? Any input on that OC??

Did you get any engines OC?? or just engine parts??

I want to see that shift drum up close if you could. It looks machined from raw tubing, rather than the cast drums were use to seeing. I just caught a glimpse of it though, I could be way off.

[the tecate kid]

Bill, any chance you scored some Super-4 items? I noticed the decals and the rear hubs but didnt see anything else.

[Orangecnty250r]

Bill, any chance you scored some Super-4 items? I noticed the decals and the rear hubs but didnt see anything else.


Not a whole lot of Super 4 stuff, Part of the head pipe (unfinished) a plastic piece I am not sure of...prototypish , front hubs, discs, and a tie rod.

Raffa good to see you back on here again!!!

As far as TIGER NOS this is probably as good as it gets but there is definetly more small pockets of it left out there. Some here posted a while back they had some plastics in TX from a closed dealer but didnt want to sell it. I have been in contact with someone else who has the contents of a closed dealership and we have been trying to determine what inventory he has. When speedbump came across the tiger 500 4 wheeler conversions....A few NOS pieces....from racers/dealership. All the little dealerships that closed may or may not have had a parts inventory in stock. The other pockets of NOS parts are racers who stocked up and never used the parts. There is definetly more tiger NOS parts just waiting to be found!!

Not a whole lot of research for this find.... alot of organizing and working out the details of various transactions...actually the Mickey Dunlap protype buyout found me :D it doesnt get better than that.

I will be posting his interview (Mickey's) with me later in the week on the TIGER webpage after I get it typed up proper. Pretty cool stuff. I often think back how hard I struggled just to find my first tiger...Now all of this...doesnt seem real sometimes.

[Orangecnty250r]

How does your wife and kids like the new addition to the family?

I cant answer your questions until you blow the dust off your polaroid and send me some tiger pictures. Here's something for ya:beer :lol: :naughty:

[i58829]

Very cool to see all of this stuff. I always like checking out your posts because so many people have collections and they just hoard stuff and never let anyone see it, or even tell people that it exists, TC...

[seadoo650]

Man OC, this is awsome. If you don't mind, maybe this summer, the OTC gang can make a trip out to NY just to see your awsome collection. I know for me it would be worth the dirve. Congrats on the score man,

[Vealmonkey]

The Tiger owners get first crack at seeing the collection! LOL I still would like to see a Tiger reunion though.

[Garage Boy 34]

congratulations!!! :beer yes....I would pay an admission fee to come look at your museum!! simply AWESOME!!!:beer

[Yamada]

Saw that Dr. Death was watching this thread this morning. Maybe a new episode of FACTS will air soon...

[Orangecnty250r]

Saw that Dr. Death was watching this thread this morning. Maybe a new episode of FACTS will air soon...

Yes I got a PM from him today, I have been in contact with him a few times over the past couple of years.

I just was reviewing the tiger page, I counted 83 :pics: :pics: already and its not even close to done yet. I should be posting the Mickey Interview very soon. I think it may hit 120 -150 tiger pictures by the time I'm done. :D

[Orangecnty250r]

I just added the Dunlap interview to the TIGER site. Sweet :w00t: :w00t:

[HondaHarry]

phenomenal score OC! congratulations on your hard work. enjoyed the interview.
will Mr. Dunlap, be feilding any more questions? Im interested about info on the 200cc models. like performance compared to the 250? any reason for the all white lc models? (probably being built with old stock parts at that point?) what happened to his prototype S4? etc etc. im just rambling now, so i'll shuddup. HH

[rdlsz24]

The site keeps getting better all the time. I'm not even all that interested in Tigers and it still keeps me intrigued. Keep it up!

Rob

[riverrat]

That is just outstanding. I really knew nothing at all about Tiger trikes, until about 2 years ago and educated myself through your website. Now I wish I had a piece of history. But reality is I probably never will, but I glad to know that someone like you, who lives so close has done such an awesome job keeping history intact.
Will we ever see one of those on Greenwood Lake?

[Orangecnty250r]

Thanks ....I am glad people are enjoying it.

That is the whole purpose to dissect TIGER ATV, learn as much as possible, and keep the TIGER memories fresh.
The site is really coming along better than expected and it seems to be saving data better this past week. I'm not going to bother Mickey for a while, he was really good to me and that took time for him. I have more interviews in the works for different perpectives but Mickey's interview was VERY insightful. I'm glad I bought all the mags I did a few years back to find a few of those pictures of him. 1 year ago who knew all this would go down....Iowarotax (Bob) said to me last year " I wonder what tiger stuff will come out this year" ...then BAM all of this....who knew there was even a Mickey Dunlap prototype let alone an R3 (Dr. Death) model of it!!!!!!

What will come out this year.....your guess is as good as mine!!!

[350xman]

Hi OC
I great to see you pick up all the Tiger loot! When you say you had to move your honda line stuff does this mean you sold or trade most or some of you atc 250r restored collection to get this Tiger stuff? Do you still have your atc250r ,trx250r and tri-z restoration bikes? ??? The tiger site looks good!!! Keep up the good work.
Later 350XMAN

[Orangecnty250r]

Hi OC
I great to see you pick up all the Tiger loot! When you say you had to move your honda line stuff does this mean you sold or trade most or some of you atc 250r restored collection to get this Tiger stuff? Do you still have your atc250r ,trx250r and tri-z restoration bikes? ??? The tiger site looks good!!! Keep up the good work.
Later 350XMAN

Sold most of the hondaline parts, NOS yellow and black Z parts to fund this purchase. Also all the restoration costs on these will be very high so I may thin more out at some point. Sold a few machines last spring (miss my 89 quadracer 500 the most) but still have all the honda machines, The NOS 86 Tri Z stuff I still have. I had Mike at Vintage do that motor and have just about everything to make that look brand new. Have no idea when I'll get to that one though. :(

[rdlsz24]

Did Tiger contact Rotax to make these engines especially for them or were these engines they were already making?

Rob

[Orangecnty250r]

Did Tiger contact Rotax to make these engines especially for them or were these engines they were already making?

Rob

Rotax sold kit/cart motors

Here a few new pics

Check this out.


1. Stack of 121 Warning decals....they planned on selling a few machines.

2. Original tiger Gelcoat pulled out of the mold. They spryed the gelcoat but never layed the glass.

3. Can anyone identify the other part??

[ceaserthethird]

Very Nice Score, Just Speechless Bill !

[Nick_R_23]

That part in the last picture looks like some sort of brake rotor maybe?

-Nick :TrikesOwn

[the tecate kid]

How about an uncut sprocket?

[Vealmonkey]

The last piece, is it the adapter for a cool head or some kind plate for lowering compression?

[Orangecnty250r]

Nick R You got it!!!:beer . ......I didnt know what it went to and wasn't sure exactly what it was. Then I was loading up pictures of the very 1st generation TIGER and Bamm!!! it was the first style brake rotor. On the web page you can see it on the front as well. Learn something new everyday

[Vealmonkey]

Very cool indeed. A picture can tell a story without words. I've been looking over this info many times just to make sure I take it all in and learn some new things. I'm digging it. Keep it up. It looks like I picked up my Tigers in time for the second coming. LOL

[FLAME-200X]

Nick R You got it!!!:beer . ......I didnt know what it went to or was sure exactly what it was. Then I was loading up pictures of the very 1st generation TIGER and Bamm!!! it was the first style brake rotor. On the web page you can see it on the front as well. Learn something new everyday

Bill looks good .I am glad you like the stouf and thare my be more to come so save you pennys . o ya poepal thout i was blowing smoke up thare :eek: a@# to bad for them and good for you and Thanks
Chris :beer

[the tecate kid]

Bill I hate to hi-jack the thread but you had mentioned before you might have aquired a Husky also. Has anything materialized with it? The Tri-Cross has always been my favorite simply because Husky was the first company who had the balls to actually build a trike that could compete with Honda's mighty 250r.

[Mickey Dunlap]

WOW, all I can say is that is quite the flashback:beer Good job on the site,you made me remember more then I really wanted to.:lol:

The blue and white van in the back ground is my race van. Going over the Rockey Mt. in Co. the 3wheeler's I had in back had more rear wheel HP then that thing did. It took me almost a day just to get over the 10,000 foot MT. at 30mph:lol:

The name of the company at the time I was there was "Team Racing Products" for some reason, not "Tiger".

Only thing I don't like is the pic of me on the 125 in the snow with my "Power Ranger" Red High Point race gear.:lol: :w00t:

[Orangecnty250r]

Bill I hate to hi-jack the thread but you had mentioned before you might have aquired a Husky also. Has anything materialized with it? The Tri-Cross has always been my favorite simply because Husky was the first company who had the balls to actually build a trike that could compete with Honda's mighty 250r.

One of my collector contacts has recently acquired one....here it is, I havent talked to him in over a month ...I'll give him a ring to get more details.

[blue27]

Only thing I don't like is the pic of me on the 125 in the snow with my "Power Ranger" Red High Point race gear.:lol: :w00t:

thats funny :lol:

[Orangecnty250r]

WOW, all I can say is that is quite the flashback:beer Good job on the site,you made me remember more then I really wanted to.:lol:

The blue and white van in the back ground is my race van. Going over the Rockey Mt. in Co. the 3wheeler's I had in back had more rear wheel HP then that thing did. It took me almost a day just to get over the 10,000 foot MT. at 30mph:lol:

The name of the company at the time I was there was "Team Racing Products" for some reason, not "Tiger".

Only thing I don't like is the pic of me on the 125 in the snow with my "Power Ranger" Red High Point race gear.:lol: :w00t:

Thanks!!!
I had no idea that was you in the snow :D :D

[Mickey Dunlap]

Thanks!!!
I had no idea that was you in the snow :D :D

So you will take it down?

It was a pic for a ad they did as a black & white abstract.:wondering It didn't look anything like that pic,which wasn't a bad thing.:lol:

[blue27]

:p don't take it down!!! I am making it my desktop wallpaper:p

[scooterroo]

you kidding, take it down? i can remember the first time i saw that pic way back when it first came out in dirtwheels or 3 and 4 wheel action. that pic is classic man.

[Mickey Dunlap]

:p don't take it down!!! I am making it my desktop wallpaper:p

sick-o:crazy: :banned: :lol:

[Orangecnty250r]

Well the reddish orange and white seems to be a hit, but I did play with the colors a little bit to make it right. I'll add the black and white abstract to the site somewhere but also keep the other...the best of both worlds :lol:

[Mickey Dunlap]

Well the reddish orange and white seems to be a hit, but I did play with the colors a little bit to make it right. I'll add the black and white abstract to the site somewhere but also keep the other...the best of both worlds :lol:

I'll look and see if I can find the ad.

[the tecate kid]

WOW! thanks for posting up that pic Bill. That is in really nice shape, looks tippy as hell though. I still cant believe all the stuff that is still out there.

[mike from long island]

I am still amazed at all the part you dig up!!!!!!!!!! It is so great to read and learn about this.I was a bit young then.And wasnt into the 3 wheeler scene..But wish I was.... Keep up the good work..