Triumph Tiger

 Still looking for a bike to go to Alaska on, checked out the BMW's and
recently a friend told me to check out the Triumph Tiger. Anyone have
and experience with the Triumph's! I understand from reading around
that the 2007 has been completely re-done and from what I see it seems
to of been made more street friendly, smaller tank, etc?

I like the physical size of it but don't have any ideas about getting
it serviced, is it a piece of crap or a gem?

Thanks!

Jim Douglas

 

Brain bragged that he did it on an XL650R.

Thanks for getting him back into rmd- sheesh!

Joe

XL600R

 

Hard to say, it's so new. Motorcycle Consumer News had a quick test of
it in their newest issue. It's given up on being a dual-sport, now
competing head to head with the road only "adventure tourers." They
liked it a lot, but haven't done one of their full-on tests yet.

--
Charles
'99 YZ250

 Jim Douglas asks:


Purely anecdotal evidence but my buddy Will got a
new one last year to replace his 96?? that had a
zillion miles on it.  He rides from Cleveland area
to Columbus and back a couple times a week,
almost all weather.  Never a real problem that
I heard about.  The bags on the new one - Givi's -
were a pain to mount.


Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.