Triumph Tiger Sport OR Yamaha mt09 Tracer

[binka1000]

Just a quick question really, am in the market for a new bike and was wondering what people would choose out of the above 2. Have got a test ride on the mt09 tracer tomorrow and have ridden the old tiger sport, just wondering what bike people would go for. The tiger was a touch too high for me so would possibly look at getting it lowered by 1 inch which I think would improve my confidence. Mainly a bike for fun, a bit of touring etc, no commuting.

Cheers Tom

[binka1000]

Ktm ???

Which model looks like fun lol

[binka1000]

Well just got back from test riding the tracer and it was great fun, a real Jekyll and hide bike. This one had the full titanium exhaust which sounded great and the bike certainly went really well. Gave me great confidence in the twist's and good at filtering and town work. The one I test rode is for sale for £7k with the exhaust, heated grips nd a few other bits 2016 model, with under 3000 miles on the clock so very tempted by that one.

he new tracer is £8699 so a fair saving and the exhaust is £1000 just by itself.

Decisions

[binka1000]

Yes the throttle was really nice, only ran it in standard mode but was not a problem, even 5th gear at 30mph was fine.