new bike/tiger 800 mini-review
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I decided to scratch the Triumph itch and trade in the ER6n for an 800xrx - and I bloody love it.
I couldn't find any reasonably up-to-date reviews here when I was doing my research, so thought I'd leave my thoughts in case it's useful for anyone.
I bought a bike about a year old. I think it's almost fully loaded: grips, comfort seat + bigger screen and has full luggage.
Its so much more comfy than the ER - feet further forward than my old bike and nice wide bars. Down the motorway, it's a lot less blustery - so cruising at the NSL is a lot less of a struggle. I think also, the suspension is so much more composed, so the odd crappy bit of road surface seems to bother it much less than the kawasaki.
But the engine - my god, it's lovley. it feels like it has like no intertial mass - when you flick the throttle, it just whizzes up through the revband.
Kudos also to Bulldog triumph where I bought it from. On the test ride, they gave me the keys and told me to come back in a couple of hours, I was pretty impressed.
Downsides:
I couldn't find any reasonably up-to-date reviews here when I was doing my research, so thought I'd leave my thoughts in case it's useful for anyone.
I bought a bike about a year old. I think it's almost fully loaded: grips, comfort seat + bigger screen and has full luggage.
Its so much more comfy than the ER - feet further forward than my old bike and nice wide bars. Down the motorway, it's a lot less blustery - so cruising at the NSL is a lot less of a struggle. I think also, the suspension is so much more composed, so the odd crappy bit of road surface seems to bother it much less than the kawasaki.
But the engine - my god, it's lovley. it feels like it has like no intertial mass - when you flick the throttle, it just whizzes up through the revband.
Kudos also to Bulldog triumph where I bought it from. On the test ride, they gave me the keys and told me to come back in a couple of hours, I was pretty impressed.
Downsides:
- The triumph starting procedure took a little getting used to - if you press the button before the rev counter does it sweep and back, it makes you wait before you can try again
- Fuel gauge caught me out , as it seems to take a while to re-register after you fill it up.
- Cruise control not very well thought out - they should have put the controls on the left hand side, not on the side with the throttle.
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