Triumph Tiger 800 Road mini-review

It's good, but not a grand better than a new Versys. Engine is smooth
and silky but doesn't feel much more powerful and the wind protection
is dire compared to my current bike. I was happier riding my own bike
away from the dealer than I was riding their demo for half an hour.

Don't think I'll be buying one of those then.

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Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

You should try the F800... whoops.

 

As that gets worse reviews than the Versys and costs a sight more... I
doubt it.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Did you try the sensible one or the XC?

 

Have you had a bang on the head?

I expected at least a "GFY."

 

This bait is absolutely fucking rubbish. Next time I'll stick
with leeches.

 

The clue is in the subject header.

Road = sensible



--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Try a V-Strom. I absolutely loved mine.

Fraser

 

What's the build quality like?

 

Looks ok, but only time will tell. Build quality of the Versys isn't as
good as I'd hoped, but strangely enough when I cleaned it properly last
week[1] it came up really good after two years and nearly 15,000 miles
of abuse and neglect. I've had some corrosion problems, but they've all
been addressed and sorted under warranty. Aside from regular meticulous
servicing the bike hasn't really been cared for and loved, it's just
been used lots and parked up dirty.

[1] I have to hold my hands up and say this was the first proper
strip-down and panels off deep clean I'd ever done on this bike from
new. Most of the time it just gets a quick wipe over with a bucket of
soapy water and a sponge, and sometimes it doesn't even get rinsed.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

I'm going with the Norway Nutters - I doused my GN250 (a bit late in the
winter) with that ACF50 stuff. Blimey, it's good.

 

Late to the party as usual.

 

If they've not cut costs from previous Tigers, it should be very good
indeed, apart from a few fasteners & the inevitable stonechip-induced
fur on the front of the engine.