this is the triumph tiger 850 sport adventure motorcycle and in this video i'm going to
tell you something you absolutely won't believe so watch it through to the end
i've given this bike a full and thorough test ride before we film as we always do so we don't
always film all of the roads that we ride so we've ridden it on all different types of road
and now i can tell you exactly what this motorcycle is like
triumph market the tiger sport 850 as a road focused adventure bike but let me tell you it
still is a capable trail bike and as you can see from the clips it's more than capable of
going down some farm tracks and what have you so if you're out somewhere and you find yourself in
a place like this it's a perfectly capable motorcycle of going pretty much anywhere
the tiger produces 85 ps peak power eight and a half thousand rpm and 82 newton meters
of torque at six and a half thousand rpm but the important thing is that it doesn't drop below 17
newton meters of torque right from 3 000 to 8 and a half thousand rpm so there's talk there all the
time and let's face it most of the time you're riding with the torque not the power so people
get hooked up on sort of peak power figures but most of the time they're way up in the rev range
and let's face it you're not always revving the nuts off of your bike some people do but
most people don't so actually you're riding with the talk so the talk figures and where that
talk comes in and how linear it is is much more important and this has got it all the way through
now if you're in the eu in the uk um you can get this on an a2 license your dealer will
slightly restrict the power to 47 brake horsepower which is the legal limit on an a2 license if
you're not from the uk you won't have that problem or the eu but we have nanny state here so we have
to sort of comply by these ridiculous rules and regulations that we keep saying but saying that
on an a2 restriction this bike still has 78 newton meters of torque which peaks at 3750
and you've got bucket loads of it lower down as well so this would be a wonderful bike to ride
on an a2 license and you won't really feel that drop in power because as i said before
it's the talk you feel and this would be a great bike on an a2 licence you've got six gears on this
and i must say the gear change is buttery smooth the clutch is light it's absolutely spot on it
really is one of the best gear changes and clutch um actions i've ever felt on a motorcycle so top
marks there for triumph and that makes riding for long distances and long periods of time effortless
now another good thing about this bike the seat height is adjustable from 810 millimeters to 830
millimeters um so you can vary the height and you just put the key in the back here to do that
and take the rear seat out so you've got a pillion seat as well obviously in the pegs which is great
you just slide it out the front can be in the top or the bottom
bracket or whatever you want to call it and this bit at the back here just
comes out and you pull it over to put it on the higher setting and put it back
this way for the low setting i had it on the high setting and uh i must say
it did slip so uh it didn't seem to fit because the seat's quite flexible when it's in the in the
sort of bracket at the front it doesn't stay in there when you put a bit of weight on it
perhaps i've been eating too many burgers the wheelbase is 1556 millimeters the rake is 24.6
degrees and the trail is 133.3 millimeters and all those figures combined give you
secure handling stability and good turning the turning circle isn't huge but if you're doing a
three-point turn as you'll see in the video sort of changing direction on a narrow lane you can
do it fairly easily and the bike's not so heavy i'll give you the weight in a second that you
can't sort of shunt it up and down and get on in a different direction without any problems
the tiger 850 weighs 192 kilograms which isn't particularly heavy it's not particularly light
either but when you're riding it feels nice and light and flickable and easy to maneuver the
only time you feel the weight and that's the same with any bike near near or above 200 kilos is when
you're trying to push it backwards especially if it's up a slope or if there's something
under the tire then it's a bit of a shunt but that's the same with anything but maneuvering
turning around in the road etcetera it's it's light enough to be able to not have any issues
a big fuel tank on this 20 liters and it does about 55.5 miles per gallon which is 5.21 liters
per 100 kilometers so that's pretty good so you've got a good range with a tank like this
the service intervals are every 6 000 miles or once a year which ever comes first now just here
at the front you've got a 12 volt power socket which is very handy you've got the digital display
and it's very easy to read the speed and see the different things like how many miles per
gallon you're doing and what have you it's got a unusual sort of rev uh counter display
which i found a little hard to read at a glance so um for me i'd prefer an analog dial but i'm still
a dinosaur and i still like analog dials um but you computerized people would be used to looking
at screens and you'll love it you've got two modes on this road and rain that's all you need and you
don't have to fiddle about with menus and sub menus and changing the settings for the this
and that which is just ridiculous so it's nice and simple rain gives you a bit more traction control
uh it kicks in earlier etcetera and it sort of uh lessens the throttle response a little
bit so you're not going to sort of spin up the back wheel and lose control of the bike which is
great so when the roads are slippery i would recommend using that otherwise in road mode
it's more responsive and it's a very nice ride in either mode
the price is 9 400 pounds in the uk check on your local website for triumph prices in your country
um and that is in the red or the blue and both colors have the gray here and elsewhere
so it's just the bits you see in blue would be red if you chose that color um styling wise
it's very similar to most adventure bikes you've got the sort of frame here
the engine is a structural member and you've got this sort of beaky front here
i think the time has come personally for a re-style of adventure bikes
that might be my personal taste i love the look of the motocross and dirt bikes from the early
1980s if we could sort of rewind make them a bit more retro looking no one really does it
i mean you've got the bonneville scramblers in what have you they're better looking in my opinion
but let's take an adventure bike and restyle it because they all kind of look the same or
whichever manufacturer you choose so from that point of view personally i would like to see a
restyle i know these are so popular though so you'll probably have a difference of opinion
and you'll tell me that i'm completely crazy for saying that but tell us we'd like to know
just quickly running through you've got double disc brakes and the stopping power is very good
the brembos you've got an adjustable screen up and down different levels that you can click into very
effective actually works very well radiators there upside down forks the exhausts three into one
three cylinder engine the seat is actually very comfortable there's enough room on it
to move backwards and forwards so although it's scooped you do have enough movement on the bike
you've got the passenger foot pegs obviously if you take a pillion they unbolt if you
don't want to take anybody the gear lever and the brake lever are nicely positioned
so with my big size 11 feet no problems on that the handlebars are wide enough
not too wide but not narrow which is good so you've got good control of the back the levers
are just for in and outness so you can get the right reach for your uh fingers if you were
let me sit on the bike if you were my height six foot two um see that seat just clicks down um
the riding position is as you see it it feels quite roomy as i said my legs are bent a little
bit more than 90 degrees if you were five foot four you might find it a little tall um if you're
sort of five foot six and above you'd be fine if you're above six foot two it'd still be all right
but like anything or any other bike it's always going to be a compromise the side
stand when it goes down it works perfectly well when it's up it sticks out a little bit
it doesn't get in the way but you can see it there sticking out a little bit which
is unusual triumph because normally the side stands hide away when they're up now
here's the interesting bit if you've followed our channel for a while
you'll know that i've never been a great fan of adventure bikes um and i i think
the reason is i've never quite understood them and because i came from a motocross background
um if i see something looks off-roady i think well it needs to be like a motocross bike um and
i couldn't quite see the point but the other day darcy and i or a month or so ago we were touring
whales on our harleys and we were stopped at this farm and we were getting licked by some cows
watch the video um and some adventure bikes road passed and waved at them watch them
they had sort of luggage on them you can get luggage for this back on the back and on the sides
uh so if you're a touring it's wonderful to try to do so many accessories and suddenly the penny
dropped i thought i get it now it's not about being a motocross bike adventure bikes are great
for getting on a journey on the motorway the freeway the dual carriageway is going a long
distance it travels very nicely on the dual carriageway and the motorway but when you get
somewhere like this and you're exploring the lanes or the towns the little quaint places you can go
they're wonderful and that's the point of it and i think i've been missing the point thinking
it's it's going to be a perfect off-road bike it's it's capable off-road it can do trail riding green
lanes with no problems whatsoever and obviously there are other tigers that are more off-road
focused than this one but that is the point of it it gets you around so if you're touring
you could take your luggage you can unbolt them and then go around the local area where you've
gone to on your holiday or whatever go camping and just enjoy the countryside and all the interesting
places so that's the point of the adventure bike i get it now um and believe it or not i think
this is a wonderful motorcycle so my opinion about adventure bikes has changed with this bike perhaps
it's because i've never ridden a triumph adventure bike before i'm extremely impressed so i now
can say oh i like adventure bikes and not uh be lying and it is a great adventure bike so
that's a bit of a surprise to myself the suspension is very good indeed actually i've
taken it over some rough roads and it soaks up the smaller bumps completely and you wouldn't notice
them the bigger bumps obviously you feel it on any bike and it copes with them very well as well so
full marks for the suspension you've got a mono shock single spring at the rear and as i said the
upside down forks at the front work perfectly well considering this is a road focused adventure bike
the suspension is very good on the trails as well it would be a really good commuter motorcycle
so especially with the luggage you can take whatever you like on it you've got this sort
of rail at the back which is nice you've got something to get hold of so the passenger can
hold that and it's kind of flat at the back so you can strap things to it it would be even
better if there were some little hooks or eyelets so you can strap your bungees to it a bit better
so that would improve that end of it but other than that it's a very nice design
what i can say about this triumph tiger 850 sport is that it could be the most versatile
motorbike out there because it's very good on the motorways on the dual carriageways it's very good
in the town it's very good in the countryside in the country lanes it can do trail riding
it can do everything so it's an extremely versatile motorbike so if you want one
motorbike that does it all this does it all the rain is just starting to roll in again and the dog
is coming into shot hello goodbye um to summarize this bike is superb if you like adventure bikes
it's really very good indeed it's not too powerful which is great sometimes people go for much more
power than they need this has got more than enough tons of torque handles well brakes well corn as
well accelerates well uh does everything well so triumph tiger 850 sport what more can i say
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