The Tiger is the unsung hero of the Hinckley triumph range. Where the iconic Speed Triple is the bike that captures the headlines, believe it or not the Tiger has been merrily going about its business in the background for twenty years, which makes it Triumph%X92s longest continuously running model. Where the Sprint and Daytona models have come and gone in...
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- 26 April 2013
Simon Warburton, Triumph%X92s Product Manager %X93Even though the Tiger 1050 is the oldest bike in our range now, there are still people buying it, albeit not anywhere near the numbers it sold before, so we thought there%X92s still space for it. It is a little bit of a gamble and we could%X92ve discontinued it, but we thought they%X92d still be...
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- 07 March 2013
Triumph has unveiled its new Tiger Sport 1050, which was first spotted by MCN in March 2012, and again in a more finished form in November. Power is improved by 10bhp over the outgoing model (now up to 123bhp) and the bodywork has been redesigned. The bike also features a new swingarm, wheels and suspension. Prices for the Tiger Sport will be...
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- 10 January 2013
The current Triumph Street Triple, the British firm%X92s best selling machine in the past five years (they%X92ve sold 50,000), weighs just 189kg, full of fuel and ready-to-go, which is bugger-all. This new version, available in dealers in the middle of November is lighter still. Weighing a piffling 183kg it%X92s going to strike fear into its main rival: the 211kg Suzuki GSR750,...
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- 07 November 2012
We're riding the mountain roads near Barcelona on the new %XA39599 Tiger 1050 Sport, Triumph's adventure-styled sports tourer. It's an updated version of the Tiger 1050 that's been with us since 2007 and has another 10bhp, more torque, more stable steering geometry and better comfort. It has 120 new parts, including new swingarm, wheels, bars, seat and styling. With all the different...
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- 12 February 2013
Ever wondered how good a Triumph Tiger 800 really is off-road? Well, just%X85 just%X85 watch this. Undoubtedly the best advert Triumph's ever had, and they didn't even have to shoot it themselves. Sit back, crack a beer, enjoy this epic half hour odyssey from US gear brand Icon. If you don't want a Tiger 800 after this%X85 we're impressed!
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- 21 September 2012
The new Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200 has beaten its arch rival the BMW R1200GS into second place in the latest sales charts. Figures just released by the Motorcycle Industry Association show 806 of the new three-cylinder Triumphs have been sold so far this year %X96 153 more than BMW's ubiquitous adventure bike. Mind you, if you add the sales of the...
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- 20 July 2012
Triumph took the biking world by storm in 2006 with the Daytona 675, which stuck two fingers up to the Japanese. It was a winner on the road, and the track with one of the best-loved motorcycle engines ever. Seven years on, the 600 market has dwindled, but will the new Daytona 675R seduce us again? We travel to its world launch...
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- 20 December 2012
Triumph%X92s never-ending onslaught of new bikes shows no sign of slowing after a keen-eyed MCN reader scooped the new 2013 Triumph Tiger Sport 1050 parked while out testing. The spy shot shows a new version of the current 1050cc inline three-cylinder road-biased adventure bike which remains a popular and good value machine often favoured by those who ride every day. The bike...
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- 02 March 2012
Triumph%X92s new Trophy 1200 is currently being tested by MCN%X92s Phil West in Scotland and after completing 250 miles yesterday in the Highlands he is now riding the bike down to the Triumph factory in Hinckley. This is what he%X92s got to say: "It%X92s been 21 years since Triumph re-launched at Hinckley with their first new model, the original 1200...
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- 07 September 2012
