Tiger Sport 800

I'm also surprised it's not popped up on here yet in a discussion or two.

Trouble is, the 800 has the same issue as the TS660 and Trident - it looks like Triumph forgot to put the tailpiece on it and made the whole seat unit look bent up. The exhaust on the 800 looks tacked on as an afterthought too and for something marketed as a sports tourer it looks terrible if you bolt on a topbox as it floats over nothing. Clocked a 660 with a box on the back last time I stopped for a cuppa at Woburn and was surprised how badly it seemed to block the view of the rear light too. Alas, not for me.

 

I like the looks of the new Tiger 800. It’s a proper road orientated Tiger. It looks to have 17” wheels at both ends as road bikes should have. 21” and 19” front wheels were always for off road orientated bikes.
I did like the 1050 and if I had no intention of riding off road I would in all probability bought one.
I did buy the Rally Pro 900 and so far am very pleased with it, even after dropping it on the Col de Sommelier in August (I’ll probably get round to fixing it one day) due to my lack of off road expertise.

 

I would agree. I like the front part of the bike, the back part not so much. I think the less than liter sized bikes are just about perfect for most things I do but I do need to be able to have a place to put things when I ride.

 

My thoughts exactly on the rear I also need a topbox, and although I would be flatfooted it's a little high for a lot of riders and the seat non adjustable at 835mm......which will put people off.

 

Me, for one.

 

I agree, it is a rare tour-pack that enhances the looks of a bike. I use a waterproof roll for my clothes most of the time. The lockable feature of a top box is what I really need. Place to store the laptop that is secure and weatherproof mostly. Has anyone seen one designed for this bike yet?

 

No they don't enhance the looks but I use my to put my crash helmet + waterproofs in the event of heavy rain sat nav etc....I do around 7-8000 miles a year so very useful. I also use a roll bag.....absolutely hate panniers.

 

As regards top boxes, panniers etc. it seems some don’t like the looks of them.
I much prefer to see a bike loaded with these and ready to travel rather than a Sunday morning ride to the cafe and back.
Personally I like bikes with panniers and top boxes.

having said all this, I don’t really buy bikes for their good looks. More for how good they are to tour on. My Rally Pro has in its first two years toured Scotland twice, The French Alps and Provence, Norway,Germany , the Netherlands, Ireland, the French alps and Italy, Col de sommelier. I do like my luggage to be a little more secure than a roll bag and the panniers are useful for sitting on whilst brewing up.

 

Just a toy really isn't it? l mourn the Sprint too, so for half the cost of that Tiger l bought a Z1000SX which looks quite reasonable with panniers fitted, and has a fair bit of shove. l feel like l've fallen a bit out of love with Triumphs, being honest.

 

Watching with interest the arrival of the TS 800 on our shores here in Oz, hopefully in March. I love my TS 1050, but the 800 Im hoping will be a wurthy replacement..

 

Looked at the 800 at the dealers the other day, thought it might be an alternative to my 900 GT Pro which I'm not really clicking with because of the vibes and also I want something a little lower now.
Despite the 17" wheels, it's still fairly tall, also it gives the impression of having been built to a lowish budget when you look around it.
I also don't like look of the chopped rear end.
So it looks like I'll be sticking with the 900 for a bit longer yet...

 

Lots of really good views expressed here. So thought I would go back to your original question as to why no real discussion about the new TS800.
IMO I think triumph should have released the 800 before the 660’s. Having had the TS660 coming of a 1050 sport the 660 was initially ok until I went on tour with a few friends. Whilst a capable bike I had to work it very hard. I think the 800 with a bit more grunt would have coped better. I changed my 660 for a 900 gt pro which whilst still not the same as the 1050 it does do a much better job for me.
So back to the 800, There is now so much choice in the tiger range I’m not convinced the 800 is a bike that will stir people into swapping their current tiger, either from the 660’s or the larger capacity machines. Hence the lack of interest and therefore discussion.

 

Do you think there's possibly a push to sell more 800's than the 900's due to the price difference? When I was at the motorcycle live there was only a couple of 900 tigers on display......or have sales of the 900 dropped !!

 

Another theory, discussions about the vibe issue with the 900's has been fairly prevalent, could it be Triumph have brought this out as an alternative to the 900 motor which seems to be a bit of a marmite job?

 

Yes there are very minimal vibes which I personally don't notice. I love my 900 gtpro.....don't know which way Triumph are going with the triples 660 / 765 / 800 / 900/ 1200 all great engines

 

After having an 800 Tiger, I personally wouldn't call them minimal, they're quite intrusive, especially when doing anything over 65-70 or when accelerating enthusiastically .

But just the amount of discussion about it shows there's definitely an issue there that some notice and some don't for whatever reason, which is why I wonder if that's why Triumph brought the 800 out....

 

I'm wondering is it possible some are worse than others, I've done quite a few long journeys abroad with 70/80 mph motorway riding and personally yes I get vibes.....perhaps I just have got accustomed to them ! I have Michelin anakee adventure tyres on my tiger......can't imagine if tyres make a difference.....

 

According to “how many left” in the summer of last year there were 2791 900 gt pro’s registered. It is not showing the last two quarters or anything for the ts800, so difficult to say whether 900 sales are slowing?