Category: Triumph

Triumph Motorcycles is one of the reputed bike manufacturers around the globe, that successfully delivers all the segment bikes that are unique in styling, performance & design as well. Though it produces all the segment bikes, it was very much successful in producing the adventurous bikes that were alluring the market.

One such model from the prestigious series ‘Tiger’ is the Tiger 1200. The Tiger 1200 offers realistic off-road experience to facilitate the off-road adores to the fullest. The Triumph Tiger 1200 is the raw and aesthetic off-roader that surely satisfies the adventurous racing adores. The 2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 comes with a handful of updated features to give whole sum experience to the touring lovers.

Triumph Tiger 1200 gets offered in colors like;

The updated Tiger 1200 comes with stylish design cues to enchant the customers to the fullest. As of this, it gets an elegant spoke wheel and gets wrapped to the tubeless tyres, that appears astounding in the bike. The altered graphics with plusher paint finish to bike and engine components appears to be standout in the segment bikes.

The LED lights and daytime running lamps come as standard fitments except for the standard model, while the top-spec models get a Triumph’s clever Adaptive Cornering Lights system, that illuminates the four LEDs up to 31 degrees when the bike gets leaned.

The instrument console gets a 5-inch screen that shows the significant info of the bike and acknowledges the rider to the utmost. While the electronically adjustable screen comes as a standard one, and the variants XRt and XCa effectively reduce the wind that blows opposite to the bike with great speed. The Windscreen can be adjustable with the backlit handlebar controls to ensure good driving capabilities to the biker. While the keyless ignition and steering lock, are the standout points in the bike.

Coming to the powering of the bike, it draws all the acquired power from the tweaked and updated 1215cc liquid cooled, 12-valve, DOHC, an in-line three-cylinder engine that effectively churns out a tremendous output figure to sprint the bike with all the blaze. The updated new engine comes in lightweight components when compared to the predecessor. Hence the with the lightweight engine components the bike offers speedy drives with much more responsive power output to enchant the rides. The compression ratio is good and the throttle response of the bike is decent, which enables good riding dynamics. The Triumph claimed that the bike offers powerful drives with the good weight as well because the 250kg of bike weight enables easy handling.

As said earlier, the bike churns tremendous power & torque figures like, 90 ft-lb of peak torque @ 7,600 rpm, which was extreme output figure than the predecessor. Hence the rider will get delighted for the powerful drives it offers. While the 139.5hp of peak power @ 9,350rpm will definitely a breathtaking power figure to run the bike with rage.

The Bike sprints via ride-by-wire throttle system, to give trustworthy driving capabilities and to fulfill the 6-riding modes; Rain, Road, Off Road, Sport, Off-Road Pro, and Rider. Getting deeper, the bike first spec variant ‘XR’ gets only first 3-modes, the second variant ‘XRx’ gets first 3 riding modes + Sport mode, while the ‘XRt’ gets the 4-riding modes + Rider mode.

The XC lineup gets the Off-Road Pro and utilizes the ‘Off Road’ setting to fullest. Hence the rider can experience the level of comfort with all 6-riding modes, which works duly to enable comfy endeavoring off all terrains with the great easement.

With all the 6-riding modes and commendable unit, the bike claims 54.3, which is good claimed fuel number in the Adventurous touring model. The bike now compliance with the Euro4 emission standards to give fruitful rides to the biker.

As said, the bikes come with almost 11kg of shredded weight, which in turn enables sumptuous and quality rides to the biker. Hence biker gets the easement with smoother & easy handling dynamics. The tweaked handlebar further gives the improved & responsive drives, which offers leaned and low-speed drives without any flaws.

The Triumph Tiger 1200 retains the same Triumph semi-active WP suspension system (TSAS) as the predecessor, which in turn offers good and comfortable drives to the biker based on the riding modes. The (TSAS) offers Auto & Off-Road modes, and also effectively controls both the front and rear suspension damps and adjusts automatically.

While the XR variant gets a manually adjustable WP suspension, where the forks can be adjusted for rebound and compression, while the rear can be adjusted for rebound and preload. The ‘Sport’ mode offers good maneuvering capabilities with great comfort which also uses TSAS suspension unit. In ‘Comfort’ mode the rider and pillion will get the acquired ease on high speeds. While the ‘Normal’ mode offers distinctive rides which are easy for the rider to tackle the linear roads.

In order to restrict the adventurous sports bike ‘Tiger Explorer 1200’, the bike maker fitted the Brembo 4-piston radial monobloc calipers with twin floating discs at the front, and a single piston sliding caliper with a single disc at the rear to effectively to stop the bike at the acquired and required time.

So as to enhance the braking mechanism, the Triumph Motorcycles also featured an integrated braking system, which the rear brake automatically gets applied when the front is used. Hence, the rider can get the secured drives with the effective working of the trustworthy braking fitment.

Also Read: Triumph Tiger 1200 Features, Details & Specifications

Thus, the 2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 is the performance-oriented adventurous model that offers ample driving dynamics to maneuver the road. With the updated engine setup, features and specs the Triumph Tiger 1200 is going to be a big game changer in the both On & Off-roads. Hence the Triumph Tiger 1200 is the reliable and worthy touring model that relish the rides, and also the best-in-class model that serves the owner with the utmost kind and concern.