Triumph Tiger 800 and 800XC

Originality is not what it was so, it is difficult now to determine who is right. No wonder I forgot who said that ideas were greatly overstated. If anything, my quote is not true at all. It’s like many things, it adapts them, appropriates them, as to believe firmly that our version is original. Triumph, which has finally to Milan, after months of discovering that no titillation bits of its two new tigers, its answer to BMW with two GS (F 650 GS and F 800 GS), new and genuine Triumph Tiger 800 Tiger and 800XC.

The secret is in the sauce, luckily, because the dish is the same, but we do not begrudge a greater supply of classics. Because this type of motorcycles, skivvies, Swiss Army knife of two wheels, are the stars of the time, scrunchies and gifted family, to those who carries the hopes of the tribe.

Tiger binoculars show all the same personality traits of their own. The XC, one that likes off the beaten track stands out beyond his nose, just to sniff the dangers of a hostile nature, otherwise, the same three inline 799cm3 liquid-cooled 95 hp, 6 speed box, and lattice framework. 800XC the front tire has a slimmer, wheels of 36 sticks for adventurer 10 for city. The 800XC has more rear suspension travel, cons 215mn 170mn for 800, a wider handlebar for 800XC, greater ground clearance and seat height to match, of 845-865mn for the cons 800XC 810-830mn for 800. the wheelbase is a bit longer in the XC, it also has five more kilos (215kg), but the same capacity tank with 19 liters, and the same choice of colors, black, white, orange and intense for the XC yellow venom for the 800 itself. The sale price is still a great unknown, but you can bet it will be a hair below that of the Bavarian.