Gwilym's Adventure Blog

I have just got the bike out for the summer and as I have now covered 2500 miles since I picked the bike up in early July (2015) thought I would give my opinion. I had already decided I wanted to get a Triumph Tiger 800 but was unsure as to which of the variations I wanted. This bike was for sale by Riders of Bridgwater with only 626 miles on the clock. The bike was at a good price and ticked all the boxes so that is how I ended up choosing the Tiger 800 XRx Pushing it about: It is very light and easy to push around and probably the easiest bike I have ever had to put on a centre stand. I just step on the stand and up it goes. No lift required.  (unless it has luggage on then it is a different story) Comfort: I have ridden up to 3 hours at a time and stepped off the bike with no aches, pains or num bum. Definitely a reasonably comfortable seat compared with others but after 9 hours it did start to feel like it could have more padding. I experimented using cruise contr...

Bye bye Old Trophy Not my style really but good for a few hours fun Hello New Tiger This morning having taken my green Triumph Trophy down to Riders in Bridgwater for a service and a health check, I saw the very bike I was looking for, a Triumph Tiger 800 XRx sat in the corner of the showroom. Being a good boy and resisting the urge, I took the Harley loan bike that they had put on one side for me and went home for all of about 3 hrs before I got on the Harley, headed back down to Riders and negotiated a test ride on the Tiger. 2 hrs later I was dropped back home by the shop van with both my Trophy and the new Tiger. I did at least manage not to buy the Harley as well :-) Once I have had it for a few months I will post a full review