New Tiger Sport

Looks nice enough, but, if it's meant for touring - as per the description - then why do they insist on a dirty great f**k off high level silencer that will eat into the available space for/within the right side pannier?
Seems stupid to me!

 

Like the look of the new Tiger Sport, I tested the old model before moving to a Kawasaki Versys 1000 and thought the leg position was a little cramped for long distance touring so hoping for a slightly better seating position on the new one.

Completely agree on the previous comment on exhaust position, they fit a high exhaust and make the panniers fit around giving a pathetic carrying capacity, it's the biggest put off for me. The new Street Triple shows what can be done with smart low exhausts and that doesn't have panniers.

 

I guess the panniers will hang outside the exhaust as in the new tiger 800's looks s bit weird but the new ones are meant to be a lot lighter.

 

two words ........

Wing Mirrors

 

They are! Just had these fitted to my Tiger rather than the Adventure ones, although mine is closer to the exhaust and doesn't stick out as much as the one in your picture. They open from the top, which makes more sense to me than the side opening ones. Disadvantage? - a helmet won't fit in one so you would need a top box as well.

 

I had the plastic Triumph panniers on my Tiger with the cut out in for the exhaust. They were heavy but I think I still prefer the slightly narrower width, that photo above with the alloy panniers looks crazy wide.
Last year I took this MV Agusta for a test ride http://www.mvagusta.com/en-gb/motorcycles/turismo-veloce-lusso-800/ and while I didn't think it a great touring machine, I did like the panniers and the way they fitted so close together. They could both take a full face helmet and yet they were narrower than the handlebars, hope other manufactures take note.

 

I suppose with any adventure or touring bike fitted with panniers there will always be a compromise between agile filtering and luggage carrying. If I was commuting everyday (which I'm not) through heavy traffic and needed to filter then I probably wouldn't have the panniers on. The rest of the time I'm not that fussed to be honest. The Tiger I test rode had just the top box fitted but it looked awful in my opinion.
I'll measure the full width of mine with panniers fitted to see just how far past the bars they stick out.

 

I've used a dry bag as well, an Otleib one with the full-length opening. Good bit of kit.

 

I have a lomo dry bag as used on the Bonnie but to have an adventure bike for touring and not use the panniers seems to defeat the object of getting the bike.

 

Completely agree,enjoy your Paniers Steve, you've earned them.

 

Hopefully you'll be enjoying yours in the near future.

 

Hi BM, tell me about it

 

Surely for medicinal purposes only!!

 

Dandelion and Burdock??

 

i had a 2010 tiger1050 for four years,rode it around Australia twice (no pillion)and had no issues with doing 1000K days , it performed brilliantly. the tiger1050 is imo the best general purpose bike that triumph have.
at the time of owning it i didn't own a car so it was used for everything. looking at specs for the new sport version i may just go back to the tiger1050. if you want a touring bike buy a trophy or equivalent if you want a brilliant general purpose bike buy a tiger1050

 

1000K days, wow I am impressed.lol.

Seriously tho, I am in a Sprint forum elsewhere and a few of the guys ( old farts like myself) have gone over to the Tiger Sport and love them, they are apparently very comfortable and ergonomically sound . I sat on the old model at various shows and the position of everything just felt perfect for me, unfortunately 1, I cannot afford one and 2,I love my old Sprint too much anyway. Wish I had a 1050 lump tho, they are excellent.