Triumph Tiger 1050
Riding with the Tiger, I wondered where I would place it if I prepared a benchmark test. Probably among the big touring enduro bikes like the Adventure, GS, Varadero, but also among the sports riders like the CBF or the Half-body Bandit, it will do well. I even think a tired supermoto will be happy about it.
In short, the Tiger has the comfort and location behind the wheel of a large touring enduro, the ride quality of a living supermoto, and as a result it can be dynamic, comparable to sports travelers.
It's important to know that enduro is definitely not. This was shown during a weekly tour of the Balkans (video can be found here), when we constantly waited for a German journalist with a tiger under his ass on a 60 km short journey that took us through very bad rubble.
Seventeen-inch road tires are not designed to ride on stone wagon tracks, much less mud puddles. He walked, but slowly and out of fear that he would let air out of his tires on the sharp rocks. The previous generation of Tigers still had some enduro genes, while the new generation was only road oriented. Not to be deterred from buying someone who loves the Tiger and would like to cross the rubble - yes, but slowly.
So the tiger left the field and attacked the road. Best on medium-length bends, where the speed is around 80 kilometers per hour.
I also had the opportunity to try it out on the tarmac of Tombnik, where it was a special feeling to ride comfortably on the folded tarmac around a hill and then outrun newcomers on supersport bikes in the pit and fly over the finish line at 220 kilometers per hour in a comfortable wide seat with full relaxed driving position.
It turned out that the feet would soon be slipping on the ground and that it would have been appropriate for the suspension to harden a little, but hey, this isn't a race car! However, it is definitely sportier than the Bavarian GS, with which it never occurred to me to sit between corners and lean sportively towards the steering wheel than it would have taken hundreds of seconds. The tiger on the road can only be bothered by the bumps we see around corners, as it then becomes more restless than the GS, the father of the traveling enduro.
The tiger is friendly and calm when the driver wants it. The unit, which consumes from five to six liters per hundred kilometers, is loaded with torque in the middle operating range, and the wind protection (the test was equipped with an additional air deflector) is so good that it seems that the speed is 160 kilometers per hour with which it could go to North Cape.
The very short-stroke drivetrains lack a tiny bit of precision to perfection, the ABS brakes are very decent, the spacious seat is soft. Only really ineffectively placed mirrors deserve criticism, in which you can see what is happening behind your back only if you bring your elbow closer to your body. For the price, the English adventurer sits between the Honda Varadero and the BMW GS, which is understandable given all the trim levels.
How much does it cost in euros
Raised windshield 139, 90
Rhizome rudder 400
Gel seat 280
Triumph Tiger 1050
Base model price: 11.190 EUR
Test car price: 12.010 EUR
engine: three-cylinder, four-stroke, liquid-cooled, 1.050 cc? , 4 valves per cylinder, electronic fuel injection.
Maximum power: 85 kW (115) at 9.400 rpm
Maximum torque: 100 Nm @ 6.250 rpm
Energy transfer: Transmission 6-speed, chain.
Frame: aluminum.
brakes: two coils ahead? 320mm, 4-piston Nissin calipers, rear disc? 255mm, Nissin twin-piston caliper.
Suspension: Showa front adjustable inverted telescopic fork? 43mm, 150mm travel, rear adjustable single Show shock, 150mm travel.
Tires: 120/70-17, 180/55-17.
Seat height from ground: 835 mm.
Fuel tank: 20 l.
Wheelbase: 1.510 mm.
Weight: 198 kg (dry, 201 kg with ABS)
Representative: Španik, doo, Noršinska ulica 8, Murska Sobota, 02/534 84 96, www.spanik.si.
We praise and reproach
+ engine power and torque
+ wind protection
+ lively driving performance
+ adjustable suspension
– mirrors
- restlessness in bending over humps
Matevz Gribar, photo: Aleш Pavleti,, Matej Memedovi.
