CAT AMONGST THE PIGEONS
Adventure bike sales have gone nuts over the last few years right around the world and the manufacturers have responded with new, cutting-edge bikes. Triumph has responded by building a new range of Tigers aimed at gaining a good slice of that market, but it’s gonna be tough; there’s a pack of ruthless middleweight Adventure-class bikes all vying for the same tasty slice of your disposable income.
The list of bikes in this category is long and varied, many manufacturers having one or even two things to offer: BMW F 850 GS and F 750 GS, KTM 890 Adventure and Adventure R, Yamaha Tenere 700, Honda Africa Twin, Suzuki V-Strom, Ducati Multistrada 950... it goes on. Notice anything about that list? They’re all twins, which we’ll come to in a bit.
The model we had on test was a GT Pro. For 2020 Triumph has dumped its confusing naming convention from the outgoing 800s which, with all those upper and lower case Xs and Cs flying around, I could never be bothered to file away in my tiny noodle.
In essence, there are
