Australian Motorcyclist

TRIUMPH TIGER 850 SPORT LIKE THE OG, BUT BETTER

  Tiger 800 was released many years ago – it was a new thing from Triumph and needed to prove itself in the big bad world of adventure. Of course, it did and went on to be one of the most popular midsized adventure bikes on the market. Roll on a few years and the Tiger has grown to a 900 and is now even more off-road focussed. This is where the Tiger 850 Sport slots in – as an adventure bike that won’t be used as a full-on adventure machine, rather see most of its time riding on bitumen with mostly maintained dirt roads thrown into the mix.

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