Triumph Motorcycles are keen to re-enter the dirt market. There’s been much publicity and media surrounding the hiring of big name riders as well as R&D on motocrosss machines which we’re still eagerly awaiting to hear more about. Not wanting to be left behind, the existing line-up of adventure bikes that Triumph has, the Tiger 900 and the flagship Tiger 1200, have received substantial upgrades to make them more dirt-oriented and better all round compared to the competition and previous models. The Tiger 1200 has been completely revamped, with four years of design to achieve the MY22 machine.
Our test of the all-new Triumph Tiger 1200 came via a five-day-epic throughout South Australia.
DAY 1
Rolling out of Adelaide through traffic on a crisp winter morning proved very civilised, with excellent road bike manners. The suspension felt plush and the brakes strong. The big triple was quite a novelty for me, not having ridden the current-gen Tiger, it showed no shortage of ponies when I let the revs rise.
We meandered through the Adelaide hills on a wet day. The moss-covered roads proved very greasy on knobbies with more than a few pucker moments from the group as we cruised through the fog. The “rider aids” in this instance worked very well. Traction control stopped the
