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Triumph Tiger review: The motorbike has been around since the 1930s and the winning formula is back again

Thousands have bought a Tiger down the years and for good reason. The latest model has 200 tweaks over the outgoing model and is comfortable on and off-road

TRIUMPH has been making Tigers since 1936 and, since 2010, more than 68,000 of us have bought into the idea of triple-cylinder living.

That amounts to an impressive one bike being sold every hour of every day for the last eight years.

 The Tiger Triumph will not leave you disappointed
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The Tiger Triumph will not leave you disappointedCredit: Triumph

The new Tiger is the result of more than 200 tweaks to the outgoing model and we shot out to Morocco for our test ride, taking in a mix of road and off-road riding around the Atlas Mountains.

The most noticeable update is the TFT screen, which displays the five riding modes.

The XR variant is the model you will need if road riding is your thing. With a smaller front wheel, slightly less travel in the forks and road-biased foot controls, it makes for incredibly comfortable motorcycling.

Steering is immediate, suspension plush and the 94bhp triple-cylinder motor makes light work of cruising.

 There is an off road model available if it better suits your needs
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There is an off road model available if it better suits your needsCredit: Triumph

It’ll never set your pants on fire on the throttle but there are other triples in the Triumph line-up for that.

The XC is the off-road version of the Tiger. It has the same shorter first gear ratio and the same redesigned exhaust.

It also has the option of off-road tyres that, for us, chewed into the Moroccan landscape like a hungry goat.

We enjoyed a full day of off-roading, with the XC making light work of some testing conditions.

The traction control allowed a bit of sideways action, without making us feel like we were about to become part of the scenery.

It also allowed the rear to lock while retaining ABS at the front. Clever stuff.

You can expect to pay around 500 quid more than last year’s Tiger but is the new tech on this one worth it? Absolutely.

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