00:00Justin and the guys at Cycleworld have asked me to come to Spain to put the new Tiger Sport 660
00:05through its paces on some absolutely stunning roads and I'm not going to turn that down.
00:10In the US this bike is coming in at just over $10,000 at $10,295 and it's now 95
00:17horsepower
00:18which you're thinking why 95? Well that's because here in Europe a bike can't be any more than 95
00:25horsepower for it to be A2 license compliant so in Europe and in the UK you can restrict a bike
00:32for new riders down to 47 horsepower which means the bike can't make more than 95 when it's maximum
00:38and in France Spain and in Italy they're selling 50 60 even 70 percent of the bikes at A2 level
00:46and
00:47then once they've passed the test they take the restrictor off and then get the full 95 horsepower
00:51so that's why the bike is at that power figure but that is a big jump from the 80 that
00:57it was before
00:57which in weird maths is about 17 or 18 percent essentially that power is higher up in the rev
01:04range torque has gone up a little bit that's higher up in the rev range and now it'll rev all
01:08the way
01:09to 12 650 rpm that's a big jump in power big jumping over rev and a jump in torque but
01:17it's not just all
01:17about the engine they've also changed the bodywork it's slightly bigger slightly wider a little bit
01:22more comfort we've got shower suspension front and rear we've got remote preload and we've got rebound
01:28on the rear because we've got that boost in power we've got three throttle bodies not one we've got
01:34different mapping we've got three rider modes and we've had to recalibrate all the traction control
01:38and all those rider aids because we've got up in weight it's four or five kilograms more but we've got
01:43more power and a slightly different chassis so all those rider aids have had to be reconfigured and
01:48recalculated in terms of what you get in terms of technology it's bluetooth connectivity dash
01:55manually adjustable screen cruise control comes as standard heated grips are an optional extra
02:01those pre-mentioned three rider modes traction control which is lean sensitive because of the imu
02:07you can't turn it off but the traction control you can't turn up or down it's either on or off
02:13but it
02:13does change depending on which mode you're in we've had a great opportunity to ride in these amazing
02:19roads in southern spain that i know really well like the back of my arm and it's been really enjoyable
02:24to
02:25ride the tiger sport and its new kind of step up in power in terms of performance and in terms
02:31of
02:31handling in many ways the old bike was really good but the new bike has gone up so much more
02:37in terms of enjoyment fun and just giggle factor because it'll rev even more it'll pull even stronger
02:44i think when it was down at low 80 horsepower and a little bit less once you added luggage once
02:50you
02:50added a pillion and a top box and you loaded it all up you was asking quite a lot of
02:5480 horsepower
02:55entry-level bike but now with 95 it's a different story there's a few times today where i was coming
03:00out of
03:01second third gear corners winding it on and going yeah that's got some drive that's got some pull
03:06this is enjoyable this is fun i was changing gear at 12 500 rpm or 12 2002 where the old
03:12bike at 10 000
03:14it would hit the limiter and it was all done it feels like it's way more rewarding way more enjoyable
03:20to ride than it ever was before the quick shifter works really well at low speed but it also works
03:24really well at high speed it almost gives it a feeling of a sports bike nature to it but all
03:30along
03:30you're really comfortable you've got a bigger gas tank than before nice wide bars really nice soft
03:35plus suspension these tires the road fives work really well in the wet and really well in the dry
03:41it's a real all-round package but with this extra boost in performance that gives it more enjoyment
03:47the only slight downside is because you've got more power and you've got more enjoyment it encourages
03:53to do things that maybe you shouldn't so you end up riding it a little bit past its design parameter
03:59and when you do that it is on the soft side for me i've had to add a little bit
04:04of preload which is
04:05done with a remote preload so it was on one from 30 and i went up to six from 30
04:09i could have gone more
04:10if i added luggage and pillion which gave it a little bit more support coming out the corners but i
04:14still
04:14wanted a little bit more but then i started finding faults with slightly soft suspension and a little bit
04:21undersprung when you're off throttle and i wanted a little bit more grip from the tires and then you had
04:25to
04:25kind of go hold on it's a ten thousand dollar entry-level sports touring bike that's appealing
04:33to new riders who are just going to have fun in the canyons they're not going to be trying to
04:37slide
04:37it into corners and really on the exit which it will do very very easily it's a real big step
04:43for
04:43triumph to go with more power with more torque it's more enjoyable than it ever was before it's more
04:49capable as a tourer i'd be quite happy to roll out a couple of tankfuls of fuel on this three
04:55400 miles
04:56in a day no problem i'd be quite happy to fit the accessory panniers the accessory top box and tour
05:02around europe on a bike that is entry level the big thing for us i guess when we get at
05:06cycle world
05:07will be to put it against the competition for me you've got tracer 7 the versus 650 the v-strom
05:13but
05:13that's got a 19 inch front wheel have you got the trans out but that's got a 19 inch front
05:18wheel this
05:18is 17 inch front wheel front and rear it's a little bit different because it's got this adventure styling
05:23but it's obviously never going to go off-road it's got 17 inch front and rear wheel it's going to
05:28be
05:28interesting when we put it against the competition because there's some really good established bikes
05:32in this but for just over 10 000 us you've got a bike that's got really good rider aids it's
05:40accessible
05:40for new riders even for a short rider like me it's really easy to ride at low speeds the fueling
05:47is
05:47excellent around town the quick shifter is dead smooth with the auto blipper up and down you've
05:52got cruise control manual adjustable screen bluetooth connectivity you've got all those boxes ticked
05:57but now it just wants to go a little bit more now it wants to rev a little bit harder
06:02now it wants to
06:04give you that bit of enjoyment that you can when you're either in the canyons in the us or here
06:08in
06:08amazing hills and amazing roads we've experienced in southern spain now it's kind of it is all the
06:14old qualities of the old bike but now it just wants to stay out a bit longer and party a
06:19little bit
06:19harder if you want to know any technical questions seat height wheelbase rate trail and all that kind
06:26of information that we kind of brush to one side because you want to know what the bike is actually
06:29like to ride then please fire some questions below me justin or one of the guys we'll get back to
06:34you
06:34as soon as we can thanks for watching hope you've enjoyed it and i'll see you on the next one
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