Tassie_Tiger
Guest
G'Day from Tasmania,
This is my first post here, as an ex-BMW R1150RT rider who now rides a Tiger.
I had my RT for 4.5 years, and enjoyed it thoroughly. In January this year, when the ST and new 1200RT were announced I asked my local (200kms away) BMW dealer to let me know when he had demonstrators of these bikes as I intended to update. He has never come back to me!
In the meantime my local (20kms away) Triumph dealer suggested I try the Sprint. It was too much like a 'boy racer' bike for me, so I tried the Tiger. I was sold immediately by the gem of an engine, a gearbox that wasn't like a tractor's, and a very comfortable riding position. In the 4 months I've had the Tiger I've done 15,000km and smiled all the way.
I found I could ride all day, day after day, without the severe bum ache that the RT seat gave me.
The RT suffered badly from surging which required frequent throttle body balancing. It's engine was, to put it mildly, agricultural, and certainly not a free revving unit. My RT had 45,000km on it when I sold it, and I had become concerned at the large number of RT owners who were having very expensive spline failures in their transmission at around the same mileage.
Had the BMW dealer got back to me for test rides I would have probably spent the AU$30,000 to put a R1200RT on the road, but thankfully his apathy led me to the Tiger which is giving me huge pleasure every time I take it out, and I saved myself AU$10,000 in the process!
BMW and Triumph both produce great bikes, but for me there is no comparison when it comes to value for money, and in the case of the Tiger I would still choose it if the prices were identical.
Keep the rubber down.
Roger Harvey
Hobart, Tasmania
This is my first post here, as an ex-BMW R1150RT rider who now rides a Tiger.
I had my RT for 4.5 years, and enjoyed it thoroughly. In January this year, when the ST and new 1200RT were announced I asked my local (200kms away) BMW dealer to let me know when he had demonstrators of these bikes as I intended to update. He has never come back to me!
In the meantime my local (20kms away) Triumph dealer suggested I try the Sprint. It was too much like a 'boy racer' bike for me, so I tried the Tiger. I was sold immediately by the gem of an engine, a gearbox that wasn't like a tractor's, and a very comfortable riding position. In the 4 months I've had the Tiger I've done 15,000km and smiled all the way.
I found I could ride all day, day after day, without the severe bum ache that the RT seat gave me.
The RT suffered badly from surging which required frequent throttle body balancing. It's engine was, to put it mildly, agricultural, and certainly not a free revving unit. My RT had 45,000km on it when I sold it, and I had become concerned at the large number of RT owners who were having very expensive spline failures in their transmission at around the same mileage.
Had the BMW dealer got back to me for test rides I would have probably spent the AU$30,000 to put a R1200RT on the road, but thankfully his apathy led me to the Tiger which is giving me huge pleasure every time I take it out, and I saved myself AU$10,000 in the process!
BMW and Triumph both produce great bikes, but for me there is no comparison when it comes to value for money, and in the case of the Tiger I would still choose it if the prices were identical.
Keep the rubber down.
Roger Harvey
Hobart, Tasmania
