At last some factual information. I'm going home tonight to scrutinise the closing scenes frame by frame for the Golden Egg that will be the previously unnoticed Tiger 800 hiding strategically in the background. :D

you will only see the shadow

here's a proto shot of the new 800!

http://www.ratbike.org/photos2/y711tdm1.jpg

*ahem*

Book of The Tiger, Chapter 45, Revelations, Signs and Omens...

"And so it shall come to pass in the coming of days that the false prophets of Hardcore shall be cast down into the basement, where the multitude of inmates, fulsome of tooth and fang, shall rend them of their flesh, and they shall perish with no hope of salvation and their lamentations shall be unheard.

And darkness and despair shall be as a shadow upon the faces of the faithful, for what was once ordained shall not come to pass, but will be instead revealed unto them at the time of The Tiger's choosing.

And lo', their hearts with grief will be sore. But be it known that despair shall be thrown from their shoulders to fall forgotten and trod underfoot. For The Tiger shall arrive, and the faithful shall be rewarded in the Month of Thanksgiving. And then shall none deny the power and the glory of The Tiger, for it shall shine forth as a beacon unto all riders."

and here's the real thing...
http://i768.photobucket.com/albums/x.../SPY-TIGER.png

There is no "real thing" and besides Tiger 800's will not ever be seen at mere gas stations the nuclear flux capacitor will ensure a minimum of 20 years hard core offroad riding before even a chain adjustment is required.

It wasn't in the closing scenes at all. Look closely, well not so closely for final proof the ethereal nature of this beast.

Where?
All i see is Adventure's 1st and eternal rider, repressing a GS rider who dared to challenge hardcore off-road ability of the bike:wink:

Spoke to my local dealer again today and they said that the bikes feel slim and suprisingly light. The guy I spoke to is about 5'11" and said he could get the balls of both feet on the floor in trainers on the lowest seat height (Roadie version with 19" front).
They also said they heard (from a questionable source) that 675 Daytona cams could be put in to get about 125bhp instead of the standard 95PS.
£7000 for the 800 Roadie - 210kg
£7600 for the XC - 200mm front travel, about 15mm higher seat, handguards and rad guard are standard
ABS £600

And what happened to the 'hardcore off-road tiger' thread?

Crap, that's sounds taller than my measurements indicate. Ask him what his inseam is!

It got punted to the basement.

And then when a new thread was started for spy shots and actual information about the bike so we wouldn't need to interrupt this one with facts, it got merged into this one anyway.

--mark

I fart in the general direction of the moderators.

Glad you specified....

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload...iger-800-1.jpg

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload...iger-800-2.jpg

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/upload...iger-800-3.jpg

I think its photochoped cu's it's not raining.

I have it from a reliable source that the new clutch is like the brakes on old BMW airheads, it's a cable clutch from the lever to the under tank master cylinder which then drives the hydraulic clutch.

It's the Triumph Test Track Tent.

Do you have this in American numbers?

There's an app for that! :lol3
It's in the basement.

Of cause, climate controlled inside.
So maybe they are real?

It was a joke, but I appreciate the effort.

:lol3

I knowd that. :1drink

Just looking for an excuse to actually use that particular app.

Plus, I was kind of curious to see the numbers translated myself. 463 lbs and almost 8" of front wheel travel. Hmm.

F 800 GS is 455 lbs fuled with 9" of front wheel travel according to BMW's site.

Interesting.

Of course, nobody actually knows anything. :nah

ack! stop it.

http://www.tiger800.co.uk/MGalleryItem.php?id=4

http://www.tiger800.co.uk/MGalleryItem.php?id=3

http://www.tiger800.co.uk/MGalleryItem.php?id=1

:dunno

If this thread is getting more serious I am buying a KTM990Adv :D

Jesus no longer loves you.

Well, waddya know, a dedicated Tiger 800 forum:

http://www.tiger800.co.uk/index.php?action=forum

Thank his father.....eh God :D

You have proven yourself worthy!!:D

Cant wait to test ride it!!!!

Thread hijack! Here's a picture of the bike:

http://www.mctouringclub.dk/media/52.../Tiger_800.png

I just saw an add for an F800GS with 7 miles on it. It's a 2009, so I'm guessing that's 7 miles ride from the dealer. Dreamers eh? :D

that only looks like a picture of the bike because the tiger projects a membrane of fermions, less that 1/10000 of a mm thick, just so that we can recognize what we are dealing with. the actual bike is merely the essence of pure awesomeness, which we would never see unless it let us.

Do you get a pair of these nice sunglasses when you buy a XC...:puke1

Those are to shade your eyes from the dazzling brilliance of all that is Tiger 800 XC.

As much as I love my KTM 990 Adv that just might be my next bike in a year or so, I don't want anything bigger and heavier (Read BMW 1200 GS, Yamaha Super T) and I don't want to give into the good but souless 800 GS. A light nimble triple based bike might be just what the doctor ordered.... It will be test ridden... extensively :D

I bet Triumph will sell every bike they know how to make, well done Triumph! :freaky

Bet KTM is regretting not making a lighter smaller twin cylinder adv bike now.... and Yamaha might be realizing their mistake when they made the Super T a 260 kg heffaklump.... and Honda just purely effed up the transalp. This one is open for the taking... Triumph will see some very nice black figures I reckon...

I like the frame/tank protectors that look exactly like turn signals.

Sorry, there pics of the Tiger in a crate from Mallory Park, not much to see really but i can't get them to post.

Go an invite today from these guys http://www.tiger800.co.uk/ the pics are in the General Discussion forum.

The bike on the left in the background, I see an actual crash bar...Arrow exahust, bash plate and aux lights on that one too. :thumb

But, yeah. That tank kinda sticks out there a ways.

that might be the perfect ADV bike for me- that is fabulously cool
i love triumphs but only from afar....i have never mustered the courage to buy one...:cry

I think those are plastic covers which if they are made of a decent plastic should work well to protect the tank, just like the new Tenere uses, or like Buell did with their "frame slider pucks".

Hey....that looks like an 800GS...with symmetrical headlights...

Hopefully this hasn't been posted already:

http://www.mctouringclub.dk/media/52.../Tiger_800.png

DW, it's been posted already.

It's a great pic though :deal

Fixenated in a lame attempt to remove gayness...not that there's anything wrong with that. :smooch

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m...er_800Fixt.jpg

Damn.

Sorry, man.

The color pic is better than mine. Why do I feel a plumber is involved in the assembly? Stolen from Cycle World

http://itsatdm.smugmug.com/Motorcycl...96_Zv8Zh-M.jpg

OMG, that is just WRONG!! So, so, horribly, wickedly, wonderfully wrong! :clap :clap :clap

Looks like the front fender on the XC will need a lift...

I thought the previous figure by consensus was 185kgs. Getting fat already?:scratch

:lol3

You'd be forgiven for mistaking it with an F650GS/F800GS.

The post a couple of pages ago converted some guesses on price into $ from Euros.

If the price is in fact is 7,600 Euros for the XC, that would equal $10,613. I'm hoping the base price for the XC comes in under $10k. Guess we'll find out on the 2nd!

Converted from English Pounds (£) not Euros (€).

Ohh...right! Good point... :eek1

These boys look really though :rofl

man this pic is gay'ier than aids :deal

The price I posted was in GBP (£) and not Euros (€) btw :P And the price is never a direct conversion either, usually a cheaper list price in the US if directly converted. I suppose the OTR (taxes, reg fees, etc) is almost always listed in the UK, which I've heard isn't always the case in the US.
I'm quite liking the rather KTM-y promo pic though :wink: Not as 'gay' as some of the old KTM advertising pics though haha!

Looks like the XC has enough ground clearance, certainly more than my Wee. Good looking bike, VERY similar to the F800GS, but I suppose that's not surprising really. Should sell more than BMW, providing it's not too top heavy and doesn't have any of the BMWs "teething" problems. Good price too it comes in at £7500 for the XC. Definately interested if it's got enough legroom, don't care about seat height.

Price indication in NL: 9990,- Euro for the road version with ABS
11.990,- Euro for the XC with ABS.
Rather large difference between the 800 and the 800XC....

(Compare a Street Triple R in NL is 9990,- Euro)

Careful gentlemen...

Bugger, that's rather expensive for XC. Wonder how many goodies it will have as standard, as fully kitted BMW 800 GS could be had for slightly lower price... shame :(

Be careful: in NL we pay a lot of tax on motorcycles so direct comparsion is not possible

I must first confess I own an F800GS ... and (oh the shame!) I like it.

I'm afraid that the 800 XC looks like an F800Gs from a parallel universe (pun intended!) where the have a "different" sense of aesthetics.I know I'm biased but it is kind of ugly. (to my eyes)

:hide

For example the lights are "interesting" and the way the exhaust system merges is "engagingly primitive".

I also don't like the way there is no seperate subframe ... could turnout to be very expensive.

Anyway it will probably turn out to be a very good bike, and it might "encourage" BMW to update the F800GS with better suspension and a wider ratio gearbox! And I confess ... I think the triumph triples are the best sounding bike engines of all. :clap

after owning an 800 GS...
 

After owning an 800 GS I "cannot" wait for the Triumph to come out. The GS poured heat on your right leg. I hated that part of it. The triple motor will be MUCH smoother.

In Mexico, you pretty much pay the US price + 25% with extra shipping, importation and their equivalent of VAT (16%)

I like this ad better........Man, the headlights (two big beams) are much better then the F800 look! :D

I wonder how the saddle is?! :dunno :uhoh

I agree.....

I wonder why they welded the passenger footpegs to the rear subframe and then welded the rear subframe to the main frame.

Those passenger footpeg brackets will get bent the first time it goes down..

No easy way to fix anything first time it gets bent up....

What was Triumph thinking:bash

They should hang the dumba$$ engineer that thought this one up....:doh

Oh well. maybe they will fix that when they do the first upgrades/fixes

Sorry but that picture was crying out for some serious photoshop work ! :D:Dhttp://mrmoto.smugmug.com/Photograph...35_gV57D-M.jpg

How/where did u find out the pegs are welded on?

Look at any one of the many pictures posted. :deal

Oh now I see, hopefully that will change for production.

to me the wing shield and head kights make it look like the goblin from the spiderman comics

so true!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.rbcorner.com/BlahImages/A...een_Goblin.jpg

Doubt it, it's being produced as we speak.

The F800GS that Triumph have targeted with this bike has welded-on footpegs, so I guess they thought - if BMW can get away with it, so can we!

As for the subframe being welded to the main frame, that is puzzling, I can only offer one theory - that they have specced the subframe to be thicker tubing / better attached than usual so you would take a huge prang to bend it, the kind of prang that would bend the main frame / forks, etc anyway. I guess we'll see as owners buy them and drop them! :evil

My guess is that it makes the bike lighter without a bunch of nuts, bolts, washers, and bosses? Not that it is a good answer. Anybody see pics of the regular Tiger 800?

Makes it cheaper more like.

I doubt the bike will be any less robust than the F800GS and I'm gonna get one as soon as they're released. This bike is the only reason why I haven't ordered the 1200 Tenere right now.

So... where's the serious Photoshop work? :deal

Damn, you beat me to it! I hear South Park is looking for an animator though.

mmmmmm, tires
 

Ahem, my bike has Metzler Karoo MCE,s, nice, but it looks like it will take the Mefo Explorer and the Mitas e-09. A Tiger with real tire choices, GIGGIDI!

It does look like the F800GS but....
 

Looks are only skin deep. Right? So far, I like what I see :clap

Two main likes: 1) Thinner than the F800GS. 2) It will probably be less expensive. :D

I demo'd the F800GS and thought it was pretty good. Someone on here said it was soul'ess. I would have to agree with that. It didn't feel fun. Seeing the Tiger on a dirt track, it looked like the guys were having fun with it :clap

If it comes with a 6-gallon tank (we can wish can't we?), that would be pretty fantastic in my book...

Can't wait to see it in person...

Hmmm £7300 for the stock bimmer...£695 for the trippy puter and ABS package...£1000 for panniers.... Triumph have a nasty habit of giving the panniers away with Tigers....Here's hoping :D

I ride an 1150GS Adventure at home...just spent 11 days touring Britain on an 800GS and LOVED it. It was like riding a scooter!

I find it a bit odd that people want such a light-weight bike with such a huge tank. According to my Googling, a gallon of gasoline can weigh up to 6lbs, so you'd be adding in the range of 36lbs in fuel to the bike. I guess no point fretting over the weight of a few nuts and bolts here and there.

I'd like to take all 4 of them for a ride :wink:

1. You don't have to fill the tank.

2. It's only a 4.7G tank.

3. That means it's only going to add about 12 lbs over a 2.7gallon tank.

4. Most riders would lose more weight than that if they rode to the gym every other day.

5. The tank has an anti-gravity plate underneath it, so it doesn't matter.

My point was in related to comments wishing the bike to be 350lbs with a 6 gallon tank. If you want a 350lbs bike, it doesn't make much sense to add 35lbs of fuel to it. Personally, I would like it to have a 6 gallon tank so it has good range, but if the bike was 450lbs, I'd be fine with that as well.

Wife of new Tiger800 owner caught on tape...

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DW

Can't wait to see if this bike is any good. Looks interesting, that's for sure.

...but you don't have to keep the tank full. :deal

Cheers John! This is the sort of news that we need to hear! Innovations that match USPs to KRAs!!

PS can you tell NASA?

Don't bother. NASA supplied the technology in the first place...well, after they reverse-engineered it from the UFO they got from the Roswell crash site. Funny story, there: Seem's the "aliens" in the Roswell incident were from our own future and had used a wormhole to travel back to pick up a Tiger 800 because is was just so far advanced over what they had. Unfortunately, they hit a spatial distortion and ended up crashing in New Mexico back in the '40's....and now Triumph is using the technology from that crashed UFO to build the Tiger 800, which will in turn cause a sudden increase in mankind's technological advancements, which will in turn lead to the technology that will allow time travel, which will allow the future "aliens" to travel back and crash in Roswell, which.....well, you get the idea.

No really, it's true. Just ask the Iron Mountain Dwarves, they'll tell you.

The problem is that BMW is now putting someone in a cryogenic chamber to stop the aliens from coming back in time to steal the Tiger, which accidentally creates the Tiger, so by now, he must be attempting to damage their time travel device. Which is actually caused them to miss their mark, land in Roswell and accidentally create the Tiger in the first place.

I'm afraid, General, we have a situation with multiple interlaced time loops.

I've been to the Roswell crash site and it was an ethereal experience. My Chi got all messed up due to what I assuming were discordant invisible lines of flux. Now I am beginning to understand why.

looking at this picture, that is not a lot of ground clearance the center stand is hanging lower then the rear sprocket.
the skid-plate is lower the the front rotor

The force fields handle any ground clearance problems.

Does it come with a bullshit deflector ? Reading this thread it needs one !:D

I'll have know that all information here comes from good authority and no one has been able to disprove anything written thus far about the new Triumph Tiger 800 DS. :D

UMMM.........anybody from the last Triumph 800 thread, the Jo Mamma boys, happen to know where I can find the "Triumph Product Roll-out Map". You know, the map of the bikes they'll add and refresh over the next couple of years? I've been going through the last thread but ca't seem to find it anymore?!

BTW....Nice beak, headlights and windscreen on the New Tiger. STAY ON TOPTIC.......STAY ON TOPIC........:D

I like the way you boys are taking this remaining thread so seriously. Carry on...

We do what we can. Thanks.