A little over a year after revealing the Tiger Sport 800, Triumph has now unveiled a more long-distance and passenger-friendly variant of the lightweight road-focused tall-rounder, called the Tiger Sport 800 Tour.
- Tiger Sport 800 Tour has 106 litres of combined storage
- It weighs 14kg more than the standard bike
- It’s mechanically identical to Tiger Sport 800
Triumph Tiger Sport 800 Tour: Even more road-trip and pillion-friendly
Gets a lot of official accessories as standard but weighs quite a bit more
The Tour variant gets official Triumph accessories such as colour-matched panniers and a top box with passenger backrest, a comfort seat, knuckle guards, a centre stand and heated grips as standard while remaining mechanically identical to the standard Tiger Sport 800. As a result of all these additions, the Tiger Sport 800 Tour weighs 232kg, which is 14 kilos more than the standard model. However, the combined 106 litres of luggage-carrying capacity between the top box (49 litres) and the panniers (57 litres) is a significant advantage on a motorcycle like this.
The rest of the bike is mechanically similar to the standard model, with its 798cc 3-cylinder liquid-cooled engine making 115hp at 10,750rpm and 84Nm of torque at 8,500rpm. The tubular steel chassis and respectable, but not overcomplicated, suite of electronics are all carried forward from the Tiger Sport 800 as well. The Tour variant is available in two colours – blue/black and red/black – with a few golden highlights on its familiar bodywork.
In international markets, the Tiger Sport 800 Tour will be available from February 2026. As for when it will come to the Indian market, it’s a different story; even the standard Tiger Sport 800 is not yet on sale here more than a year after its launch. Currently, Bajaj, which handles Triumph’s Indian operations, is working on downsizing the 400cc Speed and Scrambler models to just below the 350cc limit so as to benefit from the recent GST 2.0 regime, which taxes bikes under 350cc at 18 percent compared to 40 percent for bikes above 350cc.
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Vishal Venugopal
