
12 Oct 2011
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Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, England
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Originally Posted by wildbeeste
I have a Triumph XC. Brilliant bike/engine. Would not dream of taking it off road - just a few gravel and dusty trails. It replaces my trusty 1150GS and 1200GSA.
It easily kept up with multistradas et al on twisties and they do not get away on the straights either. Fuel consumption/tank size would preclude it from being a serious round the world contender.
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I bought my XC back in March and have since put around 7,500 miles under its tyres. I specifically bought this bike for over-landing, in particular, a trip to China that I am planning.
As I had never been properly off-road before, I joined up with a few like-minded souls in my region (East Anglia) and have now been off-road on the XC on several occasions. During the second outing through Thetford Forest, I dropped the bike in deep sand – the fault lies with me for my inability and the (Bridgestone) tyres that are OE on the bike which are not really suited to proper off-road riding. The bike itself crashed very well with just a couple of scuffs on the hand-guard and mirror… I suffered a little more with a broken foot!
Regarding your comment on the fuel economy of the bike: I was also achieving figures of around 45 mpg for the first couple of months on the bike until I read a review in MCN stating that over 60 mpg was achievable! I have now changed my riding style in order to get as much mileage per gallon as possible. On a 140-mile ride up north at a steady 70 mph with I was achieving 62 mpg and I am sure that, if I could have carried on, this figure would have risen. This gives a projected fuel range of 250 miles from the 4-gallon tank. With day-to-day use as a commuter on the 30-mile round trip up and down the A14, I am still getting around 55 mpg. It is only when I am riding in town or hooning around the back lanes that the economy drops back down to the mid-40s.
All-in-all, the Tiger 800XC is a very capable bike and, in my opinion, up to the job of taking its rider around the World with ease. Triumph hasn’t tried to over engineer the bike and, as such, it ticks all of the boxes for me. Because of the lack of electronic dooh-dads and their focus on building a capable all-rounder, I think that they have hit the mark perfectly. For their first attempt at a serious multi-purpose bike, it is a job well done!
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