Triumph’s Tiger 900 is an inline-triple powered middleweight adventure motorcycle that competes with BMW’s F 900 GS and KTM’s 890 Adventure. For 2024, Triumph has increased peak horsepower from 93.7 to 106.5—a 13 percent improvement. Is that for it to move to the head of the class? We rode Tiger 900 GT Pro and Tiger 900 Rally Pro in Southern Spain to find out.
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00:00 Triumph has given its 2024 Tiger 900 13% more horsepower.
00:05 Is that enough to thrust it in the spotlight?
00:08 We're here in sunny southern Spain to find out.
00:10 Triumph's Tiger 900 has always sat in the shadow of its KTM, BMW, and even Ducati competition.
00:18 But why is that?
00:19 Could it be because it's a little bit down on power compared to the other models?
00:22 Well, it looks like Triumph thinks so.
00:25 So for 2024, they have increased the power significantly on these two bikes.
00:30 We've got the Tiger 900 GT Pro and the Tiger 900 Rally Pro.
00:36 There's also a GT standard model, but we didn't have that model here to test.
00:40 Let's talk about the engine.
00:41 In the 23 model was awesome, but it was a little bit down on power.
00:45 And now it comes on with a lot more juice, 13% more.
00:49 So now it has 106.7 horsepower and 66.4 pound feet of torque.
00:57 On the road, you can really, really use that extra power.
01:01 It's got a lot more over rev.
01:02 It makes most of its new power on top.
01:04 It hasn't dropped anything down below.
01:07 On the road, you can really rev it out now and it really comes on strong on the top.
01:11 But it still has that nice torquey character that's kind of always had is twin like,
01:16 but also with the ferocity and readiness of a triple.
01:20 On the off-road, it works great too.
01:22 You're not always up in those upper rev ranges all the time.
01:25 You're kind of torquing around, but it's always been good at the off-road
01:28 because it does act like a parallel twin.
01:30 It does have a real torquey, nice character.
01:33 But then when you really want to wick it up on some nice fire roads, it rips.
01:37 There's multiple chassis for you to choose from on this motorcycle.
01:42 You've got the GT Pro, you've got the Rally Pro, and you've got the GT.
01:46 So GT Pro is obviously more street oriented.
01:48 It's got a 19-inch front wheel, a 17-inch rear wheel, cast wheels,
01:52 lower seat height, lower suspension.
01:55 It's got 170 millimeters of travel.
01:57 It still has off-road modes and it has all the things you need.
02:00 Overall, pretty good.
02:01 But there are some issues with it.
02:03 It does have a heavy turn-in.
02:06 Kind of wants to push when it's finishing up a corner if you're riding really hard.
02:09 I think that all comes down to the roads we were on.
02:12 Sometimes not the best maintained.
02:14 They're dirty, they're slick.
02:16 I'd really like to get this model back in California on some nice sticky tarmac and
02:21 see how it handles.
02:22 But on the other hand, the Rally Pro, this thing is a masterpiece on and off-road.
02:28 Even with its 21-inch front tire with spoked wheels, the chassis on this one, longer travel,
02:33 240 millimeters front and rear, manually adjustable.
02:37 So you're going to have to do all your adjustments by hand.
02:40 The road following on this longer suspension travel, especially on the bumpy kind of back
02:46 roads where you're bouncing around, this follows the road really well on the pavement.
02:50 And it's really confidence-inspiring.
02:52 And on the stock tires that it comes with, it's really, really good on the road.
02:56 Super confidence-inspiring and super communicative.
02:58 And you know what it's doing all the time.
03:00 It's just a street ripper.
03:02 For the off-road sections, it is really, really, really fun.
03:06 Same character on the road.
03:08 It's easy to flick around.
03:10 It's easy to throw in the corners.
03:11 It just kind of goes exactly where you want it off-road.
03:15 Like you can really pick and choose your lines.
03:17 It's probably one of the funnest motorcycles I've ridden off-road because it's just so
03:22 light and so flickable.
03:24 So number three are the ergonomics.
03:26 Like we said, there's three variants of the Tiger 900.
03:29 And those ergonomics on these two bikes can suit what you are looking for, for the most
03:34 part.
03:35 900, you've got the low seat height.
03:37 You're kind of sitting in the bike.
03:38 It's got a nice flat seat.
03:40 It's got a heated seat and heated grips standard, which is super rad.
03:44 It's got a comfortable reach of the bar.
03:46 They're nice and wide.
03:47 On the Raleigh Pro, the bars are set back 15 millimeters.
03:52 You've got obviously a taller seat height.
03:54 It's roomy.
03:54 There's tons of like seat to leg room.
03:57 You don't feel cramped in the bike.
03:58 Just really nice.
03:59 Number four are the electronics.
04:01 The electronics on this bike are good.
04:03 So you've got rider modes.
04:05 We've got a sport mode.
04:06 You've got a road mode.
04:08 You've got an off-road mode.
04:09 You've got a rain mode on the Raleigh Pro.
04:11 You've also got an off-road pro mode.
04:13 And all those modes are tied to trash control and ABS and throttle response.
04:18 And you go in, you can change those around.
04:20 But the standard modes are really good.
04:23 Sport mode, the power is snappy.
04:25 It's immediate.
04:26 On the GT Pro, the rear end stiffens up.
04:30 It becomes a more taut ride.
04:32 And the ABS is a little less intrusive.
04:36 Off-road mode, a little less immediate response.
04:40 You've got a trash control that works for the dirt.
04:43 It's optimized for the dirt.
04:45 Changes the ABS, turns the rear ABS off.
04:47 The new 7-inch TFT dash is bright.
04:52 It's clear.
04:52 It's the same one that's on the Tiger 1200.
04:55 And it's really easy to navigate with the thumb cube.
04:58 That's kind of triumphs had for quite a while.
05:01 What are our likes and dislikes?
05:03 The Raleigh Pro, there's really not much we don't like about it.
05:07 Maybe the 15-millimeter setback handlebar.
05:10 But everything else about this bike is fantastic.
05:14 GT Pro, handling is a little heavy, but it's not egregious and it's not terrible.
05:18 But if we're nitpicking, we can point out a few little things.
05:21 We can say that it takes a little more effort than we think it should.
05:24 And when it's finishing up a corner, if you're hard on the gas,
05:27 it likes to push itself a little bit wide.
05:29 But other than that, this thing is just as awesome as this.
05:32 Is for the dirt.
05:33 This is for the street.
05:34 But I think if you're going to go shopping and you're going to be looking at a Tiger,
05:38 you should really be looking at the Raleigh Pro.
05:41 The Tiger 900 definitely is a bike you should be looking at if you're shopping for a KTM 890,
05:47 Ducati Desert X, or a BMW F900 GS.
05:50 I absolutely recommend that it should be on your shortlist of middleweight adventure motorcycles.
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06:00 As always with adventure bikes, there's tons of comments, tons of questions.
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06:14 [00:05:00] [END OF AUDIO]