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- APC Rally 2014
- Industry Players: Janice and Greg Jansen
- Pretoria To Cape Town
- Special Group
- Ol’ Mate
- Reader’s Pic
- Trek Tasmania
- Radiator Guards
- Triumph 800XC Tiger
- Kawasaki KLR650 New Edition
- BMW G 650 GS Sertão
- Packing For Adventure with Robin Box
- ADVX with John Hudson
- How To Ride with Miles Davis
- Scott Britnell’s KTM 690RFR
- DualSport Australia
- Good Points with Karen Ramsay
- Reader’s Ride: Southern Tassie
- Wish You Were Here
- KTM 640 Adventure with Craig Hartley
- Ten Minutes With: Toby Price
- Reader’s Bike: Rowan Carroll’s XTZ660 Ténéré
- Checkout
There aren’t too many bikes around that can compete with Triumph’s Tiger 800XC when it comes to putting the sport in dualsporting.
Of the British bike manufacturers, Triumph has probably the most envied reputation. There’s a lot of history associated with the marque, especially after the current, very successful Triumph company rose from the depths of bankruptcy in 1983. In fact, going broke and then becoming hugely successful seems to be almost a mark of pride among motorcycle manufacturers these days.
Whatever. Triumph, for all its fans, is the bike Steve McQueen rode and the bike that gave British motorcycles credibility. It’s still the largest British bike manufacturer, the bikes from the modern era are as sexy as hell, and best of all, Triumph has the in-line, threecylinder motor that’s an absolute, 14-carat-gold screamer. It’s the heart of the Tiger 800XC.
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