Coming soon: Triumph Tiger Sport 800

Triumph’s popular Tiger range is getting a fresh addition for 2025 in the shape of this new Tiger Sport 800. Covering the spectrum from sporty tourers, commuter friendly tall-rounders and all the way to adventure sports and full-on off-roaders there is a Tiger model to suit all tastes, the all-triple powered line-up going from 660cc to 1200cc in a variety of frame, suspension and wheel configurations.
At first glance this can get a bit confusing, but in short the new Tiger Sport 800 looks based on the foundations of the entry-level Tiger Sport 660 with its matched 17-inch wheels and shorter-travel suspension but with a new longer-stroke version of the revvier motor in the Street Triple 765 good for a spicy sounding 115 horsepower at over 10,000rpm. Stick with us…

This is distinct from the more ‘road adventure’ optimised Tiger 850 and Tiger 900, which have torquier engines, longer-travel suspension, bigger 19-inch front wheel configuration and a different frame and swingarm combo. While it’s less powerful than the big 1200s it’s also, on paper, the sportiest of all the Tigers given its smaller wheels, standard quickshifter and new tech like cornering ABS and traction control. Where the existing Tiger 850 can be bought in detuned A2 licence form the new 800’s extra power rules that option out.

As such it looks aimed squarely at bikes like the critically acclaimed Yamaha Tracer 9, likewise powered by a revvy and powerful triple and with a spec sheet Triumph looks to have matched on pretty much a like-for-like basis.
With a starting price of £10,995 the Triumph even undercuts the Yamaha by a symbolic couple of hundred quid, though it’ll take a more forensic examination of their respective spec sheets to deduce which looks the better deal in terms of bang for buck.

Standard features for the Triumph include that quickshifter, aforementioned cornering ABS/traction, cruise control, LED lights, Bluetooth connectable instrument display, adjustable screen and fully adjustable Showa forks and rear suspension unit with tweakable rebound and preload, the latter via a handy remote hydraulic adjustor to quickly set the bike up when swapping between solo riding or with a pillion and/or luggage. Beyond that there are plenty of accessories to choose from, including factory panniers, heated grips, slip-on Akrapovič silencer, various carbon goodies and more.
We’ll be riding the bike in the new year so stay tuned for a full review, customer bikes due in dealers from March and just in time for the 2025 riding season…