2021 Triumph Tiger 850 Sport Review | Daily Rider
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2021
- 2021 Triumph Tiger 850 Sport Review | Daily Rider
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Too cheap to splurge on Triumph’s up-spec Tiger 900 lineup, but you want high-end features and a powerful engine? The Tiger 850 Sport could be your machine. Saddle up with Zack as he finds out where it sits on the DR leaderboard.
SPECS:
MSRP: $11,995
Engine: 888 cc inline triple
Measured weight: 478 lb. / 217 kg
Fuel tank: 5.3 gal. / 20 liters
Seat height: 31.9 - 32.7 in. / 810 - 830 mm
Claimed power: 84 hp @ 8,500 rpm
Claimed torque: 60 foot-pounds @ 6,500 rpm
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@@bryanschwabenland6657 Kullo 0oa
If you've to do light touring (3-4 hours) with a passenger on would you prefer a Tiger 660 over a Tiger 850? I feel they make more or less the same power.
These are by far the best motorcycle reviews on the internet.
yeah, its so nice Zach and Ari are back :-)
Could not agree more!
You've probably never heard of FortNine
@@FelipeGonzalez-bc4xe and the two motorcycle reviews FortNine does each year ...his reviews are great. Lots of love goes into themamd I love his unique format. They’re too infrequent.
There are really only a handful of channels that compete with what this series does. The closest would be from Adam Waheed (however that is spelled) over at motorcyclist magazine but ... that guy can’t speak for 45 seconds without slurping saliva back into his talk hole and it makes me nauseous. He sounds like Gail The Snail from Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Could be a great guy, but his job is to speak and he does it in a disgusting way.
@@FelipeGonzalez-bc4xe FortNine and 44 Teeth are also sweet i agree :-) but FortNine just makse so few videos :-(
Zach always starts these things like he’s in a library and doesn’t want to get scolded
Zack.
We are never tired of hearing you talk.
I like how you think we are being inconvenienced with longer content. Your reviews are outstanding!
Always love watching when you head through the residential areas and seeing all the parked cars from the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s! Here in Canada some of us live with road salt that brings an untimely death to all cars of that era. Great seeing the old JDM’s and muscle cars from days gone by.....😌
From a Michigan/Ohioan with saltfucked roads I always think the same thing!! Always on the lookout for the clean older cars haha
I have a 25 year old, 300000 mile van with virtually no rust. Southwest is good on metal.
That’s what I kept thinking when I visited LA. Chicago uses so much salt that it affects the salinity of Lake Michigan. So cool to see how cars can survive for decades without all the salt.
I just love the new t-plane crank engine that adds a throbbing, burbling character to the hallmark whistle of the Hinckley triple. Very unique & distinctive. Some reviewers questioned the move, saying it's probably the first time a bike manufacturer had unbalanced their engine for no mechanical gain... but seriously, if it feels this good it can't possibly be wrong!
Mine is everything I could ever want from the 900 but with none of the farkles -- the closest to perfect compromise I could hope for in the interest of lower cost.
What does this reviewer mean when he says the bike feels disconnected?
@@blaiseducdaumont1280same question for me
Thx for being such an honest and eloquently down-to-earth reviewer ✊🏽✌🏽🔥🙏🏽
I really look forward to these and my Sunday morning coffee. One of the hilights of my week. Thank you sir.
Best reviews available are from Zach.
Love your chipper and upbeat demeanor Thank you.
Love these videos!!!!!!!!! Zach you bring joy to the slow MN winters
Zack, really value your reviews. Best I've found. I have the Tiger RP so I just wanted to comment on one of your thoughts here. I have the same mirrors, and really hated them. I agree on the positioning, it's very good. It's the mounting hardware that let me down. Any little bump with my arm would knock them loose, and extremely difficult to keep them tight. I recently switched to a Ram mount style and could not be happier. Keep up the great work!
Thank you for the good review especially with no music in the background. Your review helped me decide buy this bike. Well detailed review. Thank you from India
Zack really convinced me on the high leaderboard ranking on this bike. So much so that I just bought a '22 demo from my local dealer.
The best bike reviews on the net. It’s appreciated.
Love those triples ! Takes me back to my ol’79 Yamaha special!
I just took one of these for a test ride. I loved it!!!! Your review is awesome!!!
Yup! I loved it so much that bought it. For me, an excellent daily ride!
Once again I enjoyed another informative review. In my opinion it would’ve just pipped 2nd spot, but it’s all subjective! Keep up the good work and ride safely!
I think this is an amazing bike. But personally I’d spend the extra $3k for the 900 GT and get all the good extras like 7” tft, heated grips, cruise control, extra ride modes, better suspension, nicer colors. The GT pro is more for the people that do a couple 1k mile road trips a year. I prefer the standard GT just go out and crush miles every day having fun with comfort on your favorite back roads. Maybe a nice trip here and there.
Yeah, through the whole video, I was trying to figure out who this bike was for. It seems like there’s a better option no matter what your priorities are.
I just bought a 900 RP. Confirmation bias and all but this is a great bike. Triumph has done a great job with the fueling and engine. The sound is different but so is the inline 3, I think that gives it character. The noise and vibration are enough to let you know you are on a triumph and it feels good. This is a really good platform. On the RP at least, quality is very good, quality materials and thoughtfully made.
Loving the Daily Rider series! It would be epic if Zach got a chance to review the Tiger 900 GT Pro.
I got to ride it a few months back! Hell of a ride and premium in every sense of the word
Zack, great review! Always have a soft spot for ADV bikes as they're very practical. Please review Kawasaki's Ninja 1000SX!! Much love from the east coast.
Sounds like a slight gear-up and different tires, and this would be a fabulous do-it-all keeper. I've had a Speed 1050 for a few years and it's be very reliable, has sweet fueling, power whenever/wherever you need it, great mpg (when you want to), and a sound that never gets tiring. Nice to live with. The Sport is a great option in a very competitive segment. Tracer 9 GT next! Thanks for the great review.
Great review Zack, but man, it's weird hearing this bike constantly be referred to as "low-end" in so many ways when it starts at $12,000 lol
The best reviews for us normal driving to work everyday people!!
Excellent review and a brilliant result for Triumph, I would have some heated grips fitted should I actually buy this machine then you would have an all season ride.
Great review as always Zach! I honestly don't think a motorcycle journalist can review a Cruisinart blender without saying the word "Panigale".
Great review and questions and answers.Dank nooner!
Looks like a excellent daily rider. Also I wonder if there will be a tune to get it up to par with the other 900’s. And the price is decent, would love to rip on one!!
Your reviews are awesome! Big like.
Kudos for the leader board ! Thank you
Great review Zach as always but can you bring back the old leader board format with the X/Y axis 4 quadrant display. It's really a good way to display how the different bikes compare, more meaningful than the single hard to read list... Come to think of it, the whole thing would be awesome if it were two to three times the size.
My RZ 350 reigned in the cool X axis. Never to be exceeded.
Excellent in depth review.Enjoyed watching.does the Tiger 850 sport have better engine , dynamics and braking than BMW 900xr.
I wished it had the Cruise control.
Better than bmw 900xr ?
I love the urban dirt testing at 20:00
i'm a bit surprised that your unhidden "bias" against the 180 parallel twin (Versys 650) VS this Triple engine wouldn't have qualified this bike to win over the Versys. But well done! And thank you, as always, for the enjoyable, in depth and fair/honest reviews! Take care Sir!
Really like these reviews.
For $12k, Triumph could have included cruise control on this bike.
My fault with the Tiger 900's was how much the bike cost and the upgrades were equally so. Them offering a lower spec and slightly less expensive bike wasn't the real answer in my opinion. A lot of other ADV bikes for the same money or less with more power and standard features... Africa Twin.
Absolutely that seems like a really purposeful omission to try and push people to buy the more expensive models.
@@blakethornsbrough1528 MSRP for the Tiger Sport 850 is 12k USD. Which Bikes offer a better feature set at that price point ?
@@Child3k my comment wasn't about what bikes are available for the same money as the 850 sport. It's base. The 900 however is too expensive for the starter models and then the pro models which have the specs people want are ludicrous. To your point you can get a Yamaha Tracer 900 GT for about the same money and it comes factory with cruise, heated grips and luggage. Still a triple, will spend the same amount of time off road and makes way way more power than the 850 sport.
This has to be a bare bones bike. If cruise control why not quick shifter etc etc. It looks like better value than, say, the 700 Tenere.
I'm going to have to try this and the 900 GT to see if it's worth upgrading from my Tiger 800. I like the new look even if it's quite similar. Good review.
If nothing else, I think the new T-plane crank configuration sounds absolutely fantastic, it's like no other engine I've ever heard.
Hey Zack! Just thought I’d write to verify that weird tire noise you mention. I bought my Tiger 850 mid-December but had yet to take it on an actual long ride. So yesterday some buddies of mine and I did just that, up around Lake Berryessa up I\here in NoCal. At higher speeds, say 50+ , in the twisties, sure enough, there was this weird ...whine? Growl? Dunno. Nowhere near the skill set of you, but I noticed it most in tighter corners. Weird tires, but they work like a charm on road shoulders and gravely highway. Love the bike!
“It’s an 80hp bike, it’s not going to pump off that much heat”
Objection your honor, from a Ducati Scrambler owner…
That's an air cooled engine.
@@anxiousappliance thanks, Acktually Guy! I’ve been waiting 2 years for someone to point that out 🤓
@@BadDriverrr De Nada You're the guy with an engine that depends in dissipating heat into the air - mentioning it dissipates heat into the air. Hard to tell what that about. I mean - water is wet. LOL
Great videos and thorough content..just one thing,though. How is it that you have such light traffic? Is this Sunday morning at 8:00 or something?
Thanks for nice review! Consider buying it. Is it suits for 6.2 height?
Funny that your first comment was "Kinda lumpy, ain't it?" That was my first thought when I took one out after the Speed Triple. Didn't think I'd care for it, but it took like two minutes before I completely forgot about that and settled into "This is something I could ride every day." It's not as exciting as the Speedy or Rocket, but it just feels dependable and forgiving. That goofy tach was my biggest complaint, and that the default screen was low-contrast in full sun.
My partner just bought one. She is a bit of a technophobe and just wants something that is fun to ride and can eat km’s. We also have to ride 7km of forestry trail to ride to get to and from the house to the tar seal. She is also only 5’4” so the Tiger 850 sport is her goldilocks bike
I’ll hazard a guess that handling would be much improved by changing tires. My Rally Pro’s stock tires felt okay when new but delivered an increasingly vague ride as they wore, and by the time they had 3000 miles on them I got sick of them and switched to a different tire. Transformed the bike.
One of the best reviews
Nice Bike. Hope u review the Tiger 900 GT Pro as well.
I like that it only has the two ride modes. Shame no cruise though.
ABS and cruise in my opinion and experience are the only two things a bike needs. Power modes are handled by the wrist and brain..my 0.02
Another great review!!
¡Muy entretenidos tus videos, Vir! Inmejorable promoción para esa moto, que acá en México también se vende. Saludos.
great review. made me get one myself.
My old pops said " ride like youre invisible young TJ and you will be the best rider ever " so that's what I did and het, I'm still riding today. Ride like they're drunk and high and you will live forever 👍
Are you going to review the Vstrom 650 ? Kudos to your excellent review
Great reviews , Cheers
Great short term reviews. For long term try The Missenden Flyer.
I like your "approachable" comments. I'm of my KTM 1290 at every stop sign. Your series is a must view for me as soon as it comes out. Very very interested to see if the new 2021 KTM 1290 will knock the Ducati off the top when it comes out.
great review, is a v85tt, tracer GT and tiger 900 comparison in the works?
Funny that you mention this bike would be better served with the Trident 660 engine, since next week Triumph is officially unveiling the Tiger 660 Sport. Hope to see a review of that one.
Great review. Thanks!!
In 2005 i was living in Ireland and with a couple of friends i went to Bikeworld in Dublin. Saw a Tiger 955i 2002 model for sale if i remember right. It could also have been the 1050i. I am 6ft 7in and i was standing next to it. The top of the seat was about 3-4 inches above my inseam. It was a beauty of a bike, but the later years it seems the bikes are much lower in the seat height from what i have seen.
Strange that my Tiger 900 Rally Pro came with thinly-disguised street tires, but the 850 Sport actually comes with a more dirt-oriented tire. I replaced mine after a few thousand miles with Dunlop TrailMax Mission tires, and they are all the difference in the world on dirt, but still pretty dang good on the highway. No issues with engine heat for me (here in SoCal as well), even riding in 100+ temps last summer. I'm ok with the TFT screen, except for the universally-disliked tach. They do need to come up with a better solution there. Overall, I absolutely love the bike!
Triumph could solve that problem with a software update as it's a TFT display. I REALLY wish they would. It's one of the main drawbacks of the display they have. Look to the GS for an example of how to do it right.
Pretty good bike. I agree that triumph should do something with the trident engine in an ADV frame. All the manufacturers are always going up with their ADV models 790 to 890, etc because sports touring is selling hot and you look a bit more rugged because you could off-road. I want a new 500-600cc ADV. Cheers
One of the few things I look forward to on UA-cam- DailyRider with Zack🤩
You should review the Honda 750X DCT. I’m about to buy a 2021 model as soon as the arrive in the U.S. you would help a lot of people with their decision!
Super review brother ❤ 🎉
I m confused between bmw850gs or this bike wich one will be better to buy.
The only thing that would have me looking at the 900 is the cruise control. Had the 850 Sport had cruise it would have been the perfect budget tourer, great for short/newer riders to compared to the mighty T7.
The ecu is not locked, you can fully change or modify fueling maps with tune ecu.
Can't wait for a review of new Tracer 7 and 9 :)
Two suggestions:
1) It would be cool if you used an infrared thermometer on the engine at the end of the ride. For a daily rider, the heat coming off the engine can be a real benefit or boon (I'm looking at you, Ducati scramblers).
2) The key to not blowing your voice out is the warm down. When you're finished yelling into a helmet for a half hour or so, do some cool down exercises to keep your voice healthy. Ask a metal singer, they know.
No worries on the engine heat. I have a 900 Rally Pro, and wasn't bothered in the least riding it last summer here in SoCal, even when the temps were over 100 degrees...
Good video man!
I get between 50 and 55 on my 2021 tiger 900 GT pro and oh yes the michelin anakee adventure tires are great in traction and loud as hell
Like your gloves. What is it? All the best!
7:50 tire noise from the Michelin Anakee Adventure. I had a set of Michelin Anakee 3 on my Scrambler Desert Sled, and those tires would "sing" at about 50-60 mph!
Would love to see Triumph make an ADV with their 765 triple.
Hello! Vibrations can be reduced with some kind of absorbent material on the handle or some part of this? tks friend! good videos
personally i wish that Triumph would have released this bike first before the 900 line. I know they did it because of the market demand but it seems so backwards to me, and i own a 900 Rally Pro. I love all the features of the 900 but would have been just as happy with the 850 sport. Having heated grips and a heated seat just means i get to ride in colder conditions, but that could be argued with just having better gear. I just noticed too that the 850's don't come with hand guards as standard, that also helps a lot with weather and longer rides.
Very interesting. Similar engine size to the desert sled, power specs, but more of a full "adventure bike" in a way. Same price just about, and a similar in weight. Very different seeming bikes, though.
Maybe I’ve missed something, but you forgot to mention that the power output on the 850 is less than the 900, don’t remember by how much, despite having the same engine. In Europe it’s aimed at beginners (A2 license). The mirrors were plucked from the 2016 Tigers. Great evaluation and video, as usual. Cheers from Brazil.
18:08 he does mention.
Good looking Adv!
I have the Versys 650GT, bought new 3 years ago and done 28000 miles on it. Thinking of changing and watched this video as, being British, it would be kinda nice to buy the Triumph. However at the end you say the Versys is still a better Daily Rider. And that was the old model, the 2022 has the TFT dash, traction control, an easily adjustable screen, sharper styling. Looks like another Versys 650 for me.
180 deg crank though 🙄
Love that jacket.
I miss the old bikes that were really smooth and linear down low and didnt have such an on off snatchy throttle, other than that the new bikes have alot of really awesome features
I noticed noise from the Anakee Adventures after installation on my V Strom but it all but disappeared after about 1000 kilometres
I love Triumph's triple engine! Which competitors bike would you rate as "connected" in feel as opposed to this bike??
I think Triumph make a point of the lower power output (and locked ECU) because the 850 is A2 (Euro licence) compliant while the Tiger 900 is not.
That's exactly why we need a grading system. The new klr would rank it.
Very nice review but I'm surprised that the Kawasaki Versys 650 LT beat out Triumph Tiger 850 Sport given Triumph's beautiful triple engine!
What tires would you recommend for all road use, no off road at all?
Makes me feel leery of the new 900s, I love my 2018 tiger 800 and was thinking about upgrading. Maybe not.
When is GS coming? Surely top of the pile?
Been rooting for this bike for a while. Quick question tho, can you add cruise control to it as an accessory from Triumph?
as far as I know and, after some calls to Triumph here in the UK, they seem not to offer it😂
now the Versys 1000 SE please :D
we need to dethrone the Duc
This Tiger 850 or the BMW 850GS....hmm what to buy?
The new Versys 650 has a TFT screen too.
What is the best sprocket setting for long highway use?
Miss my 800xc 2015 the paint work on the new ones I find ugly, but of course it’s not the the color that should choose the bike.
Great vid but what the heck are those stop lines all about? They seemed to just be on a straight road and not at a junction
Any thoughts on this bike vs a low milage Africa Twin?
Great Video a always!
Just one little thing: the engine is not quite the same as the tiger 900. The 900 makes 10 more hp (95 instead of 85) and a bit more torque.
Yea they’ve just re-tuned the 850 for a bit more around town practical power.
You were gushing about the Versys 650 back when you were doing UA-cam Videos for Motorcyclist.