2018 Triumph Tiger 1200 pricing

Triumph’s four-bike range of updated big-bore Tiger 1200s – the Explorer moniker of the current range has been ditched – will go on sale from February 19, 2018, with the retail prices (excluding on-road costs) as follows:

Following current custom, the Tiger will be offered in two three-tiered guises: the off-road XC line made up of the standard XC, the XCX and the top-spec XCA; and the road-biased XR range comprising the base-model XR, the XRX and the range-topping XRT. On top of this, both variants are also available in low-seat versions.

Triumph Australia will not import the XR and XC base models.

The Tiger 1200 range was unveiled at the 2017 EICMA show in Milan, lighter by 10kg as well as gaining power and technology.

On the electronics side, it’s about as good as it gets these days with six-axis IMU-facilitated cornering ABS and traction control systems, as well as hill hold control and adaptive cornering lights.

The ride-by-wire throttle allows for six riding modes, including the Off-Road Pro (which disengaged rear ABS), there’s semi-active suspension, a quickshifter, backlit switchgear, heated grips, a full-colour TFT dash, electrically adjustable windscreen, cruise control and a keyless ignition.

According to Triumph, the weight loss is a result of chassis, engine and bodywork updates, though presumably a good chunk of it is thanks to the new Arrow exhaust constructed of titanium and carbon fibre, which also accounts for a new note.

The braking is looked after by Brembo and the semi-active suspension is the work of WP.

The XRT and XCA models will be the first to go on sale on February 19, with XRX and XCX availability to be advised.

Meanwhile, there are savings of up to $5500 to be had on the current Tiger Explorers. Click here for more information.