Comments for Triumph Tiger 1050 at http://adventurebikerider.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://adventurebikerider.com Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://adventurebikerider.com/home/42-adventure/79-triumph-tiger.html#comment-979 I've been rifing Tigers for 5 or 6 years, originally the 955 and the 1050 for the last 3 years. Really great bikes for ahandling all weather riding. Extremely reliable overall, although like all big powerful machines they eat brake pads. Handling is fantastic for such big machines, they have maasive road presence but slide through traffic like like a much smaller machine. Downsides: get a bigger better chain. I had the production one snap after a nasty winter, which was expensive. They really ought to fit a high spec DID chain off the production line to such a high torque bike. Electrics go a bit in very cold weather. I think its the overall management system rather than any particular component but below about -4 the ignition becomes less reliable, although it tends to work eventually. Also the speedo readout can go totally bonkers, and not re-set for some time riding under normal conditions. Gebnreally though you are getting a very high quality build, and a great engine, on a beautifully balanced machine; the thing does what it says it should. - diddler Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:17:12 +0100