Triumph Tiger 1200 XCA
A big mile muncher with a taste for fast open trail riding
The Tiger 1200 XCA is Triumph’s biggest adventure offering. It gets a set of spoked wheels replacing the XR’s cast items, plus an extra offroad riding mode, engine protection bars and an aluminium bash plate While it looks super-rugged and is more than capable of fast fire tracks and easy greenlanes, it’s not as hardcore off-road as its competitors here, and lacks a big fuel tank, too. It’s well spec’d though, with the same level of rider aids as the roadtargeted Tigers and is a real joy onroad. On gravel trails it’s a peach, too. Selecting the off-road mode gives you ABS on the front but not the rear, and enough traction control to slide the rear before the electronics bring it nicely back into line, giving you the confidence to play around with the available traction. Just don’t get too enthusiastic as it bottoms out easily if you get airborn. More road focused than it’s peers, but if that doesn’t bother you, it’s a great alternative.