Tiger or Sprint ST

[Kilted Ginger]

I'm looking at getting something a bit more suitable for touring (espcially 2 up) but still quite fun, really like the look of the Tiger but I realise the St is also a popular choice. 955 0r 1050, I do prefer the newer Tiger but its a bit pricey

Just looking for opinions / experience, or is there anything else i should be looking at? Hopefully keeping the SV if i can wangle the finances, so it would be mailny a touring / 2 up toy and the sv would still be for everyday use.

Haven't ridden either yet, thats planned for the start of february.

Oh I've got a 650s pointy.

[Lozzo]

Don't even think about a Tiger unless you have an inside leg measurement over 32 inches, the seat height is rudicrously tall. When I am on them my feet are dangling in the breeze by a good 4 or5 inches each side when i try to put both feet down. I prefer the Sprint ST as it's a far better proposition as a road going sports/tourer. In either 955i or 1050 form they make great bikes.

[the_lone_wolf]

most of the tiger owners i know love them, and one of them is only about 5'6 - you can get a scooped out seat so don't let your inside leg measurment put you off if you like the way it rides

[Gazza77]

I'm looking at getting something a bit more suitable for touring (espcially 2 up) but still quite fun, really like the look of the Tiger but I realise the St is also a popular choice. 955 0r 1050, I do prefer the newer Tiger but its a bit pricey

Just looking for opinions / experience, or is there anything else i should be looking at? Hopefully keeping the SV if i can wangle the finances, so it would be mailny a touring / 2 up toy and the sv would still be for everyday use.

Haven't ridden either yet, thats planned for the start of february.

Oh I've got a 650s pointy.

I've never ridden a Tiger so can't really comment on that, but the ST is so much better for 2 up touring than the SV was it's untrue.

[stewie]

Apparently the ST is one of the few bikes to have bettered the viffer in touring guise.

[madness]

Apparently the old 955 is better on fuel than the 1050. I had a look at a couple of friends Sprint STs at Christmas and thought that I may end up with one in the future.

[chazzyb]

My curvy SV made way for a Tiger 955 nearly a year ago. I'm a short-**** - 28" inside leg. The older wire-wheel models (ie mine) have eccentric chain adjusters which can be turned round through 180 degress to drop the back about 40mm. Slide the forks through the yokes a bit (10mm here) and I can live with it (I do live with it!). Both stands ideally need shortening a bit, but I'll get around to that soon, any year now.

If I don't nail it everywhere, (we're still talking a good pace) it'll do over 50 mpg, so coupled with the 25 litre tank, gives 200+ miles before the low fuel light comes on, where it looks to still have 7 litres left. Brake pad wear rate is, um, interesting!

My only regret? I wish I'd kept the SV too.

[stewie]

Lot of good info in here http://www.t595.net/

[Supervox]

Ignore the Tiger (it's very, very, very ugly - and if this sort of bike appeals to you then do the decent thing and save until you enough for the BMW GS !!)

(no offence is meant to any Tiger owners - its just my opinion !!)

If you're buying new then I'd say wait until the new VFR makes its way to the showrooms.

If you can't, then I would strongly suggest a look at the VFR 800i (pre VTEC). Or, if you can handle the VTEC system (I couldn't - it just felt 'nasty' to me) then a bike that has gone past its 16k service may be worth a look - just remember that the 32k one is likely to be horrendously expensive too (16k circa £600)

[rictus01]

Whilst Supervox has a somewhat biased opinion (;)) I also do, the big triples are a dream for the road (having had 7 now, see told you I was biased:eek:), having been threw most other engine configurations I consisder them the best, whilst I'll agree the new Tiger's looks were "challenging" to get used to; it has grown on me (but not to the point of buying one), a decent enough bike in it's own right and can do just about all you'd want (unless you're being silly here and take it off road of course), but the Daddy for two up touring would be the ST, unless you're into the style thing and the underseat pipes, go for a late 955i engined one, sporty enough to play on and real world all day touring without the aches you'd expect, a fast bike but surprisingly effortless, and of course that triple heart is a peach.

the pre-vtec VFR's are good and capable of much the same, just felt a little more revy in comparison, so one at the right price maybe worth considering ( if of course you can't find a triple that is :mrgreen:).

If it was your only bike and you wanted it to do everything; then the tiger would be my choice, but if you were mostly doing two up or touring the ST it'd have to be in my book.

Cheers Mark.

[Alpinestarhero]

Every time i see a tiger, i like them more and more and more. The sprint dosn't do it for me, but the tiger looks like a really capable bike. And if the guy who I see every morning is to go by, they are pretty quick too!

I have some concern about how exposed the rear shock of the Tiger is, but then build quality can't be much worse than a suzuki anyway, so as long as your used to cleaning the SV and keep that up with a triumph, it'll probably last alot longer :lol:

I have a soft spot for VFR's because I love honda V4 engine's...but those valve clearence checks arn't the easiest on the V-TEC bikes and expensive (as said already). If you go VFR, the last incarnation of the 750 would be the one I would go for. Good looks, bullet proof engine and gear driven cams - no dodgy honda cam chain tensioners :lol: (ok, they can actually make them nowadays, but it is one less thing to worry about. although if you did get a ticking noise from the engine...you have every right to be extremly worried)

Matt

[Tiger 55]

A happy, happy choice you lucky, lucky man.

The new Tiger is gorgeous but reputedly with build quality at odds with the price. (Actually that just means it a Triumph so I'm not helping very much.)

I had a Sprint for 13 years but it was a T3 so that helps even less, but it was bloody great!

Oh, just get the Tiger.

Tiger, Tiger, Tiger. I just like the sound of it...

[wyrdness]

Every time i see a tiger, i like them more and more and more. The sprint dosn't do it for me, but the tiger looks like a really capable bike. And if the guy who I see every morning is to go by, they are pretty quick too!

I have some concern about how exposed the rear shock of the Tiger is, but then build quality can't be much worse than a suzuki anyway, so as long as your used to cleaning the SV and keep that up with a triumph, it'll probably last alot longer :lol:

They've got the same engine at the Speed Triple and IIRC are tuned for more torque, so they're definitely pretty quick.

You're right to be concerned about the rear shock. The Speed Triple really needs a hugger to keep the crap off the shock and, even then, it still gets filthy and is very hard to clean properly.

[Lozzo]

They've got the same engine at the Speed Triple and IIRC are tuned for more torque, so they're definitely pretty quick.

You're right to be concerned about the rear shock. The Speed Triple really needs a hugger to keep the crap off the shock and, even then, it still gets filthy and is very hard to clean properly.

The same can be said of every 1998 onwards model Triumph I've ever ridden or worked on - they all desperately need huggers

[Essex of Essex]

I vote for the ST; I love mine, currently a 1050 previously a 955 they are both great machines.