Nice review! Also an ex GS OWNER, have just bought a GT explorer. The handling through the corners is what sold it to me. It really is a riders bike, as you said.
I have the Tiger 900 GT Pro and love it. The only thing that worries me about the 1200's is picking the dam thing up if it goes down. I only dropped my 900 once on a field but I slipped a disc in my back picking it up. Also, Triumph servicing costs are ungodly and I do a ton of miles on my bike. Still I'm very tempted by a 1200 when the time comes to change my bike.
I've had one since September and I love it. You nailed all the key points. You mentioned road noise on your GS. The stock Karoo tires get noisy at about 60-65 but they're a good balance between road and off-road grip. I'm gonna run mine out and then think about another option when the time comes. Nice review!
Really enjoyed your video. I totally agree with you when you mentioned running out of roads on a sport bike. I left my Rocket III behind last year for a used Tiger 800XC. I never looked back. I doubled my riding opportunities here in the Pacific Northwest US and never worry about getting my precious bike dirty like I did with the Rocket lol.
Excellent review Si,the tiger will definitely be on my shortlist when it’s time to change the big German tractor,the triple engine sounds so good compared to the boxer👌
Another great review . AND a good description of the torque reaction at the rearwheel due to the T plane crank .[ which nearly all the motojournos don't understand ]. Hurrah ! Another string to your bow ! Yes , that IS the point of adv bikes for some of us . Belted Galloways ! Bonus ! I've fed, looked after , rounded up and cursed cows all my working life , so I enjoy a good steak from a traditional British breed .🐮 Triumph= tradition too . [long may it be so .] I can't wait for your opinion of the Harley Davidson Pan America . 🤔
Having recently purchased the 1200 GT PRO and loving it. I’m now thinking of taking this out on a test ride, just to satisfy my curiosity. Enjoyed your review as I’ve tried the GS and the Triumph has my vote every time.
Great review! Reminds me of my dad from Glasgow listening to you! He’s not with us anymore! Looking forward to more reviews. Greetings from Vancouver Canada.
Great review. Had mine for 9 months and love it. Did 550 miles in a day…fresh as a daisy at the end of it. Changing the geometry to compensate for the 21 inch wheel works. Watch out for the tyres if you get one. They go “off” very quickly and slide all over the place. Replacing them with Conti Trailattak 3’s as never go off-road.
Great review well presented video was surprised when I saw you only have less than 500 subscriber's keep making content like this you'll have plenty people watching
Great review of a luxury big tourer, old neighbour had one & I was always waiting on the invite to take it out- didnae happen 😢 Smashing looking bike with all mod cons
Great bike love it I would say that I bought the same bike out the same Glasgow shop went from a African twin to the tiger handles much better on the road and they have same wheels and tyres the bike has everything 😊
I haven’t really considered the Tiger 1200 because I thought it would be quite top heavy. I was actually in Triumph Glasgow the other day to have a sit on the 900 rally as I quite fancy that one. Will be looking to change my VFR800 next year so will be doing a few test rides over the summer to pick my next bike. So far the list of possibilities is the Tiger 900 rally pro, the Honda NT1100 and the BMW R1250GSA, might have to add the Tiger 1200 rally pro to that list as well now. Although I’m struggling to justify if the GSA and the Tiger 1200 is that much better than the 900 rally pro to justify the extra cost. Any way good vid 👍
Great review and totally concur with your view, why dont triumph do their own thing, all this RU-vid comparison stuff reminds me of the VW advert many moons ago, " if you want a Golf buy a Golf" want a GS buy one. Want something different buy a Multistrada or a Tiger..horses for courses !. Just remember if BMW hadn't set the bar so high all these other manufactures wouldn't be as good. I do think Triumph missed a trick by not keeping the straight triple, why would you jump from a twin to triple that thinks its a twin !.
Thanks RMG the T-Plane crank with the off set firing order behaves far better than a conventional triple in off road settings but your right the standard triple is awesome and still used widely in the Triumph range
Thanks Daddy it is a forestry track just past the Greenock cuts and comes out not far from Bridge of Weir, sure it is legal have ridden it a few times including a group of 40 of us :)
Thanks Klutchkickr thats kind of you to say :) I am using a GoPro Hero 5 black with the audio box accessory and a Purple Panda mic inside my lid hope that helps. Si
No one has ever shown that you can change the ride mode on the fly like the BMW, which was one of my concerns. Thank you for showing that! How was handling at very low speed?
The new Tiger 1200 is severely held back in the ride by wire tables. Sport mode, is similar to Rain mode would be on other bikes... Really holding back power and response...
@@simotofoto It is. I did a 100+ mile test ride on a 2023 Tiger 1200 GT Pro last weekend, and it felt off. I came home and pulled up the base map for that bike in TuneECU, and sure enough, they pulled back the throttle response a LOT in the ride by wire tables. It's heavily restricted in Sport mode.
@@simotofoto Yeah, but I can pull the base map for a UK or Euro bike and its the same thing. I made a video of it on my channel the other day.... lays it all out...
Great review Si, well done. Really interesting bike for for me having owned the old gen 3 and now a GS rider. How did you find the weight? Was it top heavy as that was the negative on the old one. Sounds awesome and the Rally Explorer in that colour scheme looks great.
If you would drive 9 out of 10 times drive on normal road..woud you go for rally pro still of gt pro ? And how you compare sport mode on rally and sport mode on gt pro ? Thnx
Cheers Austin, it's defo the right thing to do to test it yourself and see how it feels, some love the T-Plane triple and others prefer the Boxer, im on the fence love both engines but much prefer the Tigers suspension set up.
