BEING ONE WITH A MOTORCYCLE AS THE kilometres tick away is a feeling worth experiencing at least once in a lifetime. For motorcyclists, that singular experience is the beginning of an addiction that promises endless chapters of thrill and travel. Bad roads and the discomfort that follows have always been thorns in my side whenever I plan a motorcycle tour.
Then came the media ride of the Triumph Tiger Sport 660. On the twisty mountain roads of Dehradun, the Tiger showed a lot of promise with its speed and agility; it certainly had the pace and ability to cover long distances easily. During the presentation, Triumph also mentioned that this motorcycle would come with touring accessories, including a top box and a couple of sleek panniers. That was probably when I decided that at least one road trip had to be undertaken astride the smallest Tiger in Triumph India's line-up.
Triumph kindly loaned us a Tiger Sport 660 for a week and since it came equipped with the touring kit, we reckoned it was perfect for a travel story. With three days at my disposal, no time was wasted in filling up the panniers with the essentials. Usually, this would be followed by fiddling with a C-spanner to adjust the preload but the Tiger's remote preload adjuster saved me a lot of time on that front and the following morning we were on the road just as the sun rose over the horizon.
This story is from the August 2022 edition of Bike India.
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