MooN
Active Member
The clockwork orange, or agent orange, i haven't decided yet, but it's a tiger 800XC in orange. ( 2011 so new only to me) it has the taller adjustable screen, comfort seats, triumph hard luggage, heated grips, aluminium sump guard engine bars and an alarm thingy.
Having bought the bike from the dealer in Strasbourg, I needed to get there to pick it up. The French TGV did it's usual quietly efficient job of wafting me across 400 km of french countryside in a little over 2 1/2 hours and the dealer picked me up from the station. Formalities over, helped down with a large coffee, a quick run through of the principal controls ( i'd already swotted up the manual on the train on the way up) and i found myself alone with my new purchase.
I sorted my self into the luggage boxes ( triumph original topbox and side cases) and installed the givi 'phone holder I bought the other day with no problem. plenty of space on the bars and doesn't obscure the instrument cluster. i think though, that I will have to rig something to move the holder, and thus the gps, up behind the screen and above the instrument cluster. i discovered that the 12v din to usb adaptor that i had won't fit correctly into the xc's socket due to the socket's cap and proximity of the ignition barrel. bit cheesed off cos I had counted on bein able to use the "coyote" app on the phone during the trip home. I'd charged the phone fully on the train on the way up and I guessed we'd see how long it would last. I only needed the gps for the 150 odd km i was planning south through germany, once back in France i wouldn't need the gps. ( I could easily have done without it on the german leg too, but getting through / around Strasbourg onto the autobahn would have been a struggle). As it happened the phone got me all the way home, shutting down with only 2% battery remaining about 5 k from arrival. 5 hours autonomy with the coyote running, worth noting for futur reference.
the jaunt down the Autobahn from offenburg to fribourg was a waste of time, the traffic was horrendous and the A5 seems to be undergoing some major resurfacing so road works are prevalent. I did manage a sustained 170km/h for about 20k following a Tesla S of all things ( and by gum can they accelerate!) and was pleased with the stability of the bike and the comfort at that speed.
The rest of the trip was just a slog down the autoroute. I wasn't sure of range with the bags on and all so erred on the side of caution. had I pushed the first two refills further I wouldn't have needed the third and might just have made it home any way but preferred to not trust the trip computor which was telling me that i'd get home with 25km to spare...
I did the 400 odd km in 5 hours 15 minutes ( that last fuel stop 50k from home cost me the extra 15 minutes i reckon) including a couple of fuel/ coffee stops. the xc is superbly capable on the autoroute, cruising effortlessly and comfortably at 136 kph ( 130kph gps) with oodles of oomph ( thats a technical term that is...) left over to just blow past anything about to pull out or whatever. Fuel range looked to be around the 260 km mark at that sort of speed with me and the luggage, but not loaded. did around 6.2 litres to 100km I think, or just over ( 45.5 mpg?)
the stock lights are good too, I had the setting sun right in my face for much of the way, Mulhouse to besancon, but chaged out of sunglasses at the besancon coffee / fuel stop and it was proper dark by the time I got home at 21:15, including some nasty pockets of fog once off the autoroute.
Compared to the tralp? as far as autoroute is concerned, world apart the tigger is far superior, higher ( or gives that impression) faster, smoother... I have yet to take it off road and do any more than 50 odd km on roads other than motorway.
Me Likey!
Having bought the bike from the dealer in Strasbourg, I needed to get there to pick it up. The French TGV did it's usual quietly efficient job of wafting me across 400 km of french countryside in a little over 2 1/2 hours and the dealer picked me up from the station. Formalities over, helped down with a large coffee, a quick run through of the principal controls ( i'd already swotted up the manual on the train on the way up) and i found myself alone with my new purchase.
I sorted my self into the luggage boxes ( triumph original topbox and side cases) and installed the givi 'phone holder I bought the other day with no problem. plenty of space on the bars and doesn't obscure the instrument cluster. i think though, that I will have to rig something to move the holder, and thus the gps, up behind the screen and above the instrument cluster. i discovered that the 12v din to usb adaptor that i had won't fit correctly into the xc's socket due to the socket's cap and proximity of the ignition barrel. bit cheesed off cos I had counted on bein able to use the "coyote" app on the phone during the trip home. I'd charged the phone fully on the train on the way up and I guessed we'd see how long it would last. I only needed the gps for the 150 odd km i was planning south through germany, once back in France i wouldn't need the gps. ( I could easily have done without it on the german leg too, but getting through / around Strasbourg onto the autobahn would have been a struggle). As it happened the phone got me all the way home, shutting down with only 2% battery remaining about 5 k from arrival. 5 hours autonomy with the coyote running, worth noting for futur reference.
the jaunt down the Autobahn from offenburg to fribourg was a waste of time, the traffic was horrendous and the A5 seems to be undergoing some major resurfacing so road works are prevalent. I did manage a sustained 170km/h for about 20k following a Tesla S of all things ( and by gum can they accelerate!) and was pleased with the stability of the bike and the comfort at that speed.
The rest of the trip was just a slog down the autoroute. I wasn't sure of range with the bags on and all so erred on the side of caution. had I pushed the first two refills further I wouldn't have needed the third and might just have made it home any way but preferred to not trust the trip computor which was telling me that i'd get home with 25km to spare...
I did the 400 odd km in 5 hours 15 minutes ( that last fuel stop 50k from home cost me the extra 15 minutes i reckon) including a couple of fuel/ coffee stops. the xc is superbly capable on the autoroute, cruising effortlessly and comfortably at 136 kph ( 130kph gps) with oodles of oomph ( thats a technical term that is...) left over to just blow past anything about to pull out or whatever. Fuel range looked to be around the 260 km mark at that sort of speed with me and the luggage, but not loaded. did around 6.2 litres to 100km I think, or just over ( 45.5 mpg?)
the stock lights are good too, I had the setting sun right in my face for much of the way, Mulhouse to besancon, but chaged out of sunglasses at the besancon coffee / fuel stop and it was proper dark by the time I got home at 21:15, including some nasty pockets of fog once off the autoroute.
Compared to the tralp? as far as autoroute is concerned, world apart the tigger is far superior, higher ( or gives that impression) faster, smoother... I have yet to take it off road and do any more than 50 odd km on roads other than motorway.
Me Likey!
