Greetings Gents,

I have been in the market for a good touring bike for some time but lately the adventure bikes have struck my eye. I went to look at the Tiger 800 yesterday and it was love at first site. However, I mostly ride with my brothers and they have the Kawa Concours 14. They like to cruise around 85-90mph on the interstate and when we take some longer trips I don't want to be the straggler. I had looked at the BMW 800ST and 800GT but they actually have lower hp than the Tiger 800 so I don't think those bikes would buy me much. The Triumph Sprint GT looks to bridge the gap but at $15,000 MSRP, it is quite an investment.


What are your thoughts on the Tiger 800? Would I have any problem keeping up with them and even if I could would the wind buffeting beat me up over the long haul?

Thank you for your time.

Looks like you're lost before you even hit the road

This is a bicycle forum, not a motorcycle forum. Try posting your question over at ADVRider.com. FWIW, at 85-90mph on the interstate, I'd want significantly more wind-protection than the Tiger offers. My Yamaha FZ1 has more wind-protection than the Tiger and above 70-75mph it gets much more tiring to ride.

HAHAHA oh man I got a kick out of that. I should have looked a little closer. I can say that at 85-90mph my Giant OCR3 would fall apart haha.

Mods, please remove this thread.

Buy a real ADV bike... KTM 690... Done!

Paris Dakar race has been cancelled for a few years , till Mali is calmed down.

The Dakar hasn't been cancelled altogether. The route has been altered though. It is now being held successfully down in Chile.

there ya go. fixed that for ya.

anyways....go with the concours. that baby will cruise at 95-ish all day long. and with the
size of the tank you (the bike, anyway!) can cruise all day long.

So, did they rename it since it has nothing to do with France Or Sengal any more?

They renamed it, but now they call it the Dakar. Which doesn't make anymore sense than Paris-Dakar. Those guys are absolute studs though, wherever they hold the race!

Awesome.

I almost got into a fight with a bunch of harley riders one day when I was talking to a guy rideing with them on his Goldwing, along with his son on a crotch rocket of some sort. They were at a gas station, and all the harleys were gassing up while he and his son waited. I was on my roadbike, about sixty miles from home. I asked him how he could stand riding with all those stupidly loud bikes. He laughed and said that he rode about a half mile back, picked up all the harley parts and sold them back at the end of the day. Judging by the reactions I doubt that guy ever rode with that group again, seriously, death threats were made

So this group was not Dentists and Opthimologists , ( though Assad, the Ex Opthimologist
in Syria, does have 'Issues' )

adventure bikes are fine for what they are made to do, interstate travelling I'll take a good sport or full fairing any day of the week. (now we are encouraging him arent we?)

as per The Dakar. for me the bikers are the real guys with gonads. Physical as all hell, specially the sand sections, gotta work those bikes all the time, going at a good clip, and keeping track of the route by yourself (no co driver) , picking the damn bike up when it tosses you....they are nuts but boy you gotta be tough. My first bike was a 175 enduro and was fun as heck to ride, good training for getting a feel for traction and such.
The South American version has been quite a success, lots of Latino teams too, and the landscapes are great too.