New 2026 Triumph Tiger Sport 800 Tour Announced: 10 Things To Know!

Today try and finance the new tour variant of their Tiger Sport 800 Sports Tourer and so in this video we'll go through all of the details with the 10 key things that you need to know about it. The base spec of this bike is very much the same as the regular Tiger Sport 800 which you could view as a good thing with it being an excellent performer out on the road. The 800 inline triple makes a handy peak power figure of 113 horses and it gives you plenty of mid-range for strong acceleration even when loaded up. The frame, the Showa suspension, the Triumph branded brakes are all the same as the base bike as is the electronics package with three riding modes cornering TC and ABS, a standard fit quick shifter and cruise control and bluetooth connectivity. But where this one starts to differ though is most evident with the finish with some dedicated paint jobs that help to make this bike stand out as a slightly more premium offering. The hero bike that they've used in the press release is the matte cobalt blue which also gets some black panels and gold accents on the stripes and graphics. This one makes for a great looking bike for me but there's also the carnival red which has a nice punchy look to it along with the same black and gold details. Now this is something the competition does well too the Yamaha Tracer 9 for example has increasingly nuanced finishes if you pay for more equipment and so one could assume Triumph are attempting to match that offering. There's plenty of extra kit though bundled in to make this a better tourer like the center stand which is a big must for some riders making roadside maintenance like chain cleaning and adjustment or puncture repairs a lot easier. This one would be 205 pounds if you specced it up on the standard bike. Then there's also a touch more weather protection with the handguards thrown in as standard too which of course can help to keep your hands warm on those cold motorway stints. In fact I often think there's not much point in having heated grips without the handguards as the wind blast can really cool them off especially in winter and so it's a nice pairing with the standard fit heated grips on this bike with the grips normally costing 240 plus 88 pounds for the handguards. Clearly this is a bike made for longer stints and so a comfort seat as standard is more than welcome too. This one normally costs £176 and has an air channel design along with 3D net inserts for optimal weight distribution which they say can decrease fatigue during those longer rides. It is worth adding I believe that this one comes in at the same 835 mil as the standard saddle although there is the option to go down by 25 mil to 810 with the low seat from the accessories catalog. Another nice little extra is the TPMS or tyre pressure monitoring which of course will alert you if you've got a puncture or low pressure in either tyre and when you're out on a trip of course it's best to know as soon as possible even if it's just a slow puncture as you might be able to get it fixed en route so definitely appreciate this and normally you'd be looking at another 280 quid. The biggest cost on this bike though would be the colour match luggage with a pair of panniers that can take an XL full face lid each with 57 litres of storage between them. Then there's the 49 litre top box thrown in as well which they also say can take two lids and so I guess if you so wish you could store four. On top of that they're lockable with the ignition keys like I say they come with the colour matched infills and also the backrest pad is included which will be welcome news to any passengers. With the racks and the plate plus the colour infills these would be well over a grand. So what does it cost? Well I make it £13,547 in the configurator for the standard bike specced up with all that stuff so this tour edition certainly looks like relatively good value at £12,895. For reference the closest offering on the market would be the Tracer 9 GT from Yamaha which comes with the side cases and some other goodies thrown in like the matrix headlight, the semi-active suspension, the keyless ignition and an electronic windscreen and that one comes in at £13,954. The new Honda CB1000 GT could also be a consideration for some buyers and this one looks like exceptional value for money at £11,999 including the semi-active suspension, almost 150 horses peak and you also get the side cases thrown in. On top of that I tried speccing up a BMW F900XR to a similar level on their configurator and for this one I got somewhere between £13,000 and £14,000. In my experience though the Tiger is genuinely brilliant fun out on the road and so I'd still expect it to be pretty competitive if it came to a group test. On availability Triumph say bikes will be in dealers from February 2026 so you might want to keep your eyes peeled in the new year if you fancy checking one out. As always I'd love to know what you think of this one though so do let me know down in the comments below and would this be the sports tourer to go for in 2026 or would you pick one of the others? I'll also leave my review of the base bike on the screen now as it was specced up with a lot of the same accessories so it should give you a pretty good idea of what the tour version will be like. Do hit subscribe for more of the latest motorcycle news and reviews right here on Motobob A massive thanks for watching this one and we'll see you in the next video.