Rider Selection
Here the Tiger XCx shines with a host of electronic options to
make the ride easier and more enjoyable for the rider. You
get a trip computer that tells you just about everything you
ever wanted to know from a ride and that includes fuel
consumption, self cancelling turn signals (I never got around
to testing this, too much thumb muscle memory) and you’ll
get not only the miles you’ve done but also the time you’ve
been on the road/gravel. There is also the options of rider
modes and there are three of them! You can select ROAD, OFF
ROAD and RIDER modes. The first two modes kick into play
the likes of the ABS and TTC (Triumph Traction Control) while
the RIDER mode opens up another world of options again!
You can set the levels of the ABS from on, off and off road.
Throttle maps come in four options, Road, Rain, Sport and Off-
Road changing the sensitivity as you select your mode.
I had a good play with this on the Byway and single tracks to
see just what effect it would have. Obviously you can tell the
change between something being on and something being
off! It was fun playing with the mid settings and mapping as I
came to a cattle grip and opened up to see what would
happen. The rear will of course lose traction on the damp
round metal bars as I vibrated over. The little light came on
and the power dipped briefly until hitting tarmac again. It’s a
brilliant idea to have the ABS settings simple to access from
the dash, you just pull over as you come to the Byway and
make the setting change. A word of warning that I noticed, if
you come to rely on the bike making power adjustments for
you, if you pull over and switch the bike off she will revert to
standard settings when you start her back up again. At least
mine did after pulling over to take some snaps.
Above - Easy on the
eye display with
digital read out.
From here you see
all the technical
options.
Right - I would have
prefered the cruise
control button to be
well away from the
starter button. That
said it was fanatstic
to see an 800cc bike
with this kind of
thought to riding.