great to see he can ride the dame thing !!!!!!

Exactly. That's what I was about to write.

They are so damned good. He always breaks everything down and looks at it from as many perspectives as possible. Moreover, unlike many other reviewers, he doesn't seem to show up and have his mind made up ahead of time, about how to classify or think about a bike. Chris seems to always have an open mind, and give a bike its due diligence.

I have several bikes, one of which is a Tiger800 (street) with 705 Shinkos. I shudder to think about flicking that thing about like my KDX in the dirt like some of these guys.

To learn do it on an OLD cheap dual sport, not your pride and joy proper bike

Thanks Mark, we work hard on these vids. 👍🏻

you're right, the Rally does look cool.

I totally agree with you! After sitting on the bike a few times now, and hope to test it myself soon - probably less fiercely than Chris!

Erm, marketing maybe.

Agreed! I hear the matt khaki green for the 900 is being dropped this year as well. Am interested to know what the new scheme will be.

Spot on TMF

Cheers!

definitely knows what he is doing with these machines, that's for sure.

We saw about 45mpg on the test which I would expect to be a bit higher under normal riding conditions (ie not repeated stop starts and waiting for photography)

@@chrisnorthover7582 Thanks Chris!! ;-)

Hoping to get out on one this year with the guys at the Triumph Adventure Academy.

You just spoke for at least 80% of Adventure bike owners.

Jonas did you get the Rally Explorer? How are you liking it ?

@@jesseonamotorcycle Yes i got it! Its by far the best bike i ever had. I have never had a seat and suspension like this. I can easily spend 3 hours on the the bike with my bad back. After a short rest i can ride for 3 more hours. On other bikes my butt and back hurts after 20 minutes. The engine is great and the clutch is like butter. It´s a big bike so it takes a while to get used to it but it handles phenomenal for being so big. I like the GS but after testriding them both the choice was easy. The Rally Explorer is more comfortable, got more power and is so much more fun to ride 🙂

Cheers Kevin

EJ awesome bike, when do you plan on getting a Tiger ?

Joshua are you going to get a Tiger ?

@@jesseonamotorcycle Still saving up but have not decided yet.

@@joshuavarghese6853 its definitely a sick bike. I just got one recently.

@@jesseonamotorcycle that is amazing. Have fun and ride safe.

There are plenty of people on the launch who’ll read you the spec sheet, our vids are more about the riding experience. We want to inspire you to go and have a ride for yourself. Thanks for the feedback though.

@@BikeWorldTVshow thanks for the reply, if you were to ask me what i am interested in, then I would say real world life with the bike, fit and finish, how does the bike feel when ridden at legal speeds, is the clutch action heavy, does the screen work, how is it for slow speed, how do the brakes feel/work, what is the steering lock like, does it feel top heavy, easy to wheel around, be good to know about the rider aids and the luggage. Not really interested in the specs tbh. I just get a feeling that most bike reviewers (exc. TMF) live in a different biking world to me, maybe i am the exception and everyone rides the TT and Dakar 😄

@@the-real-bert Get where you're coming from, Chris does cover some of that stuff off in this vid. But, it's difficult to go into that much detail on a launch, one of the reason you won't see TMF on launches. You need to live with a bike for a while. Also, we're a TV show and our content is slightly more lifestyle based. Sorry we can't offer you more.

@@BikeWorldTVshow fair comment, i do enjoy the content, just less relevant to me 👍

Looks pretty substantial on the off road one and we didn’t break any but neither did we really hit much with them. Ivan Cervantes (5x World Enduro Champion) did a demo and was clattering over rocks and truck tyres with one so guessing it’s reasonably tough 👍