As usual, most stunning productions and presenters, 5 STARS!

Great review again! Very informative that includes brief comparo with 4 other bikes. Highly entertaining too. Much respect to Mat and Donovan...

Now Triumph needs to release a Tiger 660 Rally Pro for us folks who occasionally wonder into the wilderness.

Thanks for doing the comparison and second perspective on this. I appreciate the background info as an international (Canada) viewer. Good job, guys!

One thing I didn't consider as someone who went from a 2019 Tracer 900 to a 2021 MT09 is the value of a wide tank/front fairing. Went riding recently in the mid 30sF (just above 0°C) and my heated jacket and gloves worked great but my legs were frozen lol. These naked bikes turned into tourers make a lot of sense as road bikes.

Top blokes doing what I like best. 👍🏻

Mutual of Omaha. With old Marlin Perkins behind the desk and Jim out wrestling the alligator. This show reminded me of that old program..

Easily the most entertaining and informative bike videos on YT. Cheers from Brazil (a country with not totally dissimilar upsides and downsides as SA BTW)

Great review! I picked mine up about 2 weeks ago, and it joins my Tiger 1200 XRt in the garage. My 50+ yr old knees no longer want to fold onto a CBR600RR/ZX-6R/Street Triple (I've had those) and like in this review, at 5'9", the handlebar/seat/peg triangle seems like it was built just for me. It's amazing that "only" 80hp can feel so fun & lively, but this thing is an absolute hoot on a twisty road. Unlike the Street Triple, you don't have to rev this bike to the moon to enjoy the powerband. You just ride it like all of your other bikes, and the power is where you want it---in that rev range where you normally find yourself riding. After giggling in my helmet quite a few times, I've nicknamed mine, "Cheap Thrills." ;-)

International viewer here... damn I like the sound of that. Actually, just an old bloke in the UK. I visited Motorcycle Live at the NEC in December specifically to see the Tiger 660 as a possible replacement for my 2015 VStrom 650. I liked it... a lot and when a demo bike was available at my local dealers I took it for a ride into the Mendip Hills. Don has the three categories spot on; Commuter, Sport, Tourer but with a small t. And I would agree with almost everything he said, but not everything. At 1.86m tall and 71.5kg's in weight I found the seat a little too hard, the rear suspension a bit harsh and the foot controls just a bit too small for the kind of 300 to 400 km days I regularly ride. For me, the Tiger is a great little bike, but an all day long tourer it ain't. As for fit and finish, this is mostly excellent, but check the rear brake and gear levers, the side stand (all painted steel) and the switch gear (especially the r/h switch assembly) and the flexible plastic lever on the screen adjustment, all of them had me wondering how long they would last. The Tiger 660 is a really excellent little bike and I really enjoyed my ride, but I'll be staying with my VStrom a while longer.

Love the review! This 40-80 hp commuting-tourer is the category to watch. This is where the volume and margin combine to create the best longterm profits. This is also where the Triumphs and Yamahas hold off the Royal Enfields, Indians, and Harleys from capturing the young middle class weekend biker. Now, what’ll be really interesting is if the Himalayan came in a 600 cc, $7,000 version, with (say) 64 hp, and cruising speed of 75 mph. Fully dressed, panniers and all. In Euro V spec. That’s what we’re waiting for. That will rearrange the entire value map for motorcycling. It will ignite motorcycle ownership globally, and get more people riding. Right now, the machines really only cater to the rich countries.

A great review. Thank you. The motorbike license system (a bit like USA) is a complete joke. Living in Melbourne, Australia we have what’s called LAMS, which is similar to the A2 in Europe however it’s not hp dependant on power, rather it allows any bike up to 660 cc with a power to weight ratio of 150kw per tonne. Triumph have been building a 660 street triple just for us and NZ for over a decade now, as Yamaha has done with its MT-07, as they’ve sleeved the engine down to only 655 cc just to make it compliant. We still get the full 765 RS version however, as with all new riders (even returning ones) still need to live with the restrictions for just over 3 years.

Nice review!

Just had the tiger 660 sport for 3 weeks and love it , been riding 51 years and now got problems with at extra weight you get with 1000 cc bikes and above , tiger sport does everything I want , the only thing I’ve changed is the footpegs for Daytona rubber footpegs, the tiger metal ones over long distance hurt your instep as there to short , lovely mid range bike 😊😊👍👍

Fabulous review! In depth comparisons are great. I actually love this market of bikes but I think for R125k at moment I would stay with a Yamaha tracer 700 no riding modes and stuff but abs that represents true sport touring🤓

I like it, nice to just get around on, sounds like anyway, wonder if there was any front end wobbly at speed

I loved the Sprint RS when I was younger (and in better shape)...👋👁👁👍

Great review! I’ve been looking at everything in this class for years. We don’t get the T7 in North America, and the new NC750X has been very difficult to obtain in Southern California due to low availability and strangely high demand. It was never popular until the 2021 model arrived. I do like the Versys 650 update and I previously owned a 2014 which was a great bike. I have a soft spot for the Versys and V-Strom. That said, I think the Tiger 660 is going to win for me. It’s the closest to the T7 (unobtainium) and I have previously owned 3 Triumphs including two Tiger 800’s. Going for a demo ride next week because I can. Demos for the Euro bikes are readily available, but ask for a demo of one of the Japanese makes and they will laugh. Cheers!

I've said this on another review - one of the great things about this bike is the target audience - ok, all rounder - but if you want to go for a distance tour, then this bike has a payload (as all Triumphs seem to have) of +220 kg which means fully kitted out pilot and pillion, plus full panniers. Yeah, this is a great little bike right across the board.

Thanks a lot for entertaining content. I wonder how do you guys compare tiger sport 660 to the F750GS. Specially for two up with luggage. Somehow, i think they are competitive on this side.

great bike, have it. The only thing i don't like it's only one headlight on the right , why many manufacturers do it?

The "pushing buttons" thingie is the same on my beloved Street Twin ! Maybe it's a Triumph thing ?

nice but when will they update the TigerSPORT1050 with the new 1200 motor and modern electronics? #StillWaiting

It is a Versys, but seems better in every way. Cruise control, would be nice, as an option. But hey, it is still more than adequate, with a reasonable price tag.

Let's hope Triumph produce a Tiger Sport 1200! 😁

So it's a new Yamaha Fazer 600...

Another great review, but what about the Honda CB650R which has upto 94 HP & at £7600 (144,000R) The OEM tyres are rubbish in the wet,but put some Michelin or Metzlers & it is a good commuter sports bike.

Hello l do not know if R169 000 is a reasonable sum of money. For that much, you could get a Kawasaki Z900 or for a bit more you could get a Suzuki Katana which is if l am not mistaken a touch shy of 1 000cc at R189 000. This is a much better bike in many respects from the tech, power, and overall package. For a few thousand more you can even get an MT 09 which is probably the most fun of this lot. I do appreciate that these lack a comfortable seat and the windscreen and maybe the seating position is not as comfortable but for that much, you get more power and features. As people often state, you can tour on any bike so for me, the Tiger Triumph is too expensive and offers too little compared to similarly priced bikes. Anyway, l guess it all depends on what the buyer wants and his use case.

Can you use this for touring?

In pot holed speed camera riddled uk 80bhp can be enough

Nice bike but the seat is too high for me.

Of all the moto journalists, we especially love Don. Maybe it's because he reminds us so much of the drummer for Tribal Tech circa mid 90s. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZqIidaEt97Rfmg.html Love you, Don and another banging review!!! ❤❤

Excuse me, what happened to the other co-host? Harry?

Please work on the video quality. Otherwise this is a unique review. Gratz.

......a South African motorcycle channel from La France lol!

Whatever.. MANX BUGGY!!!

I'd much rather have the BMW at the end of the video. I have never owner a Triumph and I doubt I ever will.

The Yamaha T7 is more fun and more practical then the Triumph

We haar quite often of the small margins there are for dealers selling new bikes. About 6% I heard recently. Why is it then, that there are such variants when it comes to bike models from country to country. Is it the dealership network that determines the cost. Logic would suggest that the prices should be more or less the same in relation to the different manufacturers and their models everywhere. No one has ever explained why this isn't the case. My bike a CB650R is relatively cheap in the UK. But very expensive compared to the competition in the US. This confuses me. Please use your, obvious, journalistic skills to explain.

Well then ...so the 660 has no balls...on to the next

People look funny in full leathers on a public road, but they still wear them and look funny when they have stopped because they need to give their balls a break. When the helmets come off they all grey haired (like me) but you know really do they actually take it to the limit in the twisties to warrant full leathers?

Why does everyone that reviews this bike get so transfixed on the frigging clock? I have no consideration of time when I’m riding my bike. It’s literally the last thing I want to think about when I’m enjoying a ride. If you’re so stuck on time, stay home and stare at a clock on the wall and stay off the streets and out of my way. Geez.

The bike show doesn't understand that only a very minor part of the world understands what a rand is. Please take your viewers a bit more serious and at least name it in $ or €

Need 765rs or 1200rs version, please please