Triumph Motorcycles to launch the Tiger 800 XCx and XRx tomorrow

Triumph Motorcycles India is all set to launch their first motorcycles of 2015. The company will launch two new motorcycles tomorrow – the Tiger XCx and the Tiger XRx.

These motorcycles are the first bikes to be updated globally from the Triumph lineup. For the Indian market, Triumph Motorcycles unveiled the Tiger XCx and the Tiger XRx at the recently concluded India Bike Week. Not only there were lot of cameras moving around the bikes, there were lot of motorcycle enthusiasts who were seriously considering these updated adventure motorcycles. 

The Tiger 800 XRx is more focussed on the world of road riding whereas the Tiger 800 XCx has a more off-road intent. Both motorcycles have high levels of standard equipment and bring more technology to the segment offering equipment designed to match their purpose.

These bikes now sports standard traction control system, switchable ABS, ride by wire technology for smooth power delivery and lighter throttle response. The XRx and the XCx gets cruise control which the company claims is first in the segment. It also gets three riding modes to control throttle maps – road setting (automatically sets the ABS, traction control and throttle map to “road”), off- road setting (automatically sets the ABS, Traction Control, and Throttle Map to “off-road” therefore reducing the ABS and traction control intervention allowing for a level of slip) and programmable rider mode (fully configurable mode).

Both the Tigers are powered by the same 800cc triple cylinder engine that produces 95bhp at 9,300rpm and maximum torque of 79Nm at 7,850rpm. However, this engine has been tweaked to produce lower emissions and deliver 17 per cent increase in fuel efficiency.

We are expecting Triumph Motorcycles to continue to sell the current Tiger 800 along with the new Tiger XCx and the Tiger XRx. However, the new Tigers will be priced slightly above the old model and will be sold in India as a completely-built-up (CBU) unit. 

Stay tuned to BikeWale as we will be reporting live from the launch event tomorrow.