Triumph’s Tiger Explorer has been revealed in heavily-updated form for 2016 and brings with it a new model line-up that now stretches to six separate machines each with their own mix of features.
Mimicking the existing Tiger 800 range, the 2016 Explorer will be available in two, three-model lines. The XR range – consisting of the XR, XRx and XRT – is aimed at on-road use while the XC line-up, including the XC, XCx and XCa, has a more off-road orientation.
Key technical updates include the addition of WP semi-active suspension on the XCx, XCa, XRx and XRT models, allowing electronic adjustment from the rider’s seat and automatically adapting the rear shock preload to suit the terrain. The base XC and XR models make do with conventional suspension, also from WP.
The same four higher-spec models also get an inertial measurement unit that calculates lean to make sure the traction control and ABS work as well as possible in all situations, while the base pair get a simpler ABS and traction control set-up.
The top of the range XRT and XCa models also get hill hold control, which stops them from rolling backwards when setting off up steep slopes.
As with seemingly all the new models being launched for 2016, there’s a host of riding modes available, with up to five on the Explorer depending on which model you choose. All of them get ‘road’ and ‘rain’ modes, while the XRx, XCx, XRT and XCa gain a third ‘off-road’ mode. The two range-topping models, the XRT and XCa, also have a fourth setting, ‘sport’ and a fifth that’s rider configurable.
Each mode alters the traction control and ABS setting as well as the engine mapping and the semi-active suspension, where it’s fitted.
The 1215cc engine is largely the same motor as before but has a host of updates to pass Euro4 emissions rules and to add the aforementioned riding modes and traction control.
In terms of equipment and styling, the bikes are all restyled with new panels nose to tail, plus new instruments and an electrically-adjustable screen, with the XRT and XCa gaining a taller version as standard.
More detailed specifications are expected in the near future.
