The 2025 Triumph Tiger Sport 800 has taken everyone by surprise with its unannounced arrival. Well, the British marque did put up a teaser a month ago, but who would have thought that the company wants to take another jab at the middleweight sports-tourer segment.
It is immediately recognisable as a Tiger Sport, thanks to its styling that’s shared with its 660cc sibling. However, the overall proportions and even the side panels are slightly different. Interestingly, Triumph has managed to retain the chassis from the Tiger Sport 660, which means the seat height of 835 mm is unchanged.
The engine is derived from the Triumph Street Triple family. But of course, the 798cc inline-triple on the Tiger Sport is more than just a bored-out version. The House of Hinckley has reworked the powerplant for performance that’s suited for this bike’s intended purpose. So, in this avatar, it produces 113 bhp and 8.5 kgm, and is tuned in a way that 90 per cent of the torque is available through the mid-range. While the 78-mm bore is the same as the Street Triple, the longer 55.7-mm stroke should make for a different character.
Even though this engine is cradled in the Tiger Sport 660’s frame, the underpinnings have been reworked to suit the performance of the new engine. So, fully-adjustable 41-mm Showa USD forks and a Show monoshock, both offering 150 mm of travel have been deployed, and are paired with twin 320-mm discs at the front and a 255-mm unit at the rear to handle braking.
On the electronics front, a six-axis IMU with lean-sensitive ABS and traction control helps in keeping the bike right-side-up. Other creature comforts include three riding modes — ‘Road’, ‘Rain’ and ‘Sport’, cruise control and quickshifter as standard.
The Triumph Tiger Sport 800 comes in as a replacement to the Tiger Sport 850. Considering that the outgoing model was on sale here, the new one should arrive here next year. A proper sports-tourer with Triumph’s inline-triple… It looks like this Tiger is ready to earn its stripes in this segment.
