The Triumph Tiger Trail: An Early British Adventure Bike

September 5, 2022

The Triumph Tiger Trail TR7T is a historically significant motorcycle that remains largely unknown – it’s particularly noteworthy as it was Triumph’s first official attempt at creating what we would now call an adventure bike.

The impetus for the creation of the Triumph Tiger Trail came not from Britain but from France, specifically from French Triumph importers who wanted a large dual sport motorcycle to compete with the popular new BMW R80G/S – a bike now considered to be the origin of the adventure bike species… Read more >

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