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pression and rebound adjust-
ment on the fork and rebound
damping adjustment on the
shock, while the GT Pro gets the
same fork but an electronically
adjustable shock for rebound
and compression damping.
As for the Rally and Rally Pro
models, these come with Showa
suspension and significantly in-
creased wheel travel for off-road
riding. Forks are now fully adjust-
able on both versions with 9.5
inches of wheel travel, while the
shock gets preload adjustment
ability and rebound damping with
9.1 inches of travel.
As for the electronics, the GT,
GT Pro Rally and Rally Pro get
the new class-leading seven-inch
TFT instrument cluster, with the
GT Pro and Rally Pro getting the
new Triumph My Ride connectiv-
ity system.
Cornering ABS and an IMU
are now fitted on the GT, GT
Pro, Rally and Rally Pro and
there are up to six riding modes.
The GT Pro and Rally Pro get
Triumph's up and down quick-
shifter; there's new LED lighting
for all models and each bike also
comes with a place to store and
charge your phone via a USB
port.
As for pricing, the Tiger 900
starts at $12,500, GT $14,300
and Rally $15,000. Pro mod-
els begin delivery to dealers in
March, while the Rally and GT
models begin delivery to dealers
in April. CN
Triumph claims gives the torque
of a twin at low rpm but keeps the
torque and top-end power syn-
onymous with a triple. Triumph
claimes the Tiger 900 gets a nine
percent gain in power across the
whole rev range with torque now
quoted at 64 lb-ft at 7250 rpm.
2020 Triumph Tiger 900 GT
The chassis has come in for
a rework, with the tubular steel
trellis frame now and bolt-on rear
subframe and pillion hangers
lighter than before. Brembo's
superbike-spec Stylema calipers
are now commonplace across all
Tiger 900 models, as is a new
5.3-gallon gas tank.
The main difference between
all the models comes down to the
suspension. The base model Ti-
ger gets unadjustable Marzocchi
forks and a shock with preload
adjustment, with 7.1 inches and
6.7 inches of travel front and rear,
respectively.
The Tiger GT (which also
comes in the Tiger 900 GT Low
Ride Height version) gets com-
