I should elaborate on what I didn't like. I got the Tiger as my first bike after a very long time (15 years) away from riding. It was a mistake but I got out of it pretty well.
I found a 2018 Tiger 1200 XRX Low on Craigslist and it was about 100 miles away. It only had 180 miles on it and the price was very good. It turned out the guy was moving and had to get rid of it. I didn't even have a helmet or gear yet so I had a friend ride it home for me. On paper, the bike did what I wanted which was to do multi day tours in New England and up into Canada. In reality, I didn't like how top heavy it was, it through a lot of heat on the rider and I found the clutch to be difficult to modulate. The high CoG and clutch ended up biting me and I dropped it taking off from a stop and making a tight left turn.
A few weeks later, a friend asked if I wanted to go to the BMW dealer because he was going to test ride a bike. I got there and while looking at an RS, the salesman asked if I wanted to test ride it. It was sooooo different in all the right ways. Then, a couple of days after that, I stalled the Triumph again and saved it from tipping over, but that convinced me to sell it.
I got lucky again and found a 2020 RS with only 360 miles on it at Kissell. They were willing to give me a great trade on the Triumph (I lost $400) and that was it. I've put about 9000 miles on the RS since and I love it. I want another Triumph, but it'd be a Bonneville of some sort.
I found a 2018 Tiger 1200 XRX Low on Craigslist and it was about 100 miles away. It only had 180 miles on it and the price was very good. It turned out the guy was moving and had to get rid of it. I didn't even have a helmet or gear yet so I had a friend ride it home for me. On paper, the bike did what I wanted which was to do multi day tours in New England and up into Canada. In reality, I didn't like how top heavy it was, it through a lot of heat on the rider and I found the clutch to be difficult to modulate. The high CoG and clutch ended up biting me and I dropped it taking off from a stop and making a tight left turn.
A few weeks later, a friend asked if I wanted to go to the BMW dealer because he was going to test ride a bike. I got there and while looking at an RS, the salesman asked if I wanted to test ride it. It was sooooo different in all the right ways. Then, a couple of days after that, I stalled the Triumph again and saved it from tipping over, but that convinced me to sell it.
I got lucky again and found a 2020 RS with only 360 miles on it at Kissell. They were willing to give me a great trade on the Triumph (I lost $400) and that was it. I've put about 9000 miles on the RS since and I love it. I want another Triumph, but it'd be a Bonneville of some sort.