After owning a Bajaj Pulsar 180, Kawasaki Versys 650 and Triumph Tiger Sport 660, it’s time for me to upgrade to something else.
BHPian CrAzY dRiVeR recently shared this with other enthusiasts:
The Final Post: The Triumph Tiger Sport 660 is now sold!
After 25,000+ kms of memories, it is time to close this ownership thread. A month has passed since the new owner sent me the message – “Thank you… Loving the bike”
The Tiger Sport 660 is a much-misunderstood bike: due to factors like pricing and the lack of road presence! When I moved on to the Triumph after 6 years and 30k kms with the Kawasaki Versys 650 – I expected more of the same, just a bit more fun. But this bike turned out to be an absolute cracker of a machine! Powered by a sweet inline-3 motor, dressed in touring attire, refined, playful, comfortable, sporty – It ticked every box… and some I didn’t even know I had! From track to off-road, and 1000km days in between – it handled everything in between.
If anyone asks me a choice between the Versys 650 and the Tiger Sport 660 – 200% the baby Tiger it is!
The prep before handover:
Although rain played spoilsport on the final day, I tried to hand over the bike in the best condition possible. Although service wasn’t due (but being used to doing a mid-term oil change anyway), got an oil change and general checkup done at Gear Gear Motorcycles and got the bike cleaned up thoroughly for the new owner. Brake pads still had 40% life left in them as per Gear Gear, so handed over the new set to the buyer as well.
Service History:
How much did it cost to maintain this Triumph for 25k kms? A total of 95,860/- which maps to INR 3.62/km. As with the Versys, the primary contributors here were replacement parts like tyres, chain, oil and brake pads. Tiger Sport 660 remains a very reliable option and there are no major complaints in the owner groups – one primary reason being the motor being derived from the old and proven 675 block.
Reposting some top memories from the last 2 Years & 25,000 kms to sign off from this thread:
The Tiger Sport 660 is probably the perfect format of bike for me – and “ZNMD” is the only reason to try something else now. I would probably (hopefully, god permitting!) return to a similar format after trying something else for the next decade.
I genuinely hope the new owner gets to cherish this bike as much as I did!
The next chapter in my biking diaries:
As for me, many of you already know what’s happening!
- 2006 – Bajaj Pulsar 180: 1
- 2016 – Kawasaki Versys 650: 2
- 2023 – Tiger Sport 660 : 3
- 2025 :
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