launched last year , Triumph has come up with an automatic lowering system , allowing the seat height to be dropped by 20mm at the press of the ‘ home ’ button . If you ’ ve already got a 2022 Tiger with the Showa electronic suspension then your dealer can download an update and away you go , low . It ’ s not a gimmick either , I found that dropping the suspension , by a paltry sounding 20mm , makes it easier in start-stop traffic and it stays down until you press and hold the home button again or road speed reaches 80km / h . too easy to wind open the throttle for some distraction from the straight lines . The advent of ride-by-wire has put cruise control at the fingertips of most riders and the Tiger is no exception . Setting it to cruise at 110km / h on the surprisingly accurate speedo had the three-cylinder engine purring
HIGHWAY PATROL I ’ ve never looked forward to the stretch of highway out of Auckland , it ’ s licence-destroyingly dull ; all
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