Triumph Tiger 900 (T400)

The original Tiger 900 (T400), built by Triumph Motorcycles Ltd, was introduced in 1993 and remained in production with minor improvements until 1998. Fans called it the Steamer, a nickname that marks it as a Hinckley Tiger rather than a Meriden Tiger and as a carburettor model rather than a fuel injected one. It was an 885 cc three-cylinder dual sport motorcycle whose engine and tall seat height gave a dominant riding position with the ability to see over other traffic. It sold in comparatively small numbers in its native UK but with some relative success in the US and continental Europe, particularly Germany. In 1999 it was replaced by a heavily revised, fuel injected model known as the T709, which in 2001 gave way to the 955 cc Triumph Tiger 955i.