BMW Motorrad’s F 900 GS series is now available for booking in India, offering competition to the Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro. Both bikes share compar
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- BMW Motorrad’s F 900 GS series is now available for booking in India, offering competition to the Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro. Both bikes share comparable specs, including powerful engines and advanced features.
BMW Motorrad India recently opened bookings for the F 900 GS and the F 900 GS Adventure. The motorcycle has already been launched in the international markets and the specifications are unlikely to change for the Indian markets. A direct competitor of the F 900 GS in India is the Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro.
Both the bikes are premium ADVs that fall into a similar price bracket as well. Here is a comparison of the two bikes based on their spec sheets.
BMW F 900 GS vs Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro: Engine and Performance
The Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro comes with a liquid-cooled 888 cc, inline 3-cylinder engine that produces 106 bhp at 9,500 rpm and 90 Nm torque at 6,850 RPM. The engine is mated to a 6-speed transmission.
The upcoming BMW F 900 GS also gets a liquid-cooled engine, a 895 cc, parallel-twin putting out 103 bhp at 8,500 RPM and 93 Nm at 6,750 RPM. The BMW also gets a 6-speed like the Tiger 900.
BMW F 900 GS vs Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro: Chassis
The Triumph gets a tubular trellis main frame and a fabricated bolt-on aluminium rear subframe. The BMW on the other hand has a bridge-type frame with steel shell construction and a bolted-on rear sub-frame.
Also Read : BMW F 900 GS and F 900 GS Adventure bookings open ahead of launch
BMW F 900 GS vs Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro: Suspension
The front suspension on the Triumph is 45 mm upside-down forks with 240 mm travel and the rear is a mono-shock suspension with 230 mm of travel. The BMW gets 43mm USD telescopic forks with 230 mm travel at the front and a mono-shock at the rear with 215 mm of travel.
Both ADVs get manual preload, rebound and compression damping adjustments.
BMW F 900 GS vs Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro: Brakes
The front brakes of the Tiger 900 Rally Pro are dual 320 mm discs with Brembo callipers and a single 255 mm disc at the rear. The other bike, F 900 GS gets dual 305 mm discs on the front wheel and a single 265 mm disc at the back.
BMW F 900 GS vs Triumph Tiger 900 Rally Pro: Electronics and Features
Triumph Tiger 900— 7-inch TFT Display with ‘My Triumph’ connectivity, 6 riding modes: Rain, Road, Sport, Off-Road and Off-Road Pro (model dependent), switchable traction control and optimised cornering ABS.
BMW F 900 GS— 6.5-inch TFT Display with BMW Motorrad connectivity, 4 riding modes: Rain, Road, Dynamic and Enduro, switchable traction control (‘Dynamic Traction Control’) and BMW’s Motorrad ABS Pro
First Published Date: 24 Aug 2024, 13:40 PM IST