WANT A BIKE that will let you get yourself dirty from time to time, but whose main duty is to tour our big brown land in comfort and style on bitumen or gravel? Well, come and have a gander at the Triumph Explorer 1200 XCa – a luxury adventure tourer that has all the bells and whistles straight off the showroom floor.
The list of standard kit on the XCa is long, but here we go! Wire wheels, crash bars, pannier frames, sump guard, fog lights, heated rider and pillion seats… and radial mount Brembo calipers up front which are probably what will first catch your eyes. Once you delve a bit deeper there’s electronic suspension, electric screen, heated grips, hill hold, 12V and USB sockets, centre stand, cruise control,…