Triumph Bonneville
#1
Posted 01 July 2020 - 11:46 pm
#2
Posted 02 July 2020 - 07:17 am
Yes.
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#3
Posted 02 July 2020 - 08:04 am
#4
Posted 02 July 2020 - 08:44 am
#5
Posted 02 July 2020 - 09:00 am
OK I'll start putting thoughts together and get back.
#6
Posted 02 July 2020 - 09:03 am
Yes from me too
#7
Posted 02 July 2020 - 09:30 am
........sort of......because, like
Yes please. Been struggling with seat height on my 850 as I have a dodgy hip. Wondered what Bonnie might be like.
and , whilst I still hug my 4tx with love & devotion, and whist, on the move , it’s an unmitigated pleasure,
to push it around, and back it into city parking spaces (v.short legs) it sometimes is beginning to feel rather heavy....
-and also I get zero nostalgia-rush from the Bonneville, in spite of my great age
it seems to me lacking in any particular style & character....relying mainly its name and origins for sales appeal
so interested to hear what the riding experience is like.....does the magic suddenly blossom?
#8
Posted 02 July 2020 - 09:42 am
a mate has the thruxton so has a bit of nostalgia attached to it.
Looks great and gets lots of glances when we did the Pyrenees a few years ago.
my Tdm got the most peeps asking about the bike though much to the chagrin of my mates
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#9
Posted 02 July 2020 - 10:39 am
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#10
Posted 02 July 2020 - 12:47 pm
I'm not interested in buying a Bonny or the like but I'm always interested in comparisons with the 9'er.
#11
Posted 02 July 2020 - 02:43 pm
Current toys: '99 XT600E, 2000 4TX, '82 Princess 30DS (where the username comes from), No longer a '03 Fazer thou.
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#12
Posted 04 July 2020 - 11:17 am
While we're on the subject of nostalgia and new 'brit' lookalike bikes, anybody got any thoughts on the Kwack w800?
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#13
Posted 04 July 2020 - 03:18 pm
While we're on the subject of nostalgia and new 'brit' lookalike bikes, anybody got any thoughts on the Kwack w800?
I've nothing to offer on the w800 but a friend once briefly owned a w650 a few years ago. It looked the part but it had quite high rise bars which made it unstable at speed. He swopped the bars for lower ones but he said it still didn't feel stable above 70 ish. They might well have improved things now.
#14
Posted 04 July 2020 - 04:25 pm
While we're on the subject of nostalgia and new 'brit' lookalike bikes, anybody got any thoughts on the Kwack w800?
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#15
Posted 06 July 2020 - 04:21 pm
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