Your bike inspired me to go look at some Triumphs today. Spent about an hour, sitting on all kinds of bikes, R1's, Scrambler, Bonnie, Bonnie T100, Thruxton 900, Ducati. A bunch of great looking bikes. I was kind of surprised at how small the Triumphs felt (After riding a GS). (Im sure you all know this already) The Scrambler basically is a Bonnieville with knobbys on it, or thats what it looked like. Seems like you could throw a set of knobbies on the Bonnie (Or vicea versa), and you'd have the same capability as the Scrambler, something for thoes of you who are "Should I get the Bonnie or the Scrambler?", 2 bikes in one. I liked the lower exhaust vs the Scramblers Exhaust, I see burning yourself easly on the setup. Over all the bikes I keep coming back to the Bonnie T100, more chrome more shinny and a Tach. I wanted to check out the all black Bonnie but they didn't have any there. Deffinetly a possible next bike.
you did say it right I have hte reading comprehension skills of a bowl of jello sometimes - sorry mine has the 790, factory pipes but with the baffles drilled, pod filters and jetted but I do not what size and it purrs so I ain't jacking with it plenty of pull and a fun ride but no speed demon by any means it will drag my 260 pound us up to the ton and a little over the power is just real usable I'll probably go for the wiseco 904 kit at some point when I have some coin burning a hole in my pocket
Bonneville is still in Utah I think........at least it was earlier this month:huh that is the speedway in the background on Fri before speed week this year.
Biggest saddlebags I've ever seen on a Bonnie - they look like they're made for Milwaukee's best.. what'd they come off of?
Yeah, it's that white stuff behind the bike. I was all over these when I found the VUN. I'd emailed the guy about ten times, called twice, and never got an answer. Funny how fate works. I pick up my Vun at the airport at 7:30am.
saddlemen drifters the size extra extra jumbo (I am serious) way too big for the Bonnie but all I could find without conchos and studs since I waited until a week before the trip to start sourcing bags I am gonna sell them and go down to the Jumbo size bags I think
Rider mag said December issue will feature an article by Salvadori about a long-distance ride he did recently on a T-100. His column this month is about the processes that lead him to buy particular bikes; this being one he's either bought or intends to.
True.. and the last paragraph in his editorial sums up why he likes the Bonnie T100 so much. Great read - as usual when it comes to reading his stuff.