2014 Triumph Bonneville | Bonneville T100 bike review

the Triumph Bonneville is a two-wheeled motoring icon that's as British as a plate of fish chips and mushy peas even though production is now in Thailand and its name was originally derived from those famous Salt Flats in Utah today the Bonneville is more about chasing memories than any land-speed records with a bike that both steadfastly and romantically retains the look of the 1950s original but serves it up with modern day performance handling and reliability you as soon as you lay eyes on the bonneville you can feel it working hard to evoke all those Cafe Racer memories albeit in a modern-day context of twin tube-frame disc brakes and electric start based models get 17-inch alloys but on this t100 version you've got these beautifully spoked wire wheels slab seat peashooter exhausts tachometer fork shrouds and these hand-painted coach lines on the fuel tank fuel injection may have been standard since 2008 but even the throttle bodies have been cast to look like a pair of traditional animal carburetors I love that unfortunately there are other elements on the bike that aren't quite so considered the fuel cap doesn't have a lock on it the rectifier is clumsily located beneath the headlight plus the location of this ignition chamber means that if you've got any other keys on your key ring which you will have it's going to scratch and rattle as you ride in there aren't any such complaints about the engine which is the same 865 CC parallel twin that's used in the scrambler and the Thruxton combined with the 5-speed manual box although this one has been tuned to deliver more mid-range and produces 67 brake horsepower I've got treetops under my hand I've got seasons under my I've got troubles in the nighttime troubles in the daytime the modern Bonneville is very user friendly the bars and pegs are well spaced to make the rising position nice and roomy while performance is really smooth refined and surprisingly sprightly dynamically speaking it does stumble there isn't much ground clearance for cornering and both the seat and rear suspension are very basic but these can be easily solved with the help of triumphs passionate specialists and their myriad upgrades regardless this bike will put a big smile on your face I've got troubles in the nighttime travels in the daytime in a Sunday afternoon cruising context this Bonneville is a silly charming it's effortless to ride and it's so nostalgic if that's already now since manic a stroller you could quite easily fall in love with a pie like this and you could blame you do you know that I was ready to go as the iconic name the classic styling and the mouth manners will make the bonneville an appealing choice for a lot of people whether you're new to rising coming back to riding or simply fancy a second bike to cover and ride out on the sunny days granted in standard guys it doesn't really encourage any superlatives but just as in the 50s and the 60s if you look at this bike as a blank canvas as your blank canvas then it is one awesome place to start you

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Length: 4min 52sec (292 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 27 2014