Well seeing iam a new member to this forum i may as well make some comments about our new toy.
Let me tell you about myself. Iam 74 years of age now and still have all my facilties so iam very lucky.
I started with my first brand new bike a Triumph Cub, bought around 1962. I have had bikes all my life mostly Japanese 4 strokes and two strokes, with the odd Ducati at times. I have done Adventure riding for a number of years in NZ and Australia, and lots of Touring on larger bikes here in NZ. I got into the racing scene at around 55 yearsof age, racing 400/600cc Pre modern bikes, Iam still racing today but now Classic bikes with smaller cc and having a ball.
Over the last couple of years the wife and i had a clean out of some of our Adventure and sports bikes and one which i dearly loved was the FJR1300, something i thought id never part with, but loaded up for Touring the thing weighed a ton.
The wife sugested that we look for something a bit lighter in weight than the FJR, and more along the lines of the two Classic Race bikes that we own, something that we can just pull out of the shed on a nice day and go for a bit of a crusie ride.
I have always had a soft spot for the Bonnie, as in the 60's two good mates of mine had these, and they were the bike of the day.
Anyway we have recently purchased a 2008 T100 Bonnie, low klms, 1 owner, full service history and with a load of extra's on the bike, with every thing we wanted, so we dont need to kit it out any further.
We have had several days out on the bike now and iam rather impressed with this bike, after coming off a FJR1300 i thought it would take a lot to beat the Yamaha. Although the Triumph is not as powerfull it has very good torque for an 850cc, very comphy with the King/Queen seat, quite nimble handling, and a nice quite engine, the gear box is a bit notchy but i think i will get used to operate it better, brakes are ok but for a single disk and Two pot calipier can't ask for much better. Rear suspension loaded seems a bit soft, i have cranked it up to about midway and seems a little better, (over the years i have found a lot of touring bikes are undersprung anyway) Bumped the rear tyre pressure up to 40psi and this has helped also. The finnish of the bike in general is good, but the chrome work on the front guard brackets, horn, and spokes is poor, (assembled in Thailand). Will just have to keep plenty of CRC or silicone on the chrome to keep it lasting. Overall its a lovely bike for an older Biker, and very pleased that we have one to finnish off our years of Motorcycling which we both enjoy.
Very pleased with the forum, nice and easy to get around and find things about the Triumphs on here.
Cheers from Rustys NZ
Let me tell you about myself. Iam 74 years of age now and still have all my facilties so iam very lucky.
I started with my first brand new bike a Triumph Cub, bought around 1962. I have had bikes all my life mostly Japanese 4 strokes and two strokes, with the odd Ducati at times. I have done Adventure riding for a number of years in NZ and Australia, and lots of Touring on larger bikes here in NZ. I got into the racing scene at around 55 yearsof age, racing 400/600cc Pre modern bikes, Iam still racing today but now Classic bikes with smaller cc and having a ball.
Over the last couple of years the wife and i had a clean out of some of our Adventure and sports bikes and one which i dearly loved was the FJR1300, something i thought id never part with, but loaded up for Touring the thing weighed a ton.
The wife sugested that we look for something a bit lighter in weight than the FJR, and more along the lines of the two Classic Race bikes that we own, something that we can just pull out of the shed on a nice day and go for a bit of a crusie ride.
I have always had a soft spot for the Bonnie, as in the 60's two good mates of mine had these, and they were the bike of the day.
Anyway we have recently purchased a 2008 T100 Bonnie, low klms, 1 owner, full service history and with a load of extra's on the bike, with every thing we wanted, so we dont need to kit it out any further.
We have had several days out on the bike now and iam rather impressed with this bike, after coming off a FJR1300 i thought it would take a lot to beat the Yamaha. Although the Triumph is not as powerfull it has very good torque for an 850cc, very comphy with the King/Queen seat, quite nimble handling, and a nice quite engine, the gear box is a bit notchy but i think i will get used to operate it better, brakes are ok but for a single disk and Two pot calipier can't ask for much better. Rear suspension loaded seems a bit soft, i have cranked it up to about midway and seems a little better, (over the years i have found a lot of touring bikes are undersprung anyway) Bumped the rear tyre pressure up to 40psi and this has helped also. The finnish of the bike in general is good, but the chrome work on the front guard brackets, horn, and spokes is poor, (assembled in Thailand). Will just have to keep plenty of CRC or silicone on the chrome to keep it lasting. Overall its a lovely bike for an older Biker, and very pleased that we have one to finnish off our years of Motorcycling which we both enjoy.
Very pleased with the forum, nice and easy to get around and find things about the Triumphs on here.
Cheers from Rustys NZ