2014 Triumph Bonneville
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Review 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100
By Ryan Adams (I am an Owner) on Jan 25, 2024Ever since the '60s, I've always loved the looks and sound of the Bonny. My 1st bike at age 15 was a new Honda 50 but I always desired a bigger, faster bike. So about a year later, I traded for a friend's 2nd hand Honda CB250 SS and I was in heaven! Thrashed it for about two years but while preparing ... to transfer the excellent twin engine into a Puch racing frame, the bike was stolen. Heartbreak hill. Anyway, long story short - many years later I returned to bikes with a Honda 750 Four and became a motorcycle racing journalist (heaven again!) published 2 bike magazines and many different mostly sporty bikes followed for example by the Z1 900, Ducati 900SS, Z1R 1000, CB550, a string of Suzuki GSX1100s, racing a Kawasaki Z750 and later the Suzuki Katana 750 and also Katana 1100, ... But back to my first Bonny...dove from the coast to Pretoria to buy my 1st 2nd hand T100 Bonny followed over time by many other very fast bikes and also about 9 or so Triumph Tigers, Thruxton T100, etc and ultimately my current T100 Bonny, funny enough a 2014 model with only 3600km on the clock and brand new condition - exactly the same maroon and silver as my first one but a more upmarket model with rev counter, etc, etc.... Now the REVUE: I bought it in around 2021 and it still had original tyres! I always loved the pea-shooter original exhaust pipes except they were a bit silent after years on 4-into-1's. So I had identical pipes handcrafted with stainless steel but the baffles were removed. It now revs more freely and sounds divine. It became a real conversation starter and everyone loves it. The addition of a small windscreen (from the last Harley I sold) made it more rider-friendly and the custom top-box, which I don't normally like, seems to have been a dealer or factory fit complete with custom matching paint and stoplights. Ive fitted new tyres to replace the almost 7-year-old standard ones and the handling has improved, although yesterday on a badly maintained highway from P.E. towards Cape Town I thought I felt a bit of a wallow again so will have it looked at now that mechanics are back from Xmast break. I would love to have more sporty cams like on the Triple but it is still a wonderful bike....full of nostalgia...and fuel injection to boot....with fake "carburetors" no less! Great to look at and ride. Oh and I had the seat softened a bit.....much better for my 75-year-old arse.
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