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During lockdown With 3 holidays cancelled, no pub, no petrol in the car to pay for I decided to buy a Triumph Bonneville T100. If Carpers are interested Ill post up a review vs a 9er. But I dont want to waste my breath, Is there any interest?
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Yes please. Been struggling with seat height on my 850 as I have a dodgy hip. Wondered what Bonnie might be like.
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OK I'll start putting thoughts together and get back.  :good:
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........sort of......because, like
Quote: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 , itâs 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....
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-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
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so interested to hear what the riding experience is like.....does the magic suddenly blossom?
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a mate has the thruxton so has a bit of nostalgia attached to it.
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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 matesÂ
"As I Lay Rubber down to street, I pray for traction I can keep. But if I skid and begin to slide, please dear god protect my ride"
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I'm not interested in buying a Bonny or the like but I'm always interested in comparisons with the 9'er.
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As TKH says I've no interest in the triumph but it's always good to hear reasons to stick with what I have.
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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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Quote: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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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.
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Quote:While we're on the subject of nostalgia and new 'brit' lookalike bikes, anybody got any thoughts on the Kwack w800?
Watch this. It is good and very funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSE73I4LXe4
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I like the bevel drive cam of the W800, different. They seem to make retro's all 47hp A2 bikes, there must be extra horses in there waiting to burst out.
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