The New Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster 2024 Modern-Retro With a Relaxed Authentic British Style

Quite nice - thanks!
I just can't warm to those fake monobloc injection covers. They may as well put a fake manual ignition advance/retard lever on the handlebars too.
 
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I won't comment on the bike
But I expect there are plenty of people out there that'll buy it
 
robs ss said:
Quite nice - thanks!
I just can't warm to those fake monobloc injection covers. They may as well put a fake manual ignition advance/retard lever on the handlebars too.
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Tread carefully sir… I have been severely chastised for saying such!

But ultimately, my conclusion is that one man’s ‘tacky’ is another man’s ‘detail’…
 
I suppose it is the perfect parallel with its target market - lithe, lean and fast in the 60s & 70s, fat and lumpy 50 years on......


p.s. have to say that my '06 Scrambler is a superb bike, well used and it looks it, but still starts instantly on the button and goes well enough. Original clutch etc. has 84000 on the clock. Only gripe is the finishes didnt last long with winter riding.
 
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baz said:
Joking aside
One thing that Hinckley triumph really are good at is reading the market
They always seem to have the right bike at the right time
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Along with Ducati, they enjoyed double-digit growth for several years while a lot of other companies suffered in the doldrums
 
This is my buddy’s new Triumph 1200 , he likes a lot 😉
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Fast Eddie said:
Tread carefully sir… I have been severely chastised for saying such!

But ultimately, my conclusion is that one man’s ‘tacky’ is another man’s ‘detail’…
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People get pretty worked up over those covers. I had a fellow shouting his disapproval at me from his hotel balcony!
I'm not in love with the covers but don't mind them.
Of course the main thing about these new Triumphs, aside from the high power output, is that you can get on one and comfortably ride it half way or all the way across the continent if you want to.
I've not met anyone that has tackled that sort of big tour with an original Triumph or any other old Brit parallel twin bike.
I suppose it could be done, but I don't think it would be a very enjoyable trip.
I would plan on a breakdown or three and much vibration, if on an original Triumph.

Glen
 
worntorn said:
People get pretty worked up over those covers. I had a fellow shouting his disapproval at me from his hotel balcony!
I'm not in love with the covers but don't mind them.
Of course the main thing about these new Triumphs, aside from the high power output, is that you can get on one and comfortably ride it half way or all the way across the continent if you want to.
I've not met anyone that has tackled that sort of big tour with an original Triumph or any other old Brit parallel twin bike.
I suppose it could be done, but I don't think it would be a very enjoyable trip.
I would plan on a breakdown or three and much vibration, if on an original Triumph.

Glen
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Two entirely separate topics of course.
 
worntorn said:
People get pretty worked up over those covers. I had a fellow shouting his disapproval at me from his hotel balcony!
I'm not in love with the covers but don't mind them.
Of course the main thing about these new Triumphs, aside from the high power output, is that you can get on one and comfortably ride it half way or all the way across the continent if you want to.
I've not met anyone that has tackled that sort of big tour with an original Triumph or any other old Brit parallel twin bike.
I suppose it could be done, but I don't think it would be a very enjoyable trip.
I would plan on a breakdown or three and much vibration, if on an original Triumph.

Glen
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I hadn't realised original triumph twins were that bad!
 
While I don’t love the fake carbs or the rad. , this past Sat. Lee my Triumph buddy and I rode a few hundred k’s , usually he on his Multi , looks like it just for Club rides now , he doesn’t care what bike looks like ( he has a multi) he loves ride position and while power is down it enough …. While we had lunch on Pictou Harbour waterfront , his ride drew as much attention as my gt1000 , granted mostly Americans coming off cruise ship for a walk around …😉
 
baz said:
I hadn't realised original triumph twins were that bad!
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I've talked with a few owners of restored Bonnies here. No one seems to want to use them for the kind of longer distance riding I do with the Commando or the Vincent.
They are much like my BSA Super Rocket, ok on lower speed roads around our valley here.
Not to say the longer rides couldn't be done on an old Triumph, but I never encounter them out there.
I do see the occasional elderly BMW far from home as well as other Norton Commandos.


Glen
 
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