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Message started by Tocsik on 10/13/16 at 18:28:37

Title: Bonneville bobber
Post by Tocsik on 10/13/16 at 18:28:37

Could be cool

Overdrive: Exclusive: Triumph Bonneville Bobber to be unveiled on Oct 19, 2016. http://overdrive.in/news/exclusive-triumph-bonneville-bobber-to-be-unveiled-on-oct-19-2016/

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by Dave on 10/14/16 at 03:01:15

Seeing that hunched over rider makes my back hurt! :(

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by BSTON on 10/14/16 at 09:04:35

I recently rode my friends Triumph Street Twin. The 900cc motor in that bike was impossibly smooth. If the 1200cc in this bike is anywhere close to the same, it's going to be way too refined for the normal bobber crowd. Maybe they purposely made the seating position super uncomfortable to make up for that.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by Kris01 on 10/14/16 at 19:27:36

It looks very uncomfortable.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by gizzo on 10/15/16 at 05:43:00

It looks like something someone made at home, not a factory effort. Can't help feeling they'd have a bit more taste. Being reported on an Indian news site doesn't lend the story any credibility. They just make that stuff up.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by Dave on 10/15/16 at 06:23:22

4F555153526C5D4E484E55585B593C0 wrote:

At this point....that is a prototype. I bet they end up with a better looking product (and a front fender) if it does go into production.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by gizzo on 10/15/16 at 06:33:31

Just did a very brief look and saw it on MCN and cycleworld. That's makes it more believable.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by oldNslow on 10/15/16 at 07:34:55

Ugly bike. I can't see many folks paying 10K out the door for that.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by BSTON on 10/15/16 at 15:49:43

I'm pretty sure the Street Twin is their cheapest bike and my friend was close to $11k out the door on his.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/16/16 at 05:45:16

7846474B5945442A0 wrote:

Ugly bike. I can't see many folks paying 10K out the door for that.

I just didn't want to be the one to say it..

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by Tocsik on 10/20/16 at 08:00:09

some better pics in this article: http://newatlas.com/triumph-bonneville-bobber/46013/
It does have some interesting design "choices" but some of it looks pretty good. Too bad they didn't get it quite right.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by oldNslow on 10/20/16 at 08:57:50

When I saw the spy photos of the prototype, I guessed they were going to base the bobber off the Street Twin with the 900cc engine. I assumed a MSRP of slightly under 10K.

Since it's actually the the 1200, with all the extra electronics, that sucker is going to have to have a sticker price in the 12 to 14 thousand range. Pretty doggone fancy "bobber".

I like the way it looks way better than I liked the prototype, but if I was going to drop that much dough on a Triumph it would have to be a ThruxtonR

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by Tocsik on 10/20/16 at 09:31:10

Yeah, once I read it was the bigger motor I was disappointed. Not that I could drop that kind of money anyway, but 900cc would have been a better placement for a bobber IMO. These pics definitely look better than that earlier peek, though.

Title: Re: Bonneville bobber
Post by Gary_in_NJ on 10/20/16 at 11:28:30

Agreed, it looks like a torture rack. But I have great respect for Triumph for developing bikes for almost every market segment, especially segments that have been historically custom/aftermarket.