Bonneville - thoughts please

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:06:35 GMT

Nope. Norge is an old motorcycle, the name was first used by Guzzi in
1926.

Wasn't Saber the name for the GT Kwak series in the US in the early
80s?

Zebee

 

I thought sabre was some sort of sword but I will accept correction

 

My girlfriend is only about 5'3" and easily fits on the back of my DL650. Not
that hard at all for her to get on. The pegs are pretty low. Try something
before you buy. If you are in Perth let me know as I am selling my DL650.

Fraser

 

But the Ford Consul Classic was round from 1961-63; long before HD used it.
Oh hang on, that's not a bike though. Oh, hang on....
Link to pic follows (I hope - this time)
http://fat.ly/v853u

 

Prob not anytime soon, but ta for that.
One of these days I'll get up there!

 

You appear to have posted a link to a photograph of a motorcyclist with
pillion lane splitting down the centre divide past a somewhat
unatrractive 1960's car.

 

Ditto Mrs Price at 5'4" - its her preferred ride but there's not a lot of
competition for a pillion against a daytona 675 and a scooter ...

Best, Andrew

 

Uhuh, whose name was Ford (Consul) Classic.... long before Harley used it.

 

...could almost be the past tense of 'sober'

 

In fact the Ford Consul was around from approx 1950 something as the 4
cylinder Ford Zephyr
in models mk1 two and III
Then the model you tried to point too came along around the time the
Cortina was being developed
none of the above of course being four wheels made normal motorcycle
in any accepted form

 

I daresay that's right, but could you say it again in normal English
anyway? Just for us slowpokes who don't get whatever Franglish it is that
you're using.

 

True. All Ford medium products in the early 60s (Cortina, Corsair, Classic
and the *original* Capri - nice looking car too, even if nearly as rust
prone as an old Lancia) were sold as Consul models. Yes I do know they're
cars (even a pom can work that out!), I was just making a point about
Harley not really having any historical dibs on 'Classic' as a model name
for some type of vehicle. Cheers

 

I could

but the question should be
"Will I?"

 

Real or imagined ?

Bonnie
http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/11502_11704.aspx
Front Suspension
Kayaba 41mm forks, 120mm travel
Rear Suspension
Kayaba chromed spring twin shocks with adjustable preload, 106mm
rear wheel travel


Scrambler
http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/2010_Scrambler_Specifications_2010Scrambler.aspx
Front Suspension
Kayaba 41mm forks, 120mm travel
Rear Suspension
Kayaba chromed spring twin shocks with adjustable preload, 106mm
rear wheel travel


JL
(I love marketing dudes - "how can we make more money - I know, let's
make it look a little different and pretend it is very different -
it'll fool some of them)

 

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Just bite the bullet and buy a 1198 R. Lovely big red Italian supermodel.
You know you want too.

Ditch the wife, with the cost of servicing you wont be able to afford a wife
anyway.

Live happily ever after. Well till you loose your license and your knees
lock up and your shoulders ache and...

Think she'd have you back?

Capt A. L (problem solver extraordinaire)

 

Aaaargh! My eyes!


BTH

 

In Johno's case, wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to it as the
"pre-tense" of sober?


BTH

 

After 32 years of happy marriage I think I'd rather find a bike she
actually likes. You get a gold star for effort though. Cheers

 

Yes but whilst the raw travel is the same the spring rates are NOT the same.

That means when real people sit on them (not 60kg waifs) the suspension
sag on the Bonneville is greater than the suspension sag on the Thruxton
(and we measured that at 25mm).

That means that the (available) suspension travel is greater.


G-S

 

Hey ? I thought you were trying to convince me it was setup for dirt -
you put softer springs and longer travel suspension on something to do
that, because a dirt road is rougher and more undulating - ie you hop
on a dirt bike and it will sag FURTHER than a road bike, not less.
Springs that are too stiff will make for really crap handling on a
dirt road (but may improve handling on the tar if the softer setup is
causing wallowing)

So on the basis of the above, the bonnie is actually a better dirt
bike than the thruxton.... <pause> weren't we comparing the bonnie and
the scrambler ?

I would indeed expect exactly what you described as the difference
between the bonnie and thruxton, given the thruxton is the "sporty"
version of the bonnie.

JL