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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2017, 11:12:15 AM »
 Just looks right proportionally.  Not a bobber kinda guy but I could own this just to look at!
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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2017, 03:29:46 PM »
Triumph seem to have forgotten how to get it wrong...

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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2017, 03:44:17 PM »
Very handsome bike, really like it in black and white.  The bobber, on the other hand, looks ridiculous to me.
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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2017, 03:50:32 PM »
Very handsome bike, really like it in black and white.  The bobber, on the other hand, looks ridiculous to me.
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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2017, 04:01:45 PM »
I think the Bobber is pretty cool looks better in person
But when ever i see someone on a Triumph Bobber reminds me of the riding style of the old /2 BMW

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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2017, 04:02:50 PM »
Chain would be a deal breaker for me if I was in the market for a new bike.

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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2017, 04:43:23 PM »
Triumph seem to have forgotten how to get it wrong...
So true!  And feel same as Bad Chad re the Bobber.  But the new Speedmaster seems just right stylistically.
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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2017, 06:20:54 PM »
Of the new Triumphs, the one that looks best to me is the Sport Cup.  I'd be concerned that the lack of horsepower might cause me to lose interest after a few weeks, though.

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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2017, 06:26:41 PM »
meh....another bobber
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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2017, 06:32:53 PM »
I don't know what is with me and big tanks...

but the tank and its profile is still too small for me :P
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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2017, 07:41:44 PM »
I'm close to buying a new T120. Really nice bike, fits me really well.

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Re: NGC. 2018 Triumph Bonneville Speedmaster review
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2017, 09:11:05 PM »
That 1200 motor is really nice.
On another note, don't discount the 900 either.  Last June I followed the national sales mgr for Twisted Throttle, who is a very accomplished rider, all over Vermont on a Street Cup 900.  It was all anyone in the group could do to pace him.
It's always the rider unless it's a 1/4 mile drag.

Kinda like the guy last week on the 300 Versys that paced everybody in the twisties in WV.
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