Any Triumph love out there?

[cooleronthecoast]

I've just pulled  the trigger on a 2011 Triumph Thruxton 900 (865cc actually).  Has anyone here got one or a Hinkley Bonneville perhaps? I'd be interested to hear owners views on them, thanks. 

It will be the first British made bike I've owned in 45 years!  The last one was a BSA Bantam.  I hope the Trumpet is a bit more reliable than that was.   

[mike the bike]

I'd love one.  All my friends and family are tight wads so no point in putting it on my Christmas list.

[pkrich]

Had T120 for 5 weeks load of !!!! Bought Honda cb1100rs twice the bike, Ill not says it faster but its fuelled better the Triumph was terrible
In traffic and when very hot, if the fuelling was better and the seat it would be great

Pete

[fryerk]

Had a Hinkley Bonneville 865 for the last 8 years as my main bike - absolutely love it!

[MrDavo]

I loved riding a T140 I’d bought new in 1977, but spent an hour in the garage for every hour riding it. I broke a frame, twisted a crank and all manner of stuff, par for the course in those days. I got good at spannering though.

I bought one of the very first Daytona 1000 fours when Hinckley first started out, it was brilliant to have a genuine 150mph bike that didn’t break down, we went all over Europe. I went on a factory tour once, lots of robots at work, and watching a bike fire up for the first time was cool.

[taysidedragon]

Ive had 3 different Hinkley triples in the last 19 years. Loved every one. My Street Triple hasn't missed a beat in 9 years. Wouldn't hesitate to buy a new Bonneville variant. 😎

[SteveD CB500K0]

I’m a triple guy too.

Since 2007 I’ve had four different Sprint 955s, a Speed Triple 955 (still got it), a Tiger 1050 and two Tiger 800s.

I always try for something different as a courtesy bike when mine is being serviced and have ridden an early Bonneville America (dreadful in the bends but cool around town), a Bobber 1200 (brilliant!) and last week a 1200 Speed Twin. The Speed was awesome fun but not for me. I like my armchair Tiger )


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[flatfour]

My brother has owned a Triumph Street Twin and now has a Street Scrambler. He has previously owned Honda's (most recently a new CB1100 - kept it under a year) and Suzuki's (DR650 V Strom - kept it for five years) a Harley Sportster (kept it for six weeks) and various Kawasaki's.

He always returns to Triumph, he has also owned two of the Hinckley Tiger's.

Over many years of owning Triumph's, his main complaints are the cost of maintenance (much higher than any of the other makes) and the reluctance of dealers to take a trade - in that has more than a few thousand miles on it. I went with him once to a Triumph main dealer and he was told that his bike was not one that they would want to buy, as he had averaged 4,000 miles per year and they preferred 2,500 as a maximum. This seems to be the attitude across the network. He has bought form the Midlands, Norfolk and now lives in Scotland where he says the same problem applies.

In his view a good range of bikes, well put together and great to ride, but let down by maintenance costs and poor residual values.

[cooleronthecoast]

Thank you for your responses.  They are an interesting mix as you might expect.   I'll report back (if nobody minds, this is a Honda forum after all!) when I get the bike home next week, but to be honest it won't be going out on the roads ' til 2020.   As its a Thruxton, I was thinking of changing the handlebars to the Bonneville type as I do suffer from wrist ache after a few miles on bikes with sporty riding positions. Ain't old age a bitch?    However,  watching the YouTube vid test reports, most vloggers say the riding stance isn't bad at all, so I don't plan on changing much initially.

BTW flatfour, if your brother thinks Triumph maintenance is expensive, he should look at Aprilia prices.  I've just had a full service done with a valve clearance check on my Tuono V4 and it came to over £500!   If the shims had needed replacing it would've been closer to £700.   

[Moorey]

I have a Triumph jacket if that counts.

[Spitfire]

I once briefly owned a 3TA, paid a fiver for it.

Dennis

[Nurse Julie]

I love a Brit bike....not the modern re born ones but ones from the 60's and 70's

I have had so many Tridents, and Bonneville's that I have lost count but here are a couple of pics of a pair I had back in the day. Unfortunately, like all my old bikes that have gone by the wayside, most photos have been lost along the way also  .

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[Andrew-S]

Always loved the T160 Trident and nearly bought a brand new one in 76. But at 19 I couldn't get the finance, plus with NVT going down the tubes I decided to buy a 71 750 K1 instead. I would consider buying a nice one but prices are stupid and I'm not sure I would enjoy the ownership having been spoilt by Jap quads.

I've owned Triumph TR Convertibles since 1984 if that counts?

[cooleronthecoast]

That rear caliper on your old Black Bike  is one serious lump of metal Julie!

[Nurse Julie]

That rear caliper on your old Black Bike  is one serious lump of metal Julie!

Yep, did the job a treat. Not my doing though, I bought the bike exactly as you see in that pic and sold her in the same state. She was a real heap of poo but started 1st kick and never let me down. An absolute blast to ride, I had great fun on her. Note the statutory oil leak 😂😂😂