Retro bikes

[Wingboy]

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Have they gone too far trying to bring back chilhood memories for the aging boomers like myself? looking at Triumphs latest offering,i see that it's a fuelie with faux carburetors (looks like a "choke knob" on there too).Wtf? kawi tried to do it with a twin a while back that looked like an Enfield and it was a total bomb.I don't mind a little bling,but fake carbs....REALLY? It's kinda like the fake kick levers "rubs" put on their modern Harleys.I'll bet people are gonna park them ontop of a fake oil puddle in their cave.

 

[Kool]

Totally stupid....lose the carbs.

 

[DoubleJ]

Nothing new. Where you been for the last couple of years, under a rock?

 

[MacDoc]

Hmmmm - dis a mod....life on the edge.

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Nothing wrong with retro look but fake carbs is over the top.
Wish there was more effort put into comfortable seating for the retros and even the regular offerings.

 

[omnivore]

I really love the new Bonny. It is one of two bikes that are making me consider ditching the KTM.
I am not too hot on the Steve McQueen model you posted a pic of, but the faux carbs have been a feature on the Bonneville SE and Thruxton for yrs now.

 

[STARSHIP]

Also love the Moto Guzzi V7 series But look what caught my eye today and I am trying to put it out of my mind before I do something I regret.

http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-cars-veh...ikes-2001-Moto-Guzzi-Sport-W0QQAdIdZ365384274

Please post a photo of this bike

 

[Wingboy]

Nothing new. Where you been for the last couple of years, under a rock?

Yup.I'm old.

I really love the new Bonny. It is one of two bikes that are making me consider ditching the KTM.
I am not too hot on the Steve McQueen model you posted a pic of, but the faux carbs have been a feature on the Bonneville SE and Thruxton for yrs now.

I didn't know that.Thanks.

 

[nobbie48]

Aren't the Triumphs built on the Pacific rim? Taiwan? So much for British heritage or the all American HD.

 

[caboose56]

Aren't the Triumphs built on the Pacific rim? Taiwan? So much for British heritage or the all American HD.

Cite your sources please.

 

[Hachi-Roku]

Meh
Fake carbs or not they still sound great

only problem is they shift on the wrong side

 

[RetroGrouch]

Aren't the Triumphs built on the Pacific rim? Taiwan? So much for British heritage or the all American HD.

Yes, since 2009, the Bonneville line has been built in Malaysia.

 

[nobbie48]

Cite your sources please.

Thailand not taiwan, Thaiumphs

http://members.bccthai.com/BCCT/asp/corpDetail.asp?CorpID=46

 

[Baggsy]

Retro enough?

Below is my childhood memory. Took decades to get my dad to allow it to be removed from his basement.
Canadian made in the early '70's.

 

[Wingboy]

Re: Retro enough?

Below is my childhood memory. Took decades to get my dad to allow it to be removed from his basement.
Canadian made in the early '70's.

Very cool! Smart Dad.

 

[caboose56]

Yes, since 2009, the Bonneville line has been built in Malaysia.

Thailand not taiwan, Thaiumphs

http://members.bccthai.com/BCCT/asp/corpDetail.asp?CorpID=46

Well whaddya know?!

That's disappointing......

 

[joeb]

My 2007 Triumph Scrambler was built in Thailand. It didn't leak either like some earlier models I.e. built in the UK lol. I believe the Bonny line was carbed up to 2008. They haven't change style wise really so I guess to keep it looking the same they had to make it look carbed when they went to FI in 2009.

 

[nobbie48]

The global market.
Is a Toyota made in Canada a Japanese car?
Didn't Ford own Volvo or a share in it? Swedish or USA? For a while weren't Volvos being assembled in New Brunswick?
Ford - Mazda, BMW - Rolls Royce, Chrysler - MB, GM - Saab. Some old Porches were badged as VWs there and Porches here.
The old Rolls Royces ran GM trannys IIRC and Ford supplied rear ends to Jaguar.

Whether the final product is better or not depends on the attitude of the company management. Are they looking to make cheap copies or shopping the world market to obtain the best possible product for a realistic target price?

 

[Gummiente]

kawi tried to do it with a twin a while back that looked like an Enfield and it was a total bomb.

The Kawi W650 was a Bonneville look-alike, not an Enfield. The mind gets more feeble with age, dunnit?

 

[Gummiente]

The global market.
Is a Toyota made in Canada a Japanese car?
Didn't Ford own Volvo or a share in it? Swedish or USA? For a while weren't Volvos being assembled in New Brunswick?
Ford - Mazda, BMW - Rolls Royce, Chrysler - MB, GM - Saab. Some old Porches were badged as VWs there and Porches here.
The old Rolls Royces ran GM trannys IIRC and Ford supplied rear ends to Jaguar.

How bout a Russian copy of a BMW with Italian wheels, Italian fuel injection, American wiring and German gears and electronic components?

 

[TwistedKestrel]

Was the W650 a bomb? I see them come up every now and then and they seem to sell pretty easy.

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