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Triumph motorcycle reviews


Read Triumph Bonneville motorbike reviews. These have been written by owners of Triumph for the benefit of fellow bikers. Read other Triumph owners' personal opinions of Triumph motorcycle ownership. You can also submit your own Triumph Bonneville review.

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Triumph Bonneville 850cc Apr '09 (09)
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As far as rideability, comfort and handling is concerned, I'm happy the bike. The bike is the T100 with the spoke wheels. However, the thing I'm so disappointed about is the standard of chrome plating. Surface rust is already evident in the wheels, both on the rim and the spokes. Everyone knows how difficult it is to clean spoke wheels at the best of times but the appearance of rust makes the job so much harder. I'm now committed to completely removing the wheels from the bike every 4 - 6 weeks to ensure that the rust build up is thoroughly cleaned off. The reason I believe this is happening is because there's not enough alternate layers of copper and nickel before applying the final chrome plate. The wheel manufacturers may have even skipped the copper plate altogether and just applied the chrome over nickel. Who knows what they've done? The wheelmakers (for the spoke wheels) are union cycle in Taiwan. I'll be sending them some correspondence expressing my disatisfaction at the standard of their workmanship, as well as of course to triumph themselves.
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Triumph Bonneville 850cc Apr '09 (09)
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well cool cruiser
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martinr on 17/03/2010
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Triumph Bonneville 800cc Sept '03 (53)
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Good all round bike, long rides and good around town, easy to ride.
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darren in Bristol, Somerset on 09/05/2008
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Triumph Bonneville 883cc Sept '07 (57)
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if any fault then its in the seat quality hard ride after 50 miles. otherwise superb build quality. not enough bling for my liking but plenty of chrome parts available from triumph.
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twinkle in Haverfordwest, Sir Benfro on 07/01/2008
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Triumph Bonneville 800cc Apr '05 (05)
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I Love this bike... It's perfect.. not too fast to intimidate & handles better than anything I have ridden. The only slight negative is the stock restrictive exhaust pipes. I changed them to off road triumph pipes and the bike is now Perfect.
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UKBike Archive in Hassocks, West Sussex on 10/01/2006
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Triumph Bonneville 800cc Apr '06 (06)
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Wonderfull bike...all I have wanted....rejeted and added BC Preditor pipes...real throuty now with excelent mid range torque..great quality so far....1st 1000 miles
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UKBike Archive in Hassocks, West Sussex on 05/07/2006
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Triumph Bonneville 600cc Sept '04 (54)
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Fantastic bike. Love it to bits. But the chrome quality is horrendous. Even wrote to Triumph in Hinckley. They said the quality is second to none on their Bikes. I've had chrome peeling off and as for rust; it keeps getting worse. If the bike gets wet or if it even looks like its going to rain it'll rust. This bike is not for british weather. Or should I say Welsh weather. But in fairness the bike is great but the exhaust doesnt give it justice. I have an old gs400twin which has been outside in all weather for 3 years and the chrome is far superior to that on the TBA. QUANTITY not quality is the main topic for companies today. Well, enjoy riding.
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UKBike Archive in Hassocks, West Sussex on 09/04/2006
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Triumph Bonneville 800cc Sept '02 (52)
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Love the riding position, comfortable cruiser but have had quality problems - oil leak under 2000km, chrome peeling off, rust on the carb and the back brake is useless.
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UKBike Archive in Hassocks, West Sussex on 24/04/2002
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Triumph Bonneville 800cc Apr '03 (03)
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I could have been a Rocker (I was only 5 years old though) in 1962 on this Bonneville. The road to Brighton by the sea beckoned, but no this was 2006 and I am 49 and wasn't in Brighton, but I just could have been with this time warp machine! The Norman Hyde pipes were just allowing the right amount of engine noise to escape from the 790cc Hinckley twin engine. The roar gave it a real road presence; which was superb. The engineering was modern but the right period touches were all there, the Triumph tank badge, the engine design, the engine beat, it was a sympathetic re-working of the classic British marque - Bonneville. Mine was in Cardinal Red and had the added 'extras' of centre stand, tacho and screen. Why Triumph don't add a centre stand as a standard item I will never know, but this bike had all the right 'extras' fitted. The Triumph sourced screen allowed a sufficient freedom from wind buffeting to keep you cruising all day if necessary. The performance from the twin was fine and if you'd bought a Bonneville for neck wrenching speed, you'd have paid for the wrong bike anyway. This bike rewarded a fluid riding style it was sheer joy to ride on dry twisty country roads. It was a riders bike that could handle twisties with ease and panache. If you want to ride incognito, this surely isn't the bike for you. It gets admiring glances from a lot of older (ex) bikers and younger ones too and one chap followed me up my drive at home to check if I'd got the Norman Hyde silencers fitted, which I had and he informed he was going to get a pair too and just wanted to know what they sounded like! The economy is pretty sensible, especially if you are moderate on the throttle, you will get into the high 50s and even get 60 plus mpg ridden sedately, open her up and do the Rockers magic 'ton' which the bike will do (not on a public road of course) and the petrol will vanish alarmingly. This bike has regal road presence, ride all day comfort, performance to match its style and it never drops one spot of oil (unlike I have been told the pre-Hickley Triumph's) it has nice touches like the oil cooler and the overall finish on mine was superb, apparently the chrome on 2001/02 Bonnies was suspect but mine was A1. The electric start was faultless, even if I did yearn to see a kick start on the beast.I just loved this bike and it has to be one of my all time favourite machines that I've owned in a 30 year biking career. I would have kept her but for the simple fact that in a moment of madness and altruism I sold her to give the money I raised to a worthy cause (my local Church). I dream of this beauty regularly and as I write this review it is firmly on my wish list once finances allow. A superb British bike that ticks all the right boxes. Now where is that Brylcream and 'long live rock n' roll', Brighton and 1962 is just a distant history lesson, but it did seem nearer on that Bonnie.
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casper in Littlehampton, West Sussex on 22/12/2006
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Triumph Bonneville 850cc Apr '05 (05)
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This is my third Triumph from new. Previous two were Speed Triples.Ok so its not a sports bike but its great fun,reliable and handles like a dream.Pity about the cheap chromed Italian wheels(rusty) thats why it loses 2 stars.
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UKBike Archive in Hassocks, West Sussex on 12/09/2006
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