03-16-2016, 03:24 PM
(03-15-2016, 08:15 PM)Capo_imp Wrote: The same can be said for the CB1100. The breathtaking performance machine that was the CB750, now reimagined as a mild- mannered retro. These retro bikes are aimed at older blokes who remember their wild youth but don't necessarily want to fully relive it. And some younger enthusiasts who dig the style. Triumph is and will continue to make a great business out of their complete line of retros, it wouldn't surprise me if Triumph launches a 'Speed Twin' variant of the Bonnie in a year or so, with some performance goodies from the Thruxton R. I hope Honda decides to invest in performance iterations of the CB as well.
I also have a Speed Triple, which is now Triumph's defacto performance standard, and carries the brand's torch nicely.
Like Jack Nicholson in the Shining, it is already axing its way through our doors with the the 2016 Triumph Bonneville Street Twin. Another 270 degree crank, liquid cooled, SOHC with drive (yes DRIVE!) by wire everything. Pulls just over 50 HP. Irrespective of me being the archetype of Capo's "old man", I feel my '10 model CB is a much more palatable "retro".
Cheers
In addition, Kawasaki made a better triumph retro than Triumph. “The horror! The horror!"