11-21-2016, 01:35 PM
(11-21-2016, 01:23 AM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote: [url=http://www.cycleworld.com/2016-triumph-bonneville-t120-standard-motorcycle-review-road-test#page-7]Oddly, the more modern the Bonneville becomes, the more it generally resembles those ’60s versions I admire. It has fuel-injection throttle bodies that look like old Amal Monoblocks (sans cables), the best-looking exhaust system in years—with a catalytic converter hidden under the engine—and a nicely finned head and cylinders with a camouflaged radiator in front of them. Yet it looks clean and simple and works better than any British twin I’ve owned.
Egan is a bona fide old fart and he's giving the nod to the phony bits because, as he states later, he wants a bike he enjoys looking at when it's parked.
Funny thing is the bike, despite being a 1200 cc liquid-cooled beast, only makes 72 HP. To get the real power you've got to pony up a lot more dough for the Thruxton.
Good review, and a nice motorcycle, were my thoughts.
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This sums it up for me as the emotional response my 2015 T100 provides just on sight, makes it very desirable. The replacement T120 is as well. In fact, the new model in cranberry red and silver was a VERY close second before deciding on my 2014 CB1100 (all black) standard. The difference in price was the deal breaker on the Triumph. Nevertheless, the late model Bonnies are arguably the most beautiful and definitive retro motorcycles on the planet.