Bonnie/CB1100

[UJM Guy_imp]

Beautiful day today but spent it at home putzing around the house instead of riding. Gave both bikes a good clean, especially the Bonnie which has been washed exactly twice since I bought it a year and almost 10K miles ago; came away with it looking *almost* as good as new.

I have to confess to thinking about selling the Bonnie when the CB came home but have changed my mind. I was - naturally - comparing it to the CB and, in any objective way, it does come up short. But it's an honest bike and I really like it. In fact, I don't think it's really fair to either one to even compare them at all; they're different animals and, in terms of the all important 'emotive' pull, are sort of coming from opposite directions, really.

The whole 'retro' thing doesn't ring true with me anyway. I just want a classic ( in the sense of traditional ) air-cooled roadster that is spirited, reliable, comfortable, relatively economical, easy on the eyes and easy to work on and, when I ride it, will remind me of why I fell in love with motorcycling in the first place.

I've got that in both of these.


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Pete C

I enjoy reading about those who own or used to own the Bonnie’s and W650’s. Both are great looking bikes, I especially like how Triumph was able to fashion a fuel injection throttle body to look like a carburetor. I was seriously looking at a Bonneville, it is such a beautiful bike, but glad I waited for the CB1100. The CB1100 has that classic look with nimble handling, along with a silky engine and gearbox. Kudos to those who can have both a Bonnie and a CB1100.