Well, once again Triumph has put ironic quote marks on their own name. I would describe the company as a triumph of illogic over reason.
First it's a 600 that can't compete with bikes five years older than it, and now a Bonneville copy that's not as good as the japanese one. What's with these guys?
I mean, it's a terrific effort, and I can see the quality of the thing, but why is it so freakin' heavy? Isn't this being marketed as a beginners bike? And why do the mufflers angle down like that? Universally, people think they look like ship.
I haven't ridden one yet, but my friend the Triumph salesman says that Triumph has an inexhaustible talent for making any bike dull. This overweight, underpowered slug seems to fit that bill.
Why anybody would buy this thing and not an SV650 is beyond me. But hell, Harley sells a zillion of their "motorcycles" each year.
Maybe the Japanese need to stop making their bikes so darn functional? Or maybe we all need to be heavily medicated?
First it's a 600 that can't compete with bikes five years older than it, and now a Bonneville copy that's not as good as the japanese one. What's with these guys?
I mean, it's a terrific effort, and I can see the quality of the thing, but why is it so freakin' heavy? Isn't this being marketed as a beginners bike? And why do the mufflers angle down like that? Universally, people think they look like ship.
I haven't ridden one yet, but my friend the Triumph salesman says that Triumph has an inexhaustible talent for making any bike dull. This overweight, underpowered slug seems to fit that bill.
Why anybody would buy this thing and not an SV650 is beyond me. But hell, Harley sells a zillion of their "motorcycles" each year.
Maybe the Japanese need to stop making their bikes so darn functional? Or maybe we all need to be heavily medicated?