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Triumph Bonneville T100 Custom





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My 2008 Triumph Bonneville T100. List of mods: British Customs Air Box Elimination Kit, British Customs Predator Exhaust, Ohlins S36E Rear Shocks, Dart Flyscreen, New Bonneville Lucas Style Light Kit, Triumph Short Rear Fender, Burton Bike Bits 60's Style Seat, Napoleon Bar End Mirrors, Norman Hyde M Bars, Monza Gas Cap, New Bonneville Clutch Lifter Dress-up Kit and Chrome Bracket, LSL Chrome Frame Sliders, Triumph Chrome Cam Cover, British Customs Ignition Relocation Kit, D9 Layflat Sport Gauge Bracket, D9 Ignition Port Plug, Cibie Headlight Reflector and Osram 75/50 Bulb, Thermos Cup Gauge Pods, 8 Ball Choke Knob, Kisan signalMinder, Kisan tailBlazer, LED Signal and Neutral Dash Bulb Replacement, Clocks4Bikes Stem Mount Clock.

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It's kinda sad that it doesn't have a kickstarter. Other than that I like it.

I wonder if you could fit one on it... although kicking over an almost 900cc twin might not be the easist. I had a kick start on my 1978 GS550 inline-4 and it was indeed a lot of fun, but required some body weight to do. (like the force of putting a bike on it's centre stand).

Mike

Johnj wrote:It's kinda sad that it doesn't have a kickstarter.

No. It's not. Not sad at all. Hinckley Bonne's are cold-blooded as heck. Trying to start one on a 45 degree morning the old-fashioned way would be........ <<unprintable in a family forum!!!>>

Cold blooded? Argh. I had a cold blooded bike before (and in Canada, that's not fun)... hard to start when it was under +10°C, sometimes I had to clean and pull the plugs to get it started in the cold...argh.

I'm sure the Bonne isn't that bad right? (please say no).

Mike

totalmotorcycle wrote:Cold blooded? Argh. I had a cold blooded bike before (and in Canada, that's not fun)... hard to start when it was under +10°C, sometimes I had to clean and pull the plugs to get it started in the cold...argh.

I'm sure the Bonne isn't that bad right? (please say no).

Welllll...... I last started mine the weekend before Christmas. It was about 40F. I pushed it from the back shed around to the garage where it's warmer and there's electricity. I put a space heater right under it on high for 45 minutes. And it started. On the fifth try....

They have a rep for being cold-blooded.

Now, this is the carb'd '05 in my avatar. I expect the new FI models are better.

I've only owned 1 FI bike, my 07 V-Strom, and had 6 other carb'd bikes. The Honda's did best in the cold, always started on their 1st try, even if left for a few weeks. 2 tries if left over the winter in a garage. The carb'd Suzuki was a PITA, so was the Yamaha. The FI Suzuki, no issues... thank goodness for FI and cold weather.

On the UK bikes here, the 01 carb'd Kawasaki is cold blooded, the 02 carb'd Suzuki is much better and starts on 2nd go in the cold.

The Bonne you have is sure nice, I am going to take out a T100 this spring here and see what they are like.

I have a dream...

Johnj wrote:I have a dream...

Was it a good one?

Not really, it was just my old Triumph seemed a lot nicer in my memory.