Manny,
Do you have a gripe about fuel injected Bonnevilles? Why? Other than a slight decrease in fuel tank capacity due to the pump in the tank, what's not to like? Especially since we have wild elevation swings here in Colorado. Just curious, as I will have a Bonnie model at some future point.
I also agree with Manny about the mileage question. Experiences vary, but I think that in the Bonneville world, they tend to collect miles slower than in some other bike genres. That's based just on my observations from watching the classifieds. I think it says more about the general ownership, than the ability of the bike to make high mileage marks.
Hey, maybe we should go all-in as a club, buy a "community" Bonneville, for passing around and modifying, and see what kind of mileage we can amass year after year. That would be an awesome club project. Then when the bike is completely worn to a frazzle, we can donate it to the "lonely biker's club for guys that can't afford a bike", or some poor kid in the slums of India. Yeah! Who's with me?! Let's do it!!!
What? No, I haven't been drinkink. I'm at work, on my lunchbreak.
-Warf
From: "Manuel Baca" <mjbaca900@yahoo.com>
To: emrat@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2014 6:26:17 AM
Subject: Re: [emrat:3548] Looking at a 2009 Bonneville tomorrow, could use some expert advice.
| B onnevilles aren't typically high mileage bikes. I would say in the life of the bike, that isn't high; but probably is higher than what you would find on most '09 Bonnevilles. Keep in your consideration the Foothills extra handling fee. Also that sadly, the 09 is fuel injected. |
From: Steve Farrow-reid <sfr4201@yahoo.com>;
To: <emrat@googlegroups.com>;
Subject: Re: [emrat:3547] Looking at a 2009 Bonneville tomorrow, could use some expert advice.
Sent: Thu, Jan 9, 2014 8:37:30 AM
Tavis Definately check the service records.The only problems are aware of are leaky valve cover gaskets and also get the rear break pads checked, because thrse tend to wear out rapidly, otherwise that 865 motor is very robust. If time permits, do an internet search, because l think there is a forum on this bike. Best of luck, let us know how ot turns out. E-Steve ------------------------------ On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 8:01 PM PST Tavis Aitken wrote: >Hello to all, this is my first time posting in here. I have only gone to >one of your meetups, but that was mostly due to not having a bike. > >Tomorrow I am going to go test drive and possible buy a 2009 Triumph >Bonneville t100 and wanted to ask a few questions to those in the know. It >is at Foothills triumph / bmw in Lakewood. They have all the service >records for the bike, and it looks great. > >First real question: It has 16K miles on it. That doesn't sound like a lot >to me, but I have never bought a used bike before. Is that a lot, and is >there anything I should look out for? > >What is your experiences with Foothills? They seem great, but that of >course is from only one experience talking to a sales guy about a bike I >already really like. > >Here is a link to some quick phone pics I took while looking at it. >http://imgur.com/a/sMCvE > >This is going to be my first real bike and am quite excited about it, but I >wanted to get the real deal from people who ride these already. Thanks in >advance for any advice you guys give me. > > - Tavis > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EMRAT" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to emrat+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. >To post to this group, send email to emrat@googlegroups.com. >Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/emrat. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EMRAT" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to emrat+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to emrat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/emrat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. |
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