@jminer @beefchips @Mr-Ontop @Shop-Teacher Yes, I am a fan too.
Saturday we went and looked at an older Triumph (older than this one) but it was a "modern" one with 3 cylinders and a loud exhaust, it was bigly and I didn't love it. It was pretty but it just felt ... big. PS the owner of that also had a '66 Shelby Cobra with 4,455 miles on it.
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But that was not to be. He waited all of one day to go look at another Triumph, this time the Bonneville. It's similar on paper (specs) but better in every way.
Since last night I learned that the Bonneville, like my Honda Trail / CT, is a modern interpretation of a classic, which kind of makes sense. I don't look at the '08 Bonneville and see a modern bike, it looks timeless. My Trail does look new when you look closely, but from afar it looks like a restored classic - it IS new, and you can't hide the shiny redness, unlike the Bonneville which at least has 15 years of something to it.
In any case, the way this friend and I share vehicles, this will be available to me any time I like, and I look forward to the occasional spin on this lovely machine. I didn't even get out of second gear yesterday - which was fine on my sandy road - and I look forward to it.