Mother-in-law just bought a 2008 Triumph Bonne T100 and I'll probably be picking it up for her today. I don't know much about these bikes, other than they've been around forever and look pretty classy. Anybody know any pros or cons about the new T100? It's a cool looking bike and I'm excited to ride it, but is there anything she needs to watch out for? Post up!
Talk to these fools. :)
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Quote from: pipeliner1978 on July 29, 2008, 08:51:23 AM
Mother-in-law just bought a 2008 Triumph Bonne T100 and I'll probably be picking it up for her today. I don't know much about these bikes, other than they've been around forever and look pretty classy. Anybody know any pros or cons about the new T100? It's a cool looking bike and I'm excited to ride it, but is there anything she needs to watch out for? Post up!
Can't wait for mom to get this bike! It is very cool. Watch out for people falling asleep on the back! No, I am serious - my papaw had one of these and he took my uncle Okey for a ride. Uncle Okey fell asleep and fell off the back! Guess he didn't really get hurt because it has always been a funny story in our family!
Quote from: pipeliner1978 on July 29, 2008, 08:51:23 AM
Mother-in-law just bought a 2008 Triumph Bonne T100 and I'll probably be picking it up for her today. I don't know much about these bikes, other than they've been around forever and look pretty classy. Anybody know any pros or cons about the new T100? It's a cool looking bike and I'm excited to ride it, but is there anything she needs to watch out for? Post up!
Watch out for women driving minivans. And trucks. And pretty much anything I guess.
Having had an '02 Bonneville - Watch out for grooved pavement. It's old school rigid frame and doesn't flex like the Duc. It feels like you hit ice on overpasses like 635 and 35 (maybe some different tires?). Buy a windscreen, its a "Touring Posture" so spend the money for the Triumph Winter Screen ($500) or your mom is going to eat a lot of bugs. Use Stabil if you don't run it in the winter, the float can get stuck and its a PITA to have them cleaned. Enjoy!
Quote from: Girlrider on July 29, 2008, 11:07:40 AM
Having had an '02 Bonneville - Watch out for grooved pavement. It's old school rigid frame and doesn't flex like the Duc. It feels like you hit ice on overpasses like 635 and 35 (maybe some different tires?). Buy a windscreen, its a "Touring Posture" so spend the money for the Triumph Winter Screen ($500) or your mom is going to eat a lot of bugs. Use Stabil if you don't run it in the winter, the float can get stuck and its a PITA to have them cleaned. Enjoy!
Screen being installed today, thanks for the heads up [thumbsup]
One more thing - One day in the near future, it won't start. Oh, it won't, it won't , it won't start. You'll practicaly wear the battery out. Then...
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she'll remember to turn on the fuel switch [bang]
something tells me this will happen often, among other things. [cheeky]
Maria,
Good suggestion about the Stabil vs carbs fight club. :P Gas is so incredibly screwed up and shitty these days you HAVE to use Stabil all the time with any carbed bike. If she doesn't ride it all the time using Stabil is a must. Even with Stabil I crank up my Kawi ZRX1200 at least once a week to warm it up and run some "Stabilized" fuel through the carbs if I haven't ridden it lately. Nothing is worse than hassling with a bank of 4 carbs and doing open heart surgery trying to clean up all the jets, needle valves and passage ways due to clogs from evaporated gas. Stabil is no miracle but it damn sure helps. [thumbsup]
Quote from: fastwin on July 29, 2008, 07:53:14 PM
Stabil is no miracle but it damn sure helps. [thumbsup]
girls say that about me a lot, too...
So, Tommy and I made a loop yesterday evening with my mom ( who was on her new triumph bonne). All went well until we were close to home and she wasn't behind us anymore. We pulled into the neighborhood and I went home to wait while Tommy decided to turn around and look for her, considering this is only her second time on this new bike and she refuses to wear a full face helmet. I was still waiting in the driveway nearly ten minutes later when mom pulled around the corner, grinning, with a milkshake from Sonic tucked into her (not so small) hip purse. She stopped at our driveway and pulled it out to get a drink when Tommy came around the corner, just shaking his head. Apparently she was hot and thirsty, WTH!
D@mn, your mom is cool. [thumbsup]
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on August 03, 2008, 10:28:04 AM
D@mn, your mom is cool. [thumbsup]
We were thinking - irritating - since she got us so worried when she was just getting a d@mn milkshake! (Not that Tommy and I haven't irritated her a few times...I don't know, making her a grandma at age 41?!?) Anyway, I guess she's cool today because she is out on a sailboat! I'm not jealous! ;D
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 10:26:40 AM
So, Tommy and I made a loop yesterday evening with my mom ( who was on her new triumph bonne). All went well until we were close to home and she wasn't behind us anymore. We pulled into the neighborhood and I went home to wait while Tommy decided to turn around and look for her, considering this is only her second time on this new bike and she refuses to wear a full face helmet. I was still waiting in the driveway nearly ten minutes later when mom pulled around the corner, grinning, with a milkshake from Sonic tucked into her (not so small) hip purse. She stopped at our driveway and pulled it out to get a drink when Tommy came around the corner, just shaking his head. Apparently she was hot and thirsty, WTH!
moral of the story, when your fatass gets too hot on your bike and you're riding with other ppl, have the common courtesy to let them know if you are gonna stop and feed your face. That way ppl who might be a lil concerned about your health(bc you're only wearing jeans, tank top and half helmet) don't have to speed off looking for you.
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 10:31:52 AM
she is out on a sailboat! I'm not jealous! ;D
Me either, go join her and her "friends" and me and Mr P. Smart will do some male bonding [popcorn]
Quote from: pipeliner1978 on August 03, 2008, 10:34:39 AM
moral of the story, when your fatass gets too hot on your bike and you're riding with other ppl, have the common courtesy to let them know if you are gonna stop and feed your face. That way ppl who might be a lil concerned about your health(bc you're only wearing jeans, tank top and half helmet) don't have to speed off looking for you.
Exactly! Well said, baby! (But my mom isn't actually fat)
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 10:37:24 AM
Exactly! Well said, baby! (But my mom isn't actually fat)
Now, now kids, take a breath. You'll just have to teach mom the secret hand signal for "stopping at Sonic." [laugh]
mmm milkshake
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 10:37:24 AM
Exactly! Well said, baby! (But my mom isn't actually fat)
Fat (__!__)
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on August 03, 2008, 10:42:02 AM
Now, now kids, take a breath. You'll just have to teach mom the secret hand signal for "stopping at Sonic." [laugh]
No.
Quote from: caffeinejunkee on August 03, 2008, 10:42:02 AM
Now, now kids, take a breath. You'll just have to teach mom the secret hand signal for "stopping at Sonic." [laugh]
Secret hand signal, i guess she can pull a slice of choc cake out of that backpack she wears on her hip and gesture it towards her mouth? [thumbsup]
Quote from: pipeliner1978 on August 03, 2008, 10:36:49 AM
Me either, go join her and her "friends" and me and Mr P. Smart will do some male bonding [popcorn]
You can have male bonding time with Mr. PS anytime baby...just give me some $ and I'll disappear to the mall! ;) :-* :-* [thumbsup] [popcorn]
Quote from: Kevin848 on August 03, 2008, 10:42:52 AM
mmm milkshake
I think it's too hot outside for a milkshake...limeade maybe!
Quote from: pipeliner1978 on August 03, 2008, 11:00:32 AM
Secret hand signal, i guess she can pull a slice of choc cake out of that backpack she wears on her hip and gesture it towards her mouth? [thumbsup]
It's a hip purse, not a backpack! You used to wear one...remember?
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 11:01:41 AM
You can have male bonding time with Mr. PS anytime baby...just give me some $ and I'll disappear to the mall! ;) :-* :-* [thumbsup] [popcorn]
(http://emoticons4u.com/mad/011.gif)
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 11:05:31 AM
It's a hip purse, not a backpack! You used to wear one...remember?
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
"you can put your weeeed in it"
high school, and yes, drugs were involved.
So.............(http://emoticons4u.com/fingers/fing06.gif)
Quote from: pipeliner1978 on August 03, 2008, 11:13:35 AM
"you can put your weeeed in it"
high school, and yes, drugs were involved.
So.............(http://emoticons4u.com/fingers/fing06.gif)
Munchies, feeding your face - chocolate cake and the hip purse...is that where you got that idea? :-*
Quote from: Bonwilder on August 03, 2008, 11:18:35 AM
Munchies, feeding your face - chocolate cake and the hip purse...is that where you got that idea? :-*
(http://emoticons4u.com/obscene/eck13.gif)
Quote from: pipeliner1978 on August 03, 2008, 10:34:39 AM
moral of the story, when your fatass gets too hot on your bike and you're riding with other ppl, have the common courtesy to let them know if you are gonna stop and feed your face. That way ppl who might be a lil concerned about your health(bc you're only wearing jeans, tank top and half helmet) don't have to speed off looking for you.
I rode with a newbie cruiser rider down to South Padre one April...
One minute he was there doing 90, one minute later *POOF* he was gone.
I pulled over but he never caught up. I turned around and went looking for him...
Hit by a truck? No.
Bike broke down? No.
"Oh, I wanted to stop for gas..."
DUMBASS. [bang]
Of course he was the same guy who always tried to yell info to me,
while both doing 90 both in full face helmets,
and could never figure any meaningful hand signals...
He would just yell and flap his hands around like Richard Simmons trying to fly.
One of the memorable "flying attempts" wes followed by him taking the next off-ramp.
I followed him...
"I think my bike is overheating ...the temperature light on the dash is blinking..." he says.
So what does he do?
He slaps his PLASTIC 'motorcycle glove' on the chrome exhaust pipe to "test it".It looked like black Mozzarella Cheese when he pulled it away.
THEN dumbass argued that he DIDN'T WANT to put anything cold on it to stop the swelling.
I didn't want to get stranded eight hours from home with this idiot unable to grab the throttle grip due to blisters...
I had to threaten him with physical violence to get him to do it.
His fingers looked like cooked hotdogs. [bang]
That trip he: Ran out of gas thirty miles from the nearest station. Sunburned his feet SO BAD riding in flip-flops he couldn't put shoes on. Got washed down the beach and lost because he had no idea about currents at the shore. On TWO occasions almost took me out while I was stopping because he followed too close and would lock his brakes in a panic. "I didn't expect you to stop" Hey, dumbass -IT'S A STOP SIGN.
There was more... (a lot more) but this has been long enough.
After that trip he was offended that I wouldn't ride ANYWHERE with him.
I felt he was a liability to even be in the same room with, let alone hurling a 700Lb bike down the road.
This stellar individual (a degreed engineer) no longer works on experimental aircraft.
He has moved on to bigger and better things:
Nuclear Reactors for Westinghouse. No SHIT.
Ask a13bPilot about "Burney" sometime.
I'm sure the stories could go on for hours...
So, in a very long winded way, I agree with your sentiment Tommy!
rich, you were way too close to the border to walk away from that trip "legally"
Quote from: Girlrider on July 29, 2008, 11:07:40 AM
Use Stabil if you don't run it in the winter, the float can get stuck and its a PITA to have them cleaned.
It's a carby?!?
Quote from: Ronr on July 29, 2008, 10:23:17 AM
Watch out for women driving minivans. And trucks. And pretty much anything I guess.
lumber, shopping carts, pot holes, slick spots, road kill... :P
Quote from: Duc L'Smart on August 03, 2008, 07:40:15 PM
lumber, shopping carts, pot holes, slick spots, road kill... :P
And black bears...
Two riders from Dallas were cruising up the Talimena Trail just west of Mena yesterday. Rounded a corner, got on the gas for a nice long straight and out of nowhere a black bear wanders across the road :o They didn't hit it - must of been the mother of all panic stops - but waited about a 1/4 mile away until the beast got off the road.