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Old 01-04-2008   #1 (permalink)
Thrux-ton-up
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Bonneville 50th Anniversary

So with the big Golden 50th coming up for our beloved Bonnevilles in 2009 what kinda cool Anniversary model would you like to see?? This could be a really good opportunity for Triumph, or they could hand the project over to someone like Paul Smith and really screw it up. I think some cool paint options and a more retro seat, alloy rims, floating front 320mm disc and 4 or 6 pot caliper, upgraded forks with adjustable preload and damping, better rear shocks with the same. Even options such as some type of "mag" wheel for those liking that feature.

Little more juice from the motor would be cool, they should be fuel injected in 09, so maybe higher compression and hotter cams could be utilized with computer controlled injection and still maintain easy starting and reliability for the masses. So much they could do, or we could just get more of the same, hmmm... maybe they'll figure out how to do the entire fuel tank in plastic next .
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