Triumphrat

M700R

How much faster and sportier is the Thruxton than a Scrambler or a standard Bonnie?

The Thruxton looks wonderful... There's someone here in my town with one that sounds fantastic too... I've sat on one at the dealer, and it was sportier than what I was looking for, but... Dang they're cool. How much of a performance advantage is there actually?

Curious.... Guy

road_dog

There are several members that own both... Bonnie and Thruxton. Thrux-ton-up and Bonafide come to mind. Hopefully they will reply. But I'm guessing that with a difference of only 3 ponies, it can't be a wholehellofalotta difference.

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sweatmachine

Considering it has the same carbs, cams, engine, ignition, etc as the 865 bonnie, there isn't any mentionable difference. I can't say for the scrambler.

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Old Scratcher

A stock Scrambler's a bit slower than either a Bonnie or a Thruxton, but has better torque, due to the 270 motor, & therefore a bit brisker acceleration.
Mine had a top speed of 160kph (100mph), when it was stock, whereas a Thrux will do 190kph (115mph).
However when I fitted a Thunderbike performance kit to my bike, I increased both the torque & the top speed. So it would go 190kph too, but it got there a lot quicker than a Thrux could.
& now I've got the 904 kit, & all the other goodies, in the old girl. I don't think a Thrux could even keep me in sight.

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Kirkus51

I think there's a few subtle performance differences between the Bonnie models but not many. The big difference to me is the riding ergonomics. I had a chance to buy a new Thrux for the same price as my Black, but one leg over the Thrux told me that I needed to buy the Black. But my build is more like a Sumo Wrestler than a Rickey Racer so read what you want into that.

By the way, OlScratch gives you the skinny and he's usually on the spot. (Spot? My god I AM going Anglophile!!)

BOZZO

i have a thruxton and compared to the bonnie the thrux has a bit more.from what i have read the thrux has a slightly better cam and a tad more compression. this from what i have read so dont quote me on this. but the funny thing is my mate has a thrux with staintunes cans air box removal kit, the better ignition and leads and my one is stock except for the same staintunes and pugs and i still beat him off the line and also on roll on. but then again i ride my bike so it is a bit more lose in the rev department. but i am waiting for my D&D full race system, air box removal kit, ignition and leads so then i will have a mean sounding bike and even more of a edge over my mates one.

Panthermark

I stopped keep track after 2005....but at the time, the Thrux and T-100's had the exact same everything. Cams and all.....

The difference was weight, riding position, and suspension.

Anyone got a 2008 service manual? Or maybe check Bike Bandit.

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sweatmachine

no, and no.

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Sheepdog

The big advantage with the Thruxton is the alloy wheels, adjustable fork preload, smaller diameter front wheel (18"), longer shocks, rearsets, clip-ons, and the floating front brake rotor. These items don't make Thrux accelerate faster, but it handles quicker and has slightly better brakes...at least on paper. I bought an '03 T-100 because the Thruxton wasn't released until '04. Most of the early changes that I made to my bike sported it up a bit. I like my choice because I prefer the flexibility of handlebars (vs clipons), but I'm still lusting after a set of alloy wheels with stainless spokes...

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raproe

As the others said, the Thruxton engine is identical to the 360deg 865 engine used in the T100 and now in the Bonneville. I wasn't sure I wanted the Thruxton ergonomics so I bought a T100. It has slowly morphed into a chromed version of the Thruxton

Rich

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