this is the triumph bonneville t100 and the last triumph we reviewed was the triumph speedmaster
by the old man and in that video he said we've reviewed all of the bonnevilles but he forgot
to mention that we haven't done this one so here's our thoughts on the t-100 as with all the triumphs
and bonnevilles this has very responsive very sharp handling and very quick steering and
that's down to the rake of 25.5 degrees the trail 104 millimeters which is really short
and the wheelbase which is pretty short as well at 1450 millimeters and that all gives you a
responsive easy to turn very maneuverable nimble motorcycle this 900cc bonneville engine produces
64.1 rate horsepower at 7400 rpm which is right up in the red line so i'm not sure if i want to
be revving it out to that all the time but it produces 80 newton meters of torque at 3750 rpm
so most of the time with this bike you're kind of riding it between three and five
thousand rpm and that's sort of peak torque figures so most of the time you'll be riding it
in the torque and as you can see by the figures it produces more torque than it does power
so you probably won't want to rev the absolute bees nuts off of it all the time
it's b squaring up on me i'll give him some on this you've got a single disc front and rear
but the stopping power is very good indeed so don't let that worry you that hasn't got double
discs at the front perfectly good stopping power the t100 starts at 90001 pounds in the uk and it
comes in three colors red which we've got here blue and black the red and blue as you can see
from the red come in two tone and the black is just fully blacked out this has got the
900cc version of the bonneville engine but it's plenty powerful enough and it's a lovely engine to
explore the world and the countryside and the towns and wherever you want to go
but if you do open it up and let the revs build to the higher end of the scale
it's plenty quick enough i can tell you if you're enjoying the video
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the seat height on this bike is 790 millimeters and i am six foot one and as you can see it looks
perfectly fine on some of my height um i'd say the ideal height range would be five foot five to
six foot two um but if you're either end of that spectrum or a little bit higher a little bit lower
everything's going to be a compromise see it's hard to find a bike that fits you
precisely so this bike is pretty good all rounder really the side stand on this triumph is very good
it's easy to put in you know it's in however there isn't much of a lean angle with it so
if you are on a slight slope the wrong way you can find that the bike's almost vertical and you're a
little bit worried that it's going to tip over and i suppose if the rope was steep enough it could
do so watch out for that one the mirrors on this um for me are not quite wide enough so i can see
about a third of the road behind me if you weren't as wide or as tall as me you'd be perfectly fine
now what the f bloody hell is wrong with that sheep now this bike has got right way around
cartridge forks and i think these look a lot better than upside down forks on this kind of bike
i think most people are obsessed with upside down forks these days no matter what bike it's on
but for this bike this suits it perfectly and i'm glad that they're in black
because a lot of forks nowadays are in this sort of gold color and i think it doesn't quite go with
all bikes and most bikes have it nowadays so it's a nice to see traditional black forks
now from my point of view at six foot two the riding position is nice there's always plenty
of room for the arms on a triumph the legs are more bent on this one but not too much so so
on the whole i found it a nice comfortable riding position this has a five-speed gearbox and the
clutch on this bike is probably the lightest clutch of any of the bikes we've reviewed
which is really nice you don't feel your hand getting any strain after a while of riding
so it's nice and effortless to use what i like about this bonneville is the simplicity you don't
have modes on this one you've got your twin uh clocks at the front there in analogs very nice
on and off switch there key in the middle hazards uh indicators hoon flasher and a little button to
scroll through your various things and you can turn the traction control on and off and that's
about all it does so it's a nice bike to just get on and ride and that ticks the box that we like
the miles per gallon figures on this bike is 68.9 miles per gallon which is pretty remarkable and
this has a 14 and a half liter fuel tank so you're going to get a fair distance on one tank of petrol
always say hello to cows hello
and uh becomes dirty on early
this weighs 228 kilograms and it does feel really really light especially with the rake and trail
figures of this bike it's so easy to maneuver about in tight spaces and flick about when you're
on the country lanes so it does not feel heavy at all now not only is the triumph bonneville t100
beautiful to look at i love this tank and the paint scheme it really is stunning i like the
flat bench seat which you can get a passenger on but you can move about on the seat which is good
it's not too sharp it's not too responsive but it's just enough so you can have a lovely ride on
this bike and i could think of an analogy but i'm not going to the service intervals are every 10
000 miles or once per year whichever comes first which is a lot better than most other bikes so
you're not going to spend most of your time in the workshop now you can get an a2 license kit
for this bike so if you are 19 years old or below 24 and you've just done your a2 license this is
certainly a contender i think it's a beautiful bike and certainly a good one to start on
and from experience of restricting a harley you won't really notice that sort of 10-15 horsepower
that you're restricting it by the torque stays the same so this is quite a talky engine so you're not
really going to notice much of a difference so don't think that you oh i'm going to a to
restrict it and then it's going to be really slow you'll still keep up with everyone else trust me
there's some really weird sheep around here i don't know what they're doing in those bushes
but they're making some funny noises to tell you that now that we've reviewed all of the triumph
bonneville family it's safe to say that there is a triumph bonneville for everyone um from the more
mellow bikes like the speedmaster and class this is one of the more mellow ones to the sporty ones
like the thruxton rs and the scramblers there's something for everyone and this bike i'd say would
be really good for someone who's starting out maybe got their a2 license you can restrict it
or if you've just passed your full test and to be honest anyone in between will enjoy the bike just
as much it's not one of the more powerful triumphs but if you do open it up it's still got plenty of
power and i say it'd be good for someone who's maybe coming from a little bit of a bigger bike
and wants to sort of chill out a bit and not go as crazy it'd be perfect for you as well
we forgot to mention the sheep router i forgot to mention that the uh the pea
shooter exhaust which is very attractive it has a very cleverly hidden cat under there
and um you wouldn't know it was there so it looks very classic so that's a great design by
triumph to incorporate that make sure you like and subscribe if you haven't done already and
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