Triumph Thruxton Cafe Racer

[Omega1]

Gidday all,

Anyone own one of these? or have ridden one? keen to hear you views on what they are like? as I reckon they are a awesome looking machine but I have never spoken to any owners for the real life dirt on them and there don't seem to be many(any) on the roads around Wellington?.

Cheers O1

[MikeyG]

There's at least one I've seen round wellington. Sound real good.

Don't know what they're like to ride though.

[Big Dave]

Gidday all,

Anyone own one of these? or have ridden one? keen to hear you views on what they are like? as I reckon they are a awesome looking machine but I have never spoken to any owners for the real life dirt on them and there don't seem to be many(any) on the roads around Wellington?.

Cheers O1

Beautiful motorcycle to look at and to ride.
It's a racing crouch - similar to a modern sports bike ergonomically but with 65 horsepower you have to really ride it to make it go fast - which it can do and will give you a hugh grin doing it - lovely balanced road manners, good brakes, and as flash as a rat with a gold tooth.
Pillion comfort is suprisingly good.

[Sensei]

Mate owns one & has taken the Air senser out of his & fitted Thunderbike mufflers , Its sounds bloody great but the back end is very poor , Flex's really bad & has crap shocks in standard trim , trying to talk him into some Ohlins piggyback ones for it to stop some of the handling trouble . Motor goes well & the brakes are up to the speed of the bike . Good round town & medium distance bike , gas tank not the biggest & ride postion abit bent for taller riders . Just a Bonny done up to Caferacer spec with abit bigger motor .

[Big Dave]

Mate owns one & has taken the Air senser out of his & fitted Thunderbike mufflers , Its sounds bloody great but the back end is very poor , Flex's really bad & has crap shocks in standard trim , trying to talk him into some Ohlins piggyback ones for it to stop some of the handling trouble . Motor goes well & the brakes are up to the speed of the bike . Good round town & medium distance bike , gas tank not the biggest & ride postion abit bent for taller riders . Just a Bonny done up to Caferacer spec with abit bigger motor .


How many K's? - never noticed any flex - it's just the shocks for mine.

[sAsLEX]

How many K's? - never noticed any flex - it's just the shocks for mine.

And one would of thought your frame would put pressure on most chassis to flex a bit!

[Big Dave]

And one would of thought your frame would put pressure on most chassis to flex a bit!

Ridden them a fair bit - and a few different ones - ran the first batch in for Triumph and have done 3 Kiwi Rider pieces - never noticed any flex. But they have all been brand new or close to it. Tight units.
I've been on the Bonneville forum for years and nobodys mentioned it there either. They do consistently discuss upgrading the shocks. Hagons and (something else i would have to look up) get positive results as well as the ohlins.

My only heart in the mouth moment on any of the the Thruxtons involved oil on the road near the container terminal and I was glad its such a skinny chuckable thing at the time.

Not swing arm bearings or something is it sensei?

[laRIKin]

I was looking a one a while ago as I really like the way they look.
Most people seem to really like theirs.
The only real bad point to them was the smallish tank and if I can remember correctly you do not get much over 160k's to a full tank of gas.
And most people seem to like to change the rear shocks as well.
Nice retro type bike just a shame about the tanks size, so that did not give me the range that I like, so that will put me off buying one. Shame really.

[Sensei]

How many K's? - never noticed any flex - it's just the shocks for mine.

Bike was brought new & had its shocks replaced under warranty by Triumph as they where Under damped . Swingarm flexs like shit you can see it plan as day following behind it . It is only a 30mm round tube set up though .

[Dodgyiti]

175kms and that was thrashing it then a 3 litre reserve after that. I would expect 200 taking it easy.

[Bonez]

Just a Bonny done up to Caferacer spec with abit bigger motor .The new Bonnies have the same motor now I believe and of cause share the same running gear. Personnally I'd buy Bonnie and use the difference to customise it to suit. You've got all those kawl sixty8 accessories to slap on. You know ipod holders, laptop bags and more. A few riders have changed the top triple clamps on their truxtons to fit tubular handle bars.

[limbimtimwim]

Bit of a thread resurrect..

I rode a (Modern, but not current, smaller engine) Bonneville on Saturday. Loveeeeddddddddd it!!

I caught up with a MV Agusta F4 going around the bays in Wellington. Was great fun keeping up. They'd go around the corners not even taxing the bike, and I had to scrape a footpeg to keep up. I was laughing my face off for a good 5 minutes. Sure, if I'd been on the Gixxer I could have dispensed with them in a flick of the wrist, but that ultimately would have been less fun. The Bonnie enables great fun at sensible speeds.

I was very impressed with the Bonneville, the suspension was better than I expected, the whole bike felt well built, not at all as flimsy as it looks. I really liked the clocks, they are very pleasent looking things. Once the engine was doing about 3K rpm it was happy to deal with any throttle manipulation you cared to dish out. This one had standard exhausts which were very quiet, but I know there is a great sounding bike just waiting to be released.

Listen to this video, especially near the end, of a debaffled thruxton.
unNr89pMO-kSo, what I'd fix with the bonnie was that the brakes were weak (Some planning is required) and some more ground clearence would be good (Though hanging off for nearly every corner is fun) Since the apparently Thruxton mostly fixes those things, I want one!!

So it's probably bye-bye Gixxer.

[limbimtimwim]

Bike was brought new & had its shocks replaced under warranty by Triumph as they where Under damped . Swingarm flexs like shit you can see it plan as day following behind it . It is only a 30mm round tube set up though .Is your friend very fat?

[skelstar]

So it's probably bye-bye Gixxer.
Good lord :shit:

[limbimtimwim]

Good lord :shit:I kid you not. I had a great time. You should ride one, for a laugh. I rode an HD Street Rod too, for a laugh. Kick ass engine, quite a massive shove when the revs are high and the throttle is pinned. You'd scare people on 600cc sports bikes with one of those, in a straight line. And scare a posers on a litre bike around the corners if you had the courage to ignore the fact it weighed nearly twice as much as a litre bike.

Wanna buy a gixxer? I want to free up some money for the RVF to race it, you see....

[skelstar]

Wanna buy a gixxer? I want to free up some money for the RVF to race it, you see....
Got my eye on another bike mate (with a bit more soul ;)). Be good to see you out on the track though...

[tri boy]

For what it's worth. The scrambler is similar in most chassis ways, cept a tweek in rake/trail etc.
Shocks: Shit! Throw them away. Fit Ohlins. :yes:
Forks: Average. Mushy, and hydraulic locks on square edge bumps.(dampner rod type). Fit springs, and emulators to the forks. R Taylor is the man.:Punk:
Some discs have warped on Bonnies, but have been replaced under warranty.
Some spokes have broken on a Bonnie I know of, but have been replaced under warranty.
Lovely engine, paint, chrome etc.
Well priced to the market.
Fun factor. HEAPS:yes:
(I am not in the new/used bikes game):mellow:

[LardEmbargo]

I was just going to say I've seen one parked up outside the offices I wander by at lunchtime at the parliament end of town. But looks like you've stopped by with a post-it already :)

[limbimtimwim]

I was just going to say I've seen one parked up outside the offices I wander by at lunchtime at the parliament end of town. But looks like you've stopped by with a post-it already :)No.. What? Eh?

You talkin' to me? I didn't post-it(tm) no bike.

Did someone post-it it with the note "I want to buy your bike"?

Is the bike park near the court? ( Google maps clicky (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=wellington+new+zealand&ie=UTF8&ll=-41.28027,174.776446&spn=0.000945,0.001824&t=h&z=19&om=1) )

Maybe I better put a post it on the bike saying "Whatever they are offering, I'll beat it!" :)