Hinkley Bonnies, Thruxton, Scramblers

[Indiana_Jones]

Nice Indian Sarge! McQueen was the man!

And yea, I'm a bit on the fence between the Thruxton and the Bonnie if I were to get one.

pretty much the same thing I guess save a few tweaks lol

I know they're not speed demons, but they'd do a ton (MPH ton that is) and that's more then I'd ever need.

I only ride my D600 at 130 tops!

Also has to be a good commuter too, which these bikes look more then happy to do.

What's the fuel useage like?

-Indy

[SDU]

Oh yeah, this thread is about Thruxtons,
Only draw back is the tiny fuel tank giving a range of 180 ish km

I might have to put the guzzi tank on one

[HenryDorsetCase]

Heavy, slow, ponderous.
Until you learn to ride them.
F**king great fun.
Simple motorcycling.

Also solid as an anvil, will still be going strong after 250 000kms+
Cons, very average original suspension. Bin it and fit good after market shocks and springs/emulators to the forks.

concur.

I bought a second hand one rather than a new one because I knew I would immediately be binning the OEM shocks and getting the forks done.

It is NOT a sports bike, or even that "sporty" a bike. I bought mine because I didnt want a cruiser, and wanted something good on gravel roads. Tick on both counts.

Fun at legal and just over speeds, stable and not bad cornering. Looks grand. Wil sound better when I put my thunderbike mufflers on.

I think I will be keeping it even if I do buy a more sporty bike: its so simple and user friendly, and you can just chuck on your Davida helmet, old jacket, and bop about on it. (You know its compulsory to buy a Davida helmet, right?)

I like mine a lot. Not that big a fan of the OEM front tyre (but its still road legal after 10000 km!!)


FUN to ride. You arent intimidated by riding sedately on the road. Ive done (and been done by) the sports bike LETS GO HARD OUT ALL THE TIME thing. the problem with sports bikes isnt the bikes, its the fact that if you hit the revlimiter in first gear, you are over 100k, you get pinged over 140 you get to walk home, and on NZ roads sportsbikes are utterly wasted. Plus theres the 140k thing as well.

Ive seen more scenery and interesting little bits of stuff 50 k from where I live in the last few scrambler rides than I did in years of sprotbiking.

Oh yeah, fun to ride.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Well thanks for all the input guys.

I'll have to take a Bonnie and Thruxton for a test ride sometime

-Indy

yes, yes you should.

those Bonnie SE's are f*******n cool.

[Indiana_Jones]

yes, yes you should.

those Bonnie SE's are f*******n cool.

lol Thanks for the above post, pretty informative

Well I'm gonna do the sports bike thing for the time being, to see if it's what I fancy or not, then go from there.

But if not, then I know where I wanna head.

At least I have a Triumph at the moment and that makes me a very happy chappy!

-Indy

[HenryDorsetCase]

675 or Speed Triple. or something .............. other (and lesser.... )

[Indiana_Jones]

675 or Speed Triple. or something .............. other (and lesser.... )

lol Well the speed/street triple is on the radar, if I don't go for modern classic for my next ride, it'll end up being one of those two.

But the Daytona 600 is gonig good for the moment, couldn't ask for a bigger 600

-Indy