2013 Triumph Bonneville

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For sale is a very nice Triumph Bonneville - one of only 200 made. These sold new for over MSRP. I added an Arrow exhaust system that gives it s deep throaty exhaust note and dual Triumph gauges (tach and speedo) from the dealer. I paid $9400 500 miles ago. This bike is one of the best overall handling, riding bikes I've ever ridden. I bought it for my adult son to ride with me - I also have a Triumph Thunderbird for sale - but we've fallen for the new Indian cruisers and have ordered a new Chief Vintage and a Roadmaster. This bike competes very well with any body's sport bike - Harley, Yamaha, and even Indians new Scout. But don't take my word for it, here is what MotorcyleUSA had to say in May 2013: "In our acceleration tests, it was no contest. The Bonneville went from 0-60 mph in 5.25 seconds, a full 1.25-seconds faster than the Bolt. In the quarter-mile, same results, as its time of 13.87 and top speed of 97 mph easily distanced itself from the pack. Throw in the fact that the horsepower king is 55 pounds lighter than the nearest competitor and watch it check out down the strip. The only real demerit we found with the 2013 Bonneville’s powerplant is its subjective lack of character. At full song, long-time Motorcycle USA Editor JC Hilderbrand likened it to a Singer sewing machine. Managing Editor Bart Madson also picked up on this. “The Triumph’s engine performance far outpaces the other bikes. It revs longer and feels peppier from top to bottom – it’s not really close. The Parallel Twin does emit a completely different character than the gruffer V-Twins. It gets the ‘feels like a sewing machine’ descriptor – and while it’s super smooth and powerful by comparison, it doesn’t emote the same image as the other two bikes.” With a tighter rake, smaller front wheel, compact COG, and a different chassis, the Bonneville has a definite handling edge on the Iron 883 Sportster and the Bolt. The red racing stripe matches the Bonneville's sporting disposition and we milked its 4.2-gallon tank for 152 miles before a fill-up. We logged over 1600 miles in two weeks on the trio of bikes in our urban cruiser comparison before determining a winner. Further disparity between the 2013 Bonneville, Bolt and Iron 883 was demonstrated on our run through the mountains. At 27-degrees, its rake is much tighter and the Triumph’s 17-inch wheels are much smaller and narrower. While the bike’s 4.2-gallon tank looks big, overall the design is svelte with the narrower engine and powertrain tightly packaged within the rails of its closely spaced, tubular steel cradle frame. This makes for a compact center of gravity. The placement of the foot controls are up and allow for a lot of lean angle. “Handling is where the Bonneville rips these other two bikes to shreds. For starters it actually has some ground clearance, where the others scrape pegs at even slight turns. Its smaller-by-comparison 17-inch wheel allows for much quicker transitions, and the Bonneville feels nice and planted in the bends,” commented Madson. In their words the only "demerit" is the stock exhaust note which did indeed sound like a Singer Sewing machine. The Arrow exhaust solved that problem very well and the thing is incredible to ride. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!!!