Triumph Thunderbird Storm = drooooll!!!

[tooblekain]

....giggidy...

http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/13152_13159.aspx

exactly what Id be looking for in a cruiser

Discuss

 

[sweatmachine]

meh, I'll say it's much better than the standard 'Bird, but it's still an overweight ugly water-cooled pig with forward controls.

I HATE the tank shape, and the exhaust.

 

[Sal Paradise]

meh....

 

[Gretsch]

It's better looking than a regular TBird but it's still not my style. The twin headlights are a big improvement.

 

[Geoh3]

so is the 97 bhp.

 

[dschief]

Put that engine in a standard frame and call it a "Super Bonnie", that would attract my interest.

 

[Sal Paradise]

one other thing I'm really not impressed with is th new Bonny color scheme for 2011

 

[dschief]

I already renamed it "Baby Shit Brown and creme".

 

[bikeypikey]

I already renamed it "Baby Shit Brown and creme".

Yep, looks like the tank has been dipped in a sewage pit!

BTW, I wonder if any of the execs at Triumph read the crap we post here? Seat-of-the-pants customer feedback!

Cheers,

Pikey.

 

[strokerlmt]

not for me.....rolling piggy......
LMT

 

[nohawk]

Put that engine in a new version of a thunderbird sport please Mr. Bloor.

 

[grumpy_1944]

Hide the radiator better, somewhat like the Vulcan from K-saki and give it mid controls, oh ya, put the overweight pig on a diet and I would like it better.

 

[Kframe]

For the extra $4k couldn't you just put three grand into a Bonneville engine and a grand into the brakes and suspension and end up with a more powerful (HP/torque to weight) bike?
That'd excite me more than the Blunderbird.
-K

 

[sweatmachine]

For the extra $4k couldn't you just put three grand into a Bonneville engine and a grand into the brakes and suspension and end up with a more powerful (HP/torque to weight) bike?
That'd excite me more than the Blunderbird.
-K

Exactly. Did anybody bother to notice the weight specs? It's a big fat fucking pig! 750lbs dry weight! Fuck that.

 

[sweatmachine]

so is the 97 bhp.

saddled down by almost 800 lbs of weight....(dry)

 

[Aussie_T100]

one other thing I'm really not impressed with is th new Bonny color scheme for 2011

Note the Scrambler style tank paint and that looks like a Scrambler seat to me as well. Body colour side panels look good too. Overall I'd give it an 8 out of 10 but if they put a standard Bonnie seat on it and went back to a silver engine (instead of black) with brushed covers I'd give it a 9 out of 10.

 

[mark66]

That Thunderbird, don't like it. Don't like the two headlights, or the big, big ass radiator like that.

 

[mikenva]

so is the 97 bhp.

97 on the crank=80 something on the rear wheel about the same as a 904 bonnie.A1600 cc motor should make way more then that .The thing is like 750 lbs its a slow heavy pig.

 

[damianw]

Any of you guys ridden a Thunderbird and Bonnie back to back.
The T/Bird is only a bit down on power to weight but up a bit on torque to weight. I have both bikes and find the T/Bird to be an excellent bike. On a long distance it is far better than the Bonnie; I have completed two 5000km plus rides this year on it. The extra torque makes it fun to wind on from slow speeds; the bike just digs in and goes.
Sure it's a heavy bike and not to everybodies taste but it's still one hell of a machine with the right name on the tank.

 

[ssjones]

I'll never own another bike with forward controls....