Get what you like best, ultimately you're the one who's eye it has to catch. Trux rear shocks will make it a little more than 1 1/4 inches taller in back. I've read on this forum and elsewhere a 120/70-17 can be a direct mount up front, plus preload front springs for better/more height. Plenty of seat options, including taking your seat to a good scoot/auto seat shop for a custom fit/design to you at about the same (and many times less) cost than an aftermarket seat. Shop I used charged $200 for custom shaping/covering/padding to a VTX seat I had done and it was one great seat. I plan on using them again for my new Bonne. Good luck with your new scoot, which ever you get...
PS. The mag wheels are classic (and were an option) for the '70s Bonnevilles. They make minor punctures/flats on the road a simple 5 minute plug/air pump repair to get you home; not a tire/rim removal/dismantle, tube extract/patch (and reverse process) repair(or wait for service to arrive) :lol3:. Might be a consideration...
sure, that's all well & good if you want a 70s look, I prefer a 60s look myself & that look is much more accepted & admired by the older gen who stop you in the street or who form a small crowd around it when parked in the village outside a coffee shop, ready to tell their stories of riding times gone by ! Go the 60s look !
in the end it's what grabs you really ? :brit:
i think the mags in the 70s were an attempt by Triumph to try and keep up with the Japanese styled bikes of that time, but they never really took off, as they looked too much like a Jap bike !
IMHO, if your big guy or tall like me, the SE is abit too low, and if you try & add height, you may look like a your riding a mini bike, not to mention your changing the centre of gravity and the handling geometry somewhat ?
I read somewhere Triumph made the lower SE model to enter the height challenged
& female riders market. :shh: :cheers:
