50 Years of the Bonneville
Triumph Bonneville TT Special
It sounds like the title of a black and white horror! but that seems far from the truth…
I’d never really paid much attention to the Bonneville. A friend of the family had a Triumph Tiger when I was a wee nipper, back in the seventies, and I remember thinking that was the coolest thing I had ever seen, but I soon progressed to dreaming about the lasted machines from Japan.
When the joyous day arrived and my bike test pass slip was handed over, over 25 years ago, its been Jap bikes all the way, and although having the deepest respect for Norton’s and Triumphs etc I never seriously considered one. I commented a couple of months ago on the beautiful and exotic Metisse Desert Racer it was stunning.
But now after all this time, after picking up a friends MCN I saw the Bonneville driven by Evel Knievel, what a stunning bike. I guess after looking at others it was a TT Special.
I feel a classic coming on, there’s plenty of room next to the Fazer.
