And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wow ! Really nice indeed. I don't think 'street legal' as I don't see turn signals or even mirrors which are essential on a street bike. But for the rurals or the shoreline - nice !
It's a "trail bike", not a motocross bike. For bumbling along on well-defined trails or dirt roads, not straight across the untamed forest. The tires are perfect for this.
If I am seeing correctly there's a radiator on that Bonnie - which makes the lack of a front fender even more problematic on what poses as an off road bike, thanks to those knobby tires and headlight guard.
I would love it as a cafe racer with the right tires.
If it's 900cc, that's an oil cooler, technically not a radiator. I had a 2011Bonnie. Sold it 2 years later. Too homogenized for my taste after owning a 74 Trident and a 73 Tiger and Bonneville. Being a mechanic first, rider second, the oldies gave me plenty of work to do, as spinning wrenches on bikes is my relaxation.
Wow ! Really nice indeed. I don't think 'street legal' as I don't see turn signals or even mirrors which are essential on a street bike. But for the rurals or the shoreline - nice !
ReplyDeleteNow that is my idea of a fine bike!
ReplyDeleteI had a rebuilt '67 Bonneville back in '71. The previous owner put a Sprint rear sprocket on it and around town it would fly!
ReplyDeleteall well and good until it rains or you have to run through water.
ReplyDeleteLooks cool, but dirt bike tires on street bike? Too low for off road riding. Just a steam punk fashion statement.
ReplyDeleteOh, and good luck in the corners.
It's a "trail bike", not a motocross bike. For bumbling along on well-defined trails or dirt roads, not straight across the untamed forest. The tires are perfect for this.
DeleteIf I am seeing correctly there's a radiator on that Bonnie - which makes the lack of a front fender even more problematic on what poses as an off road bike, thanks to those knobby tires and headlight guard.
ReplyDeleteI would love it as a cafe racer with the right tires.
Love the look of that bike...had the little brother, '71 Trophy 250 brand new.
ReplyDeleteYep. Hipster toy. Starbucks racer.
ReplyDeleteAs long as there is no mud to fly into the radiator.....
ReplyDeleteIf it's 900cc, that's an oil cooler, technically not a radiator.
ReplyDeleteI had a 2011Bonnie. Sold it 2 years later.
Too homogenized for my taste after owning a 74 Trident and a 73 Tiger and Bonneville. Being a mechanic first, rider second, the oldies gave me plenty of work to do, as spinning wrenches on bikes is my relaxation.