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Women may just fall in love with its timeless quality (WomenRidersNow.com)
Model(s) covered: 2009 Triumph Bonneville SE
Icons. They endure, they endear, resonating simple truths that span generations. They bookmark a memory, highlighting a place in time, essentially making it timeless. "Like this motorcycle," I thought, as I rode the redesigned 2009 Triumph Bonneville SE under an oak tree canopy along Florida's Saint John's River. Since its inception in 1959, the British-bred Bonneville has captured motorcycling souls the world over with its simplicity of spirit. Fifty years later and newly revised this iconic motorcycle still "feels" true to that nature in spite of the 21st century technology it now boasts.
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Model(s) covered: 2009 Triumph Bonneville SE
If you were to look at my family history you’d find quite a few famous movie stars within the past few generations. For example, my grandfather starred in the movie “The Wild One”, while my grandfather’s younger brother starred with Steve McQueen in “The Great Escape”. My dad was in the movie “An Officer and A Gentleman” and my older sister was in “Barbed Wire” (no my sister isn’t Pam Anderson). Some cousins have been in movies as well; Mission Impossible to name just one of them. In my family I’m kind of the black sheep. While some of my family went off to find their fortune in Hollywood I decided to be a press bike.
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Triumph Bonneville vs GT1000 Touring (Motorcycle-usa.com)
Model(s) covered: 2009 Triumph Bonneville SE, 2009 Ducati GT1000 Touring
Twin powerplant, wire-spoked wheels, dual rear shocks and simple, classic lines… These features define many a motorcycle produced during the great boom of American ridership in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Jump ahead a decade or four, and Motorcycle USA sampled the modern interpretation of these “classic” rides - the 2009 Ducati GT1000 Touring and Triumph Bonneville SE. What we discovered were two different approaches to delivering a retro-themed modern motorcycle.
But first the question: What is powering the vintage boom?
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