Opinions On The Black Bonnie T120.

well All I can say is the level of finish is excellent on these new Triumphs.
At the moment she still looks new, but I’d have to say ounce the gritters start to show I put it away. So at present she’s tucked away on a Optimate for a few months.

 

Hi cup of tea, if you are a heavy chap like me, you need to consider the stopping power. 900 only has one front brake disc, whereas 1200 has twin discs. This influenced me and the fact that Triumph decided on more stopping power, told me something. I chose the 1200.

 

Hi again, mine is a 2016 bike also with low mileage but that is down to me not using all year due to a knee issue. I can however offer a potential reason for your findings. The T120 has had some issues of the twin clocks misting up (search this forum for details) and Triumph have been replacing them with new instruments.I had mine done with a little over 4000 miles on the clock, but the dealer set the replacement mileometer to match the old mileage. Believe all dealers can and should do this, but that is not to say they do, particularly if the owner wants to wind back the clock so to speak. On bikes you are interested in, ask if the instruments have been replaced, could be the answer to your query.

 

Assume new clocks will be fine, not been out since replacement.

 

Hi,
My bike shown also.

Bought second hand off dealer,safer and not necesassarily that much more than private (plus had to of extras on it already)
Hammered around lakes back end of summer and we were caught In knee high waters!

Bike is ace.

I tried scrambler and T120,chalk and cheese,but depends on your riding-I would love a scrambler as a second lighter/shorter ride bike..but that’s just greedy!

Bike coated when I bought it..and even Matt pipes all come up a treat,but I know what people mean/mention re botching..also get what people say re gear changing...but I love my back for the longer country runs..when it comes into its own and I don’t want to go home!!

The comments about spending more time on them is fair point,you can hire them for days,not cheap,but better than regret and then an early sell.Some dealers would let me on bikes all day for £20 insurance-bargain!

Good luck with your choices and you came the right place to ask.

Cheers,
M

 

Hi, I have a 2016 T120 Black in gloss and I love it. I have made several modifications to enhance the smoothness of the bike, especially in low gears and it's overall performance including a Motone X pipe and a fuel booster plug and they have made a huge difference. It's a great bike and I have done over 6,500 miles in the UK and touring Europe, it,s no racer but it is a fantastic cruiser and it gets noticed. It's not that hard to keep clean (no harder than any bike) so would definitely recommend it.

 

The booster plug is to over-ride the ECU standard settings and get a richer fuel mix injected giving a much smoother response in low gears. It's a problem most new bikes have as the manufacturers need to meet EU regulations. Dont get me wrong there wasn't a problem with the bike before, this has just made it better in my opinion. Equally it wasn't expensive and was just a plu and play add on.

 

Have a look at Stuart Gillingham's posts on YouTube, he has a T120 and constantly adds bits to it and reviews them, some of his videos are really interesting