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engine. It is, in f ac t , a dohc eight val ve oil-coo led m otor, m easuring 86
x 68 mm , f o r a capa c ity of 790cc.
Produ cin g 62 bhp at 7400 rpm wi th a
meaty torq ue curve pea king wi th 42
ft./ lbs . at as lo w as 3 500 rp m, t h e
360-degree eng ine with twin count er balancers runs a pai r of 36 m m Keih in
c arbs ra ther than EFl. The Y2K Bon ni e wei g hs in at 45 1 poun ds d ry g ood en ou gh t o fit j us t a s ing le
3 10mm fr ont disc t o th e 19 -inch fro nt
wh eel (and 17 -inch rear ) .
Tho ug h created prim ar il y t o satisfy
the bu ilt -up dem and fo r suc h a bike
in th e USA, o n the strength o f its
rec eption at Intermot, T ri umph loo k s
to have a worldwide hi t on its hands,
and all the mak ings of a m od ern day
cu ltbike wh ich w ill more th an m a k e
up fo r th e disappointing sales of th e
TT600 . The TT appeared at Munich
in 'refreshed' gu ise, wit h a p ro m ised
i mpr o v em e n t in l o w -d o w n p erfor -
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ea d in g t h e l in e- u p o f non - Lat in
no velti es at Interm ot 2000 wa s the
born -aga in T riumph Bon nev il le , th e
new -g en erat i o n v ers ion o f Brit ain ' s
best -lo ved b ik e that m o re th an j us t
Triumph t radit iona lists h av e b een
begging John Bl oor for the best part
o f th e l as t d ecad e t o t h i nk a b out
building .
The wa it was worth it, for the Bon nie's cl ev erly c onc oct ed retro pa c k ag ing not on ly u nerringl y c a pt u res
both t he look a nd the sp irit of th e
'60 s design icon, it does so in a thoroughl y mod ern w a y , w ith wha t
appe ar s to b e a s l i ghtl y b e efy
pu shrod p ar a ll e l - tw in ai r -coole d
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m an c e an d so m e new c o lo r s - b ut
stil l th e sa me styli ng clo n ed fro m
Hon d a , whi ch no w lo ok s eve n more
an o ny mou s w i th th e adven t of th e
CBR600Fi at Munich , Honda hav in g
spruced up th e F' s styling. T riumph's
Ti g er t armac trailie al so m ad e i ts
d ebut in uprated form , now fitted w ith
t he full -capa cit y fue l -inje c te d threecy lin der 955c c mot or from the Day t ona , rather th an th e 885c c version
used before, with a resulting in crease
not o nly in torqu e but in horsepow er,
too - fro m 86 to 105 bh p - but with
wei ght un ch an ged at 4 7 3 pounds dry.
Th is should allow it to ke ep up wi th
