Triumph T120 Review. Is THIS the best allrounder Modern Classic Bonneville Motorcycle? Black Edition

Watcher When did you last hear someone say that we used to say at school all the time? This is the triumph Bonneville t120 black and I'm going to give you my impressions about this very fine Motorcycle I've come to this very beautiful location today in the middle of the Snowdonia National Park in Wales, it's absolutely stunning. It's a lovely day There's a lot of motorcyclists out today riding around which is great to see and What a perfect place to come and ride a motorcycle. That's what motorcycling is all about I've ridden all the triumph Bonnevilles Many times and I've really sussed it out with this one I've got it down now to a fine point about what these Bonnevilles are all about The triumph t120 is one of many in the triumph modern classic range and to understand what the modern classics the Bonnevilles are all about is Really to see it as a modern motorcycle with all the up-to-date technology a very refined engine and gearbox good brakes Good handling. It does everything really really well Yet it has a classic style to it So it really is a modern motorcycle in a classic style And if you get that point, you'll understand what these bikes are all about it does Everything very well. It's got a water-cooled engine, of course the radiator at the front, but it looks air-cooled So that's what I was saying going back to the styling is very classic But underneath it's a very modern motorcycle a good gear change very slick very smooth Very easy good stopping power with double disc brakes the suspensions fine You can upgrade it. Of course got a lovely flat bench seat very comfortable at six foot two I find the riding position to be very nice My arms have got plenty of room. My legs aren't too bent And you can move backwards and forwards on the nice bench seat. So that's great I like that you've got the p-shoe to exhaust one either side and it sounds quite nice, too Another little detail you may notice here is what looks like a carburetor But in fact, it's a cover covering the fuel injection and the air intake from the air box here That's just another one of those little details that gives it that classic look But as I said, it's really a modern motorcycle underneath. I would say that the Triumph t120 is the perfect all-rounder It's great for commuting. You've got fairly narrow handlebars. So it's good lane filtering getting in and out of traffic No problem whatsoever It's very good on the motorway. It's got tons of torque and tons of power So you can cruise at legal speeds easily and go a lot faster if you want to When you get to somewhere like this somewhere pretty somewhere beautiful little narrow country lanes, it's perfectly alright on as well And it will sort of fairly happily go along at low rpm sort of 2000 ish ticking over and exploring the countryside without having to go crazy, but if you want to open it up and Feel some speed. It's also a very fast motorcycle and it would be just as at home on a track day for instance as It would burbling around the country like today If you wanted to just own one motorcycle that does pretty much everything Then this is the bike for you because it does exactly that Triumph do of course very many different Connotations of the Bonneville you've got the scramblers The small medium and large ones if you like Some of them are more off-road biased and halfway between and then more road biased like this But if you don't want to go off-road and I don't particularly to be honest, even though I came from a motocross background I'm not particularly keen on going off-road This bike will do pretty much anything you throw at it It's not so low to the ground that you're going to ground it on everything like the Speedmaster So it'll come down lanes like this and with no effort whatsoever It'll go down a farm track and I have done it's fine. It'll go on the motorway. It'll go on everything beautifully So it really is the perfect arounder if you ask me If you've got one of these tell me if you would agree with that. It's pretty cool-looking as well, isn't it? Very nice-looking bike very stylish, but in terms of a roadster a road bike that will go anywhere do anything This is the one You've got the Triumph T100 which looks similar with a little bit less power with a 900 cc engine Which I think is a lovely bike. It's a sweet spot for me But if you want to open it up a bit more and have a bit more acceleration a bit more power and a bit more Top speed then this is the one for you. Now. Today's quite a nice hot summer's day Even though the sun's behind the clouds at the moment and riding here to this position Stopping at various places on the way you do feel when you stop the heat coming off the engine It's very very hot that the Bonnevilles do feel hot when you stop, especially the ones with the scramble pipes up high And it's a water-cooled bike. So that heat is being transferred to the air outside and you do feel it But it's not unpleasantly. So obviously once you're moving that's not noticeable in terms of practicality you've got quite a small front mudguard as many modern bikes do and When the roads are wet or dirty the bikes going to get caked in filth and so are you So that could be easily solved if they went back to the 1960 design of the full Mudguard and that would look beautiful too on a Bonneville. Let me know if you agree with me there Other than that, you can buy accessories for these bikes With panniers on the on the side, so you've got luggage capacity for long journeys Freddie rode his all the way to Africa. Didn't he recently so it just shows it can be done. They're fabulous bikes So they'll do anything and you can make it what you want. The price in the UK is £11,795 and check in your country what the prices are there the T120 produces 78.9 brake horsepower at 6,000 550 rpm burp and 105 newton meters of torque or 77 foot-pounds at three and a half thousand rpm Which is nice because that comes out quite low in the rev range Which allows you to sort of burble around when you want to but when you twist the throttle that talks there to propel you into the future It does 60 miles per gallon. That's UK miles per gallon, which is pretty good So you've got kind of the best of both worlds there. You've got plenty of power But also good fuel economy I think it's much nicer to come out to places like this on a motorcycle Rather than in a car because on a motorcycle you have that wonderful sense of freedom You feel the air temperature you smell the smells as you go past. I went through this little tiny village And I smelt cider. They must have had a cider press pressing apples and making cider Oh, it's wonderful. You get that with a motorcycle. You don't get that in a car you're very much in tune with your environment on a motorcycle much more so and You can stop off at places like this nip down to the little stream put your feet in and have a paddle It's a wonderful experience. So you can't beat motorcycling. It is great. And I love it And why not do it on something as nice as a Triumph T120 Bonneville?