WTS '14 Triumph Bonneville (N. of Dallas)

[OutlawStar]

I am the second owner of this 2014 Triumph Bonneville, clean title in hand. Black with a cranberry and white stripe on front and rear fenders, and a red swoop on the tank. Factory chrome parts, I haven't customized anything on this. Bike is completely stock, originally purchased from Eurocycles in Plano, taken to them for tires and general inspection of the bike, no issues thus far. Owners manual, Haynes repair manual were used to document oil changes, brake pads, and brake fluid, battery swaps, etc. Wolf pillion bag also included. 1st owner described it as a 'grandma's bike' because its confident but sedate in riding which I agree with.

I have a USB and battery tender lead bolted to the battery, USB cable to the handlebars to charge a phone at the phone mount. I've used my phone as GPS and bluetoothed to my helmet and its good. K&N filter cleaned and re-oiled each oil change. Registration is in March, if it doesn't sell until spring or later I won't be upset. About $58 a year for registration and $140 a year for full coverage insurance.

The good:
-45mpg during spirited rides. Runs on 86 Octane regular.
-cheap insurance
-ample power but not enough to get you to jail
-never crashed, laid down, dropped. Always been on rubber.
-Factory seat has no tears or scuffs in the vinyl
-Comes with a smoked clear plastic wind deflector
-865cc Parallel twin, engine dyno graph included but not this bikes dyno; mine's never been on one.
-1 down, 4 up, 5-speed.
-Aftermarket is enormous for these if thats what you're into.
-Comes with Haynes manual; full guide to maintenance and actual step by step repairs of the bike if needed.

Not so good:
-10 year old bike has 10 years of scuffs, stones, swirls, etc.
-A bit of a rattle of the headlight or speedo can at specific RPMs, something is loose and will resonate at lower engine speeds. Everything is functional and is fine other than the rattle.
-Side reflectors (rear fenders) have fallen off while riding, the double sided tape residue is evident on the rear fender in a couple pics. I simply haven't replaced the plastic reflectors and 3M tape.
-Missing steering lock key. Its never malfunctioned and locked me out, but the dealership wanted some preposterous amount to re-key it so I just never did it.

24,xxx miles and I take it out every weekend. No known mechanical issues, never really had electrical or any other issues either. Used in summer rush hour traffic no heat issues. Feel free to ask any questions or request specific photos.
Asking $4200. Not sure that I'm looking for any trades but it won't hurt to offer.

 

[OutlawStar]

Its about that time for new tires and battery: I'll likely have them by the end of the year. Recorded in my Haynes manual of course along with the oil change.

 

[CJGarza]

Someone please buy this. It’s been years since I’ve ridden and this one is sorely tempting. I’m gonna get in trouble with the wife!

 

[OutlawStar]

Inadvertent bump: new battery in, oil/filter on the way, tires have a couple hundred miles left so that'll come later as I use it to scoot around town. Ethanol free in case winter temps dip too low even for me to ride (and I do ride in sub-50 temps sometimes). I'll try to record a clip of the exhaust this evening, if you're just tooling around under 50 and let off the throttle, from factory it has a few burbles and pops.

Gave it the ol' wash n wax treatment, broke out the chrome polish and couldn't find the rust spots so I guess Turtle Wax's claims of "removes rust" is working. They're primarily on the welds of the pillion/cargo hoop around the seat, the welds are under the seat. You kinda have to know where they are, and look for them to spot any blemishes.

I know I'm going to get depressed seeing my first bike roll away but I'm selling it to get an "entry level" sports car like a 70s Datsun Z, modern BRZ, el camino, or something else old, cool, and fun in case anyone had something like that for a trade.

 

[OutlawStar]

One of the pics in the initial posts has the phone mount that held the phone. Recorded on a closed road as a professional driver, please don't give me a ticket.

Can't really hear the burble and pops, but it at least shows the "rattle" I've yet to investigate. Its definitely in the headlight bucket. Again, they all work as intended with the light beam being perfect and gauges working. Its caused by engine vibration to those parts at about 2k-3k rpm. As winter comes I'll disassemble it and find out whats what. With the headlight unbolted the rattle isn't present.

Note: the high pitched rattle when the video starts shaking and distorting is from the camera itself, the headlight rattle stops at about 3k-3500rpm. Its very difficult to hear with earplugs and a helmet on, less so with radio playing through helmet speakers.