New bike day! The Magic Tunnel? A Classic bike like my Enfield Classic 350 but more power?Which one?
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- Hello.
Come with me on a trip through the Magic Tunnel as I reveal the replacement for my Wonderful little Royal Enfield Classic 350.
I asked you the Viewers to guess what I have gone for and your suggestions didn't disappoint.
I have received some great comments and input and I thank you all for that.
So let's go in and see what we come out on.😉
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Congratulations, I'm sure you'll enjoy riding that. Nice colour scheme 👍
Thanks Bill, it's good.
Ride safe Mate👍
That looks a lovely bike Keith. Congratulations, enjoy and ride safe.
Thanks Graeme, ride safe Mate👍
Absolutely wonderful 😊
Thanks Taym 😉
Ride safe Mate 👍
Good choice ! Bud Ekins edition is a bonus .
Rather glad you didn't get a Gold Star .BUT I don't think the Bonnie is the big brother of the 350 RE , more like the distant 2nd cousin . Ah well it's a grand bike . Staffordshire Triumph are good to deal with , my brother has bought bikes there and highly recommends them.
I think you have the best of both worlds now , a back lane bimbler and also a motorway muncher in one package .
Happy travels Shotto !
Thanks Mate, I'm glad you agree.
I'm Just hoping the weather improves so that I can get out of it.
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Wow! Thats lovely!
Thanks Mate
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Thanks for the mention Keith, just got back from A couple of weeks in marbella so catching up on vlogs! Lovely bike., hope she serves you well.
Wonderful. Bet you had a great time. Glad to be back? And Thanks.
Ride safe Mate👍
Lovely looking machine, health to enjoy
Absolutely mate, more important than anything.
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Lovely machine 👍👍
Thanks Richard.
Bet you're enjoying your trip.
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Well as happy new bike day goes, that’s pretty a good choice
Thanks Mate.
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Very nice. Happy new bike.
Thanks, it's good.
Ride safe Mate 👍
Nice choice , I’ve got a speed twin 900 , great engine , Happy adventures , ride safe .
Thanks Garry, it really is a nice engine. Sort of Goldilocks engine, not to powerful, not to wheezy. Just right!
Ride safe Mate and thanks for commenting.👍
Brilliant choice and a brilliant video!
Thanks Robert.
Ride safe Mate👍
Love the colours, have fun, congrats 🥂😄
Thanks for commenting .
I wasn't too sure about the colour scheme at first but it's definitely grown on me.
Ride safe Mate👍
Like that a lot mate lovely colors 👌👍
Thanks Damo.
Take care👍
Lovely Machine, Keith ! Looking forward Your postings, ride on with joy and be safe.
Thank you, I am pleased with it. 👍
Great way to introduce new bike 🎉
Thanks Andrew. It was fun to do. I'm glad you think it worked OK.👍
You obviously know where I was?
@@shottostravels yes, done that tunnel near Wetton but only in the last year.
Could have done a quick Superman change at Hole In The Wall
@@derbyshireruralrider9398 I thought so, thought it was in your patch.
@@shottostravelsso many roads I’ve still to discover not far from home, see latest clip from That Bloke On A Motorbike
Smashing bike! It's a real beauty, great choice!
Thanks Steven, glad you like it. Ride safe Mate👍
Beautiful bike! That’s a keeper!!!
Thanks Neil. Ride safe Mate 👍
Nice looking bike Keith. Enjoy and stay safe! Nicely done video!
Thanks Wally. You only get Magic Tunnels in the UK Mate! 👍
beautiful bike & a great choice. ride safely 😁
Thanks Mate, glad you like it.
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Thats a lovely new bike mate. Enjoy!
Thanks Mate, ride safe👍
Great looking bike. Hope you enjoy it !
Thanks Mate, well, that's the plan if we ever get a summer?
Ride safe Mate 👍
Very nice bike, looked at that myself , you wont regret it !!
Hi Keith, what, looked at that very bike?
I looked at quite a few, I actually walked past it in the showroom but it was pointed out by the sales guy when I told him the sort of thing that I was after and.... Well, here it is.
Thanks for commenting and Ride Safe mate 👍
Beautiful bike great colour 😮 good decision you’ll love it
Thanks for commenting Chris, Ride safe Mate 👍
Nice one bud haha, great choice you'll love her i'm sure 👍
Thanks Mate, had a good run out yesterday.
It's great.
Ride safe Mate👍
Nice choice Keith, enjoy the rides to come! 👍
Thanks Mate, I'm looking forward to them.
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Those colours work really well , one thing triumph are good at.
Do you know, I wasn't sure at first but they have definitely grown on me.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Ride safe Mate 👍
Beautiful bike and what a find. Having multiple bikes I'm lucky to keep my very new Classic and when more power is needed I just change bikes. The history of Bub Ekins and the bike was an interesting story.
Thanks John, I thought so too. Ride safe Mate👍
Very 😊 nice!
Thanks Thunderbolt!
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Variety is the spice of life! Lovely looking bike & am an RE Fanboy👍🏻
Thanks for commenting.
So am I.
Ride safe Bud👍
Wow!!!!!! She looks fantastic Keith and happy new bike day 🎉🎉🎉 enjoy the increase in horse power 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 go steady .
Thanks for commenting Matt.
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Enjoy your new bike 👍
Thanks Mate. Ride safe👍
Morning my stokie friend.. 😊😊😊
I loved that transition through the tunnel from Enfield to Triumph great job 👏
Great bike and love the colour scheme enjoy your new machine congratulations
Atb phil
Thanks for your thoughts Phil.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, it was fun, all be it a bit time consuming to do!
Thanks again, makes it worthwhile, ride safe Mate👍
Lovely that Keith, great choice 👍
Thanks Scott.
When is the summer going to arrive?
@@shottostravels I know mate 🤦♂ Keep all your fingers and toes crossed 🤞😁
Nice T100, Keith! Enjoy the rides👍
Thanks Mate👍
Beautiful bike Keith. Hope you manage to get out on it with this flippin weather! Looking forward to your rides out and your thoughts on the T100. Remember to leave space in your garage for another 350! Safe riding. 👍
Absolutely Peter.
Your absolutely spot on about the weather.
It'll be going dark again soon🤔
There will always be room for an Enfield, sooner rather than later.
Ride safe Mate👍
I geussed wrong, hope your bowled over with your new ride👍👊
Hi Neil, you are not alone but thanks for "playing the game".
Ride safe Mate👍
@@shottostravels 😉I'm a new subscriber only watched your last 2 vids, but looking forward to many more👍
@@neilrichardson3986 Thankyou Neil,
That's very kind Subscribing to my humble efforts!
Ride safe Mate👍
Pretty bike. Can't get much more "classic" 😂 Loved the time tunnel ! 💥
Glad you liked it Mate.
Bit of fun.
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Pretty bike Keith, very nice colours. Hope you find it to be what you hope it would be. I had a 1200 Spped Twin from 2019 to 2021 and that was a good motor. 👍
Me too. Thanks for your thoughts.
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I had a 2019 T100 for 3 years and PX'd about a year ago. I loved that bike and miss it dearly! I suspect I will probably have another at some point. Enjoy it, it is a truly lovely bit of kit! Be prepared to have a lot of people stopping you at petrol stations to talk about it!
Me too. I miss it, but finances at the end of it's PCP meant it had to go.
Thanks Mate, I did 250miles yesterday, it's very good.
I think we're going to get on.
Ride safe Mate👍
Well Keith , that’s fantastic,love the bike the colour scheme, yes looked at the t100/120a few times but weight and size for my parking area are restricted, had a t100 2004 a few tears back sold it cause wife could not get along with the rear pillion seating, however I am a hunter owner now and it does my job at 70, but really pleased for you, cannot wait for more travels, take care be safe
NW biker dude, alias Bay Bimbler
Hi Mate thanks for commenting.
Glad you like it.
My wife doesn't come with me anymore so the pillion seats comfort isn't too important.
I do have a comfort seat for it, I will try that in due course.
Did 250 miles, yesterday.
I did stop a couple of times to relieve my oncoming numb bum but it wasn't to bad compared to some others I've had.
Ride safe Mate and keep bimbling👍
Nice bike mate congratulations thought it was going to be a shotgun 👍
Thanks Mate, I liked the shotgun when I ride it but I wanted something a bit more classic looking.
Ride safe Bud👍
Morning Keith. Good choice, I really need to get out and try a Bonnie. I did follow TAYM on his at the Super Sausage meet last year, have to say they sound superb. Well done on the transition, nice job.
Thanks Ian. You should. I would be interested in your opinion as you (like me) are from a Classic 350 "background". The transition was fun to do, I thought the music added to the drama!
Ride safe Mate 👍
Test ride a Bonnie!
I was wrong then 😂😂 Beautiful machine all the same. Just a bit quicker than the 350.
Just a bit!
Ride safe Mate👍
I like it Keith, and I don't usually pay much attention to Triumphs, and even less to Harley's.
Thanks for commenting.
Ride safe Mate 👍
Kerching!!!!....I would in the money if only I had put that bet on!
Nice bike Keith....love the colour scheme.....good choice....
Now dont forget to lavish oodles of luv and affection on it. Forget the lover you so callously cast aside in pursuit of your wanton needs ( more speed ) and relish every moment of this new tryst!!
Oh, you are a one.
"Lover I callously cast aside"
You are a wordsmith.
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Ah Keith..... to me, owning a motorcycle should be a total love affair....otherwise, what is the point.
You need to experience the ups and downs just like any relationship.
You enjoy your new love mate, dont look back and go burn some rubber off of those phantoms!
They seem quite good. I can't recollect having them on a bike before.
To be honest It does seem more stable than the Classic 350, perhaps down to the bigger rubber.
Ride safe👍
Enjoy....you too he safe and everyone else....just had a reminder this morning of this time of year.
Heard that an acquaintance off to France on holiday this weekend had an accident on the way to the ferry. He has concussion and will be out of action for a few weeks.
And no...he was not belting down a motorway...low speed....puncture of some sort made him come off.
Be careful everyone.....
Wise words Mate.
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Didn’t really have to guess did we, you Triumph stamped on the handlebar clamp 🤭👍
Thanks for commenting.
Ride safe Mate👍
Well it’s a beautiful bike but doesn’t beat the Enfield sorry Keith. I would have upgraded the classic with an other cam. Look how fast coastrider scotland is riding! Paul
Thanks for commenting Paul. Ride safe Mate👍
That's a great looking bike. Out of all the Triumph range, I think the Bonnie's look great and potentially be my next bike when funds allow. I have no connection with Staffordshire Triumph but have found them really friendly and helpful with no sales pressure, a dealer I would trust. Looking forward to your impressions on the new bike, it does seem to tick all the boxes.
Thanks Dave. You must be sychic. Not only predicting the bike but the dealer as well. You need to put the lottery on this week!
I found them to be good, no pressure and gave me what I think is a fair deal.
Thanks for commenting.
Ride safe Mate👍
Morning Keith, looks mint mate like new and love the paint job, to be honest never been a fan of triumph but I must admit the T100 T120 are growing on me willies wheels has one and he raves about them. Bud and Steve are the stars in my favourite bike movie “On any Sunday, great movie which reveals a lot about Steve and bud, mikes gonna be pleased good choice mate, go steady it’ll be a bit of a beast after the classic ….. Pete 🇫🇷
So you've heard of him?Why hadn't I?
Yeah, It's good Mate, ticks my boxes anyway.
I'm surprised your not a Triumph man, oh I forgot, your French, maybe a mobylette is more up your Rue! 😉
On any Sunday?
I'll need to go find it!
Ride safe Mate👍
@@shottostravels oui mobylette sp95 if I can find one nearby for the right money 🥴 missed 2 recently 🤬 re Steve McQueen one of the few actors whose private life was bigger than his on screen antics, incredible guy loved his bikes and worked closely with with bud for years, he used a lot of his money supporting orphanages, a real hero playing the hero. 😊 and anyway Xmas isn’t Xmas if the great escape isn’t on somewhere on the telebox 🤣🤣🤣🤣 ps I think you just made my itch worse 😳nice one Keith 👍
Didn't know that. He Sounds a great bloke.
I'm sorry about your itch, I'll send you some cream.👍
@@shottostravels🤣👍
Nice one Shotto, I also own a Triumph T120 Bud Ekins... Alongside my RE Classic 350.
They are both great bikes.
(You'll deffo regret not having the Classic tho! 😂😂😂
Hi Richie, can't disagree with that.
Sometimes down the line I'm sure I'll get another.
Ride safe Mate👍
I owned a Speedmaster for a couple of years...I should have bought one of those, perhaps I might still have owned it
Thanks for commenting Peter. Maybe?
Ride safe Mate👍
That’s a lovely looking bike good for you nice in red and white I’m looking at getting a T120 end of this year to go with the rocket can you tell me where that tunnel is coz I’d like to ride in the tunnel in my car and come out in a Porsche 911 😂😂 I just fancy a change of car although nothing wrong with one I’ve got 😂boys and there toys if it’s not bikes it’s cars 😂but what else is there in life anyway great choice great bin I love triumphs take care and enjoy
Thanks Nicholas, I'm sorry Mate the tunnel is my secret.
Everyone should have a magic tunnel
I would say don't discount the T100, ride both. They look the same but somehow ride quite different.
Absolutely nowt wrong with the T120 but I was surprised how different they felt..
Ride safe Mate👍
Nice but it's the 350 for me
Absolutely, it's a broad church.
Ride safe Mate👍
Very nice Keith, you have dropped on a cracking bike there buddy, I can’t fault you for that it’s a fabulous engine in the T100 ( same as my Speed Twin) better than the 1200 in my opinion, I definitely agree with you about the Triumph feeling much heavier than the figures would suggest compared with the 350’s ,obviously it has a higher centre of gravity but it’s still not a porker 😂 now you just have to start saving up for a 350 Enfield and you will have the best of both, Oh yea,, you also have to convince the misses that you really do need two bikes 😂 all the best buddy 👍
Thanks for that Mike.
I did ride a T120 and thought it was wonderful but it was very different to ride. Not in a bad way, just different.
I decided to go down this route and I am pleased with it. I think the main stand could do with being 6" further forward.
A certain ( pretend)Frenchman, who wears his gloves wrong😉we know said you'd be pleased😉
Thanks for your thoughts.
Ride safe 👍
Beautiful machine, Keith. I can see why you responded to that Siren. Did you tell Mrs. Shotto about it yet, or did you just pile a bunch of stuff in front of the shed door to discourage her from entering?
Thanks.
No she's on board now, her main objection was that I wasn't allowed two.
Rid safe Mate 👍
Yep got it in one 😃😀, being in the fortunate enough position of owning both a Meteor and T100, I just thought this guy needs a T100. You will love it and am sure in the future it WILL have an Indian garage mate 😂😂😂 The tunnel idea and execution was absolute brilliance Sir👍 Really looking forward to future content on this bike😀😀😀😀
Hi Mark.
Thankyou for your kind words, do you know, you have read my mind.
Much as I love the classic 350, I think a meteor might be a great 2nd option, see, you've started me off again and I haven't had this a week!
Thanks for commenting and your appreciation of the Magic Tunnel.
Ride safe👍
@@shottostravels 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍 🏍🏍
Excellent choice Keith 👍. Single disc makes it handle better than the T120. Single throttle body makes the fuelling better too. 54bhp is plenty. And the 3750rpm peak torque sweet spot gives 70 mph in top (5th). 80mpg is easily achievable too 😊
Thanks Philip. Very pleased so far. I think 54bhp is Goldilocks, just right.
As you say it pulls from nothing in most gears, very nice to ride. Lovely motor.
Thanks for your thoughts, Ride safe👍
@@shottostravels Mine was the later 64bhp version but riding it back-to-back with my Father in law's Bud Ekins I couldn't tell the difference to be honest. The torque figure was identical by the way.
@@PhilipBallGarry Thanks for that, great to hear I'm not missing out on an awful lot then.👍
@@PhilipBallGarry I might be wrong, however I think most of that extra power comes at the top end on the newer bikes, like yourself I rode a mates newer model back to back with my 54bhp 2020 model and just could not tell the difference as I simply do not thrash these retro bikes. I personally went for the older model because I wanted the chrome wheels.
Nice colour. I like the t100 but most of colours I.m not keen. Like the orange and white as well. I sold 350classic as I prefer the 500trials which I.ve had 5yr now. Had a street twin for just a month. I was very cramped on it. T100 would have been better or the scrambler. May have one at some point but at moment I have gold star mahindra 😂
Thanks for your thoughts.
I hadn't realized that the street twin would of been so much different to the Bonnie.
I'm 6' and don't feel cramped on it at all.
Footpegs, hands etc are all in the right position.
Ride safe Mate👍
Nice bike mate, enjoy 🙂 I'm curious to know how it differs from the standard T100 of that time?
Hi Mate, as is the case in many 'specials' not that much!
Paint, Badges, Triumph logo is there logo from the 60s. Bar end mirrors and handlebar grips. Led indicators, Monza filter cap.
It has a posh certificate signed by his daughter's and The triumph chairman Nick Bloor. So truth is, mostly the paint job.
Damn I guessed that wrong I was sure it would be a goldstar the T100 is not a big brother more like the big daddy you'll forget all about enfields the bud ekins looks amazing not sure I would want to ride through a British winter though congrats
Thanks for commenting.
I agree, I suspect that (like most) it will be tucked up in the garage for the winter.
Although we don't seem to get the winters of old anymore.
Ride safe Mate 👍
Happy new bike day , enjoy 👍
Thanks Mate.
Ride safe👍
I was hoping for an interceptor. Stick with the Royal Enfield and you can’t go wrong. Triumph , a self labeled premium brand 🤔🤭🤣
Thanks for your thoughts.
Ride safe Mate👍
I'm sure you'll enjoy the extra performance. But I'm a 'one lung' fan. You've got a nice bike there, but it's not a royal Enfield mate. You'll be back.😂
Thanks for commenting.
It's great, I may well be down the line.
Ride safe Mate 👍
Did you quote the torque rate right Keith because at 18nm it's got less torque than your classic which had 27nm of torque ( Just checked the specs and I must have misheard you it's got buckets of torque ) :D
Hi Terry.
It's probably my accent, my delivery?
Yeah, I was trying to say 80 nm of torque!
I've just watched it back and can easily see how you could say that I said 18.
Thanks for pointing it out, I will be more careful in future. 👍
Ride safe Mate👍
@@shottostravels Could be the language barrier Keith I'm a Yorkshire lad and you're from down there so there 's always going to be confusion ,but I'm sure we'll cope :D
Lovely bike, looks amazing. Good upgrade from the classic 350. Triumph do know how to make a motorbike.
Thanks David. I'm looked ng forward to the weather improving so that I can get out on it.
Ride safe Mate👍
Buying a Triumph is a major mistake.Poor to no support from dealers,parts almost impossible to get ,reliability highly questionable.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Ride safe Mate 👍
Don't know if it was just my kindle i watch your videos on but this one was quite blurred and nowhere near as sharp as usual. Unfortunately it spoiled your big reveal.
Thanks for commenting Mate.
I'm not sure what happened.
But thanks for pointing it out.
Ride safe👍
Hi Ian, I just looked at it on my wife's Kindle.
I agree, it looks crap
I've never watched it on that before?
I checked on the TV, it was OK.
It isn't in 4k, but it is in HD.
Looks OK on my phone.
But Thank you very much for alerting me, I'll investigate, see what I can do.
Ian, I've just been playing with our Kindle.
I rekon I've sorted it.
It's the image quality setting on your Kindle.
When you watch the video , touch the screen and then, touch the settings/gear cog at the top right hand side of the screen.
I bet it's on a low setting!
Change it to 1080 than click OK.
I hope that helps, Let me know ?
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Exactly what you said, changed it and now spot on, many thanks