Love my '02 Triumph Bonneville America too. Pretty sure I am going to love my 2010 Triumph Thunderbird as well. Different bikes, different years, same manufacturer. Thankfully the '02 TBA does not look like the '68 "basket case" Bonneville in the garage, or the '99 Thunderbird, or the '59 Tiger Cub, or the '71 Daytona, or '38 Speed Twin (similarities at best), or the '07 Daytona 675, and finally and thankfully, the 2010 Thunderbird. The list can go on an on and on and on... There are different manufacturing and engineering solutions as well as market and design considerations made by every motorcycle company through every make, model and year that they produce. I just happen to like most of Triumph's solutions to the problems and look forward to this new, "controversial" design. Like it or not, it is a Triumph motorcycle. It may not have things that you like. It may have things that you love. But this is an incarnation of the present day motorcycle company that is trying to exist and thrive in the present day market and not the summer of '69. I am glad they are trying different things to help keep the company viable, for a long time to come hopefully. If they weren't doing that I would not have my TBA to continue to love. That being said, I am counting the days until delivery!
