Beamish wrote:iggy1966 wrote:Jim,
Come and have a go on my Bonneville, you may notice a slight difference between a standard one and mine
ad I can point you in the direction of all the shiney part shops as well
and yes, the front brake is Shite!!!!!
What have you played with over the std? Rearsets? Obviously your pipes are non std but what else?
Where do I start!!!!!
I have completely reconfigured the carburation with larger jets different throttle needles polished the intake tracks to remove all the rough castings etc.
Modified the airbox by opening up the intake section and removing the baffle plate within the air box.
Open pipes.
Procom ignition advancer which also raises the rev limit from 7500 to 8400 rpm.
The suspension has been sorted with hagon progressive springs and heavier oil to firm it up and take all the "soggyness" out of it.
The rear shocks have been changed for 25mm longer Koni's
150 section rear tyre
Raask Rear sets
Larger front sprocket
Chrome engine casings
Changed the handle bars for lower ones as the standard ones make you sit up way too high.
Goodridge brake hoses (but still shite!!)
Shortened front and rear mudgaurds
Plus loads of other general tnkering and setting up stuff. Out the crate the bonnevilles are circa 58 BHP at the rear wheel, mine so far is up to 71 with some very simple modifications and it makes it a far more useable bike (and alot more fun). You can go on as there is a 998 cc conversion and 39mm flat slide carbs with some head work by Bob farnham tuning could take it up to 80+ and the engine is still reliable as it so over engineered.
Go buy one
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