New Bonneville owner - Winchester

Hi,
Brief introduction: I have never ridden before, but at the age of 55 decided that I should after seeing a beautiful Bonneville parked near me on a trip to Thame. Booked CBT the next day and then bought a CBF125 the day after that. Spent a year learning not to fall off and took a 4 day course last week - passed Mod 2 on Friday - bought the Bonneville on Sunday. The best thing of all is that it's the same bike I saw in Thame. (2004 T100).
Looking for a nice retro open face helmet now - any recommendations? Cheers Steve

 

Hi Steve, welcome to the forum ,another southerner happy days I'm in wilts , nice looking bonny hope you have great fun riding it congrats :upyeah:

 

Cheers Crispy,
Transplanted Northerner really - been down here since 1984. Cool looking bike!

 

Hi, I'm new to riding and fell in love with the Bonnie's. Absolutely love mine. Yours looks very very nice

 

Welcome to the Forum

Nice looking Bonnie you have there looks fairly tidy as well

With regards to helmets have a look at these as these are fairly old school :wink:

Bultaco Open Face Helmets | Infinity Motorcycles

Bell Jet R-T helmet

http://www.fc-moto.de/epages/fcm.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/10207048/Categories/motorradhelme-Helmets/GPA-Helme

 

Yo Steve and congrats. Mines a Bonnie too :upyeah:

 

Hi Steve,
Welcome to the forums, I'm also a new biker and a Bonnie owner, just passed in January, got the Bonnie in February, done 3000 miles already, but I'm only a nipper compared to you, I'm only 53!
Lovely looking Bonnie you have there, I'm sure you'll have lots of fun on it! :upyeah:

 

P.s. This is helmet I'll be getting soon RP60 Cafe Racer Helmet Black - Open Face - Helmets

Just got these boots from moto legends, very comfy and look the part Stylmartin Legend R boot brown

 

Hi Almo, thanks for the comment on the Bonnie - yours looks great - is it brand new? How long have you been riding?

 

Cheers SteveJ, thanks for the recommendations - I quite like the look of the Bultaco and Infinity Motorcycles at Southampton is not far from me. Cool bike!

 

Hi Monkeyjoe, very smart looking Bonnie you have there - they are amazing to ride after a 125! Just done about 70 miles this morning on the pretext of work! First ever motorway run down the M3 and M27.

 

Yeah, like the helmet - especially the chequered band. Tempted by those boots also!

 

Steve, yep it's brand new. Did a similar thing to you and saw a Bonnie last year and loved it, so did my cbt straight away and rode a little 125 for just under a year. Then passed my cat A test then bought my own Bonnie

 

Welcome to the forum