Hello, I'm considering purchasing this 2008 Bonneville Black (photos attached) 25,000 miles, very cllean, not sure of maintenance record but there is something strange about both exaust pipes. If you see the attached photos there has been some kind of home made metal thing installed which is connecting or extending the exaust pipe? So before I talk to the dealer I'd like to know What these things are and why would they be on there? Esthetically they doesn't bother me but I want to be sure this thing is not fixing a bigger problem. Thanks in advance, I am not mechanically experiienced, I'm just a rider who would really like a Bonneville Black.
I'd say it has mufflers off another triumph model that don't quite fit as standard, that is to adapt and so link together headers to mufflers
Thanks capt, that makes sense. Does that look like they did a bad or crap job of it. Or is that what it is suppose to look like?
You may be able to tidy it up with appropriate adaptors, which are generally quite cheap: https://www.classicbikeshop.co.uk/triumph-bonneville-t100-exhaust-pipe-silencer-adapters.html
Replace them with stock pipes, easy to do and not too expensive, all depends if the price on the bike is ok
Looks like its had the reverse cone silencers (mufflers) fitted off the cast wheel version of the Bonneville rather than the standard pea shooters found on the T100. It looks to be a bit of a bodge so you could follow MadMrB's advice and get yourself a new link pipe. Here's my old T100 This is my current SE. Just noticed the strange extra foot peg bolted across the front of the down-pipes - putting that in the bin would be my first job!
Also lift up fork gaiter n check the fork legs as it should have just the boots or the guards not both.
Thank you all for the great advice. I think I'm going to pass on this one. It has 25,000 miles, all the stuff you pointed out and $5,500.00 asking price. Seems a bit overpriced. The search goes on!!!!
Tend to agree with you. 2008, 25000 miles and $5500 (£4500 for us) seems a bit steep. My 2012 SE with 1800 miles was $5800 by comparison. (And no silly mods!)
Looks like a (probably harmless?) botch-up. Demand the dealer sorts it before you offer any cash; why take on worries?
