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I like the color on those Bonnies...sure like to have one.

Good show. Nothing of substance relative to the Rocket. Not yet, at least. Which is fine with me. But then there's the Street Triple "R". Ruining my efforts to gradually turn my regular Streety into something a bit more ambitious, closer to the donor's bike, i.e the fabulous Daytona 675. Ouch! Jamie

No you wouldn't. Riding the Rock and getting on a Bonnie makes the Bonnie feel like a toy. That's why I put a sidecar on mine......

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Am a bit dubious as to the 2009 anniversary model color scheme. My archives say that the early --1959-- Bonnies had a two-tone "tangerine" (=orange red) and "pearl grey" (= kindda white) finish on them. Which happens to be the color scheme that Minichamps chose for its first model repro. According to these archives, the disappearance of the startling (sic) "tangerine" hue and its replacement by a conservative "azure blue", "pearl grey" continuing to adorn the rest of the tank, the side panels and the guards, was a 1960 model year change.

The question being: I had NEVER seen a combo of "tangerine" and "azure blue" on the same bike. Had you?

Jamie

Jamie, I believe those two colors you mentioned are separate bike colors with the other half of a two tone being the white. It is being offered in two different color schemes.
Dennis

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1983 Yamaha Seca 650
1985 Yamaha Seca 900
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2001 Kawasaki Vulacan Classic Nomad 1500
2003 Honda Gold Wing
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2007 Triumph Rocket III Classic

If you go on the UK website for Triumph, you can see a close up of the new color scheme and it is definitely light blue on tangerine. Not my favorite.

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My post was erroneous (I lost sleep after posting it ):

In late 1959 (i.e earlier than for the 1960 model year), Triumph intoduced an alternative to the controversial "tangerine/pearl grey" finish (standard on all production Bonnevilles, as from Sep. 1958): "Azure blue/pearl grey".

Fast rewind back to Aug. 1959 now: Whereas the "pearl grey" that came with "tangerine" was so pale that it looked like white, the "pearl grey" that was sprayed on the tank top, the guards and the side covers was actually a light blue, much lighter than the "azure blue" that adorned the bottom of the tank sides.

So, for the 2009 re-edition, Triumph has mixed (if not mixed-up) the two original 1959 color schemes, which is absolutely sacrilegious

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In addition, the end-result (see pic above) looks a bit too garish to me. Jamie

It's not nearly as bad as that baby blue one they came out with in , 02 I believe? That color wasn't around long.