An original Bonnie…

Wowee, what a moment I had Sunday night.   I was in Claremont for dinner with a couple of friends, and having arrived early, I walked around the downtown area for a bit.   Much to my amazement, an original 1959 Triumph Bonneville (the first year of production for that iconic motorcycle) rolled right on by in the original powder blue and tangerine colors….

More shocked than anything else at spotting that bike, I suddenly realized I had my iPhone with me.  It took a moment to unlock the thing and get it in the camera mode, and it was already dusk out there.   Normally I take great pride in my photos and I wouldn’t show anyone a photo as out of focus as that one above, but hey, it’s all I had and I only had time for the one shot.  There’s an old saying about halitosis being better than no breath at all, so with my apologies, I’m including that ’59 Bonnie photo above here in the blog.

Here’s a shot I grabbed off the Internet of an original ’59 Bonneville.  It’s in focus and you can see what they looked like…

Those original colors are so iconic that Triumph offered a special limited commemorative model in 2009 (the 50th anniversary of the Bonneville) in the same color scheme.  Here’s what it looked like…

That’s it for now, folks.   Stay warm out there…we’ve been hearing about the brutally cold weather and we hope all of you are doing okay.