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I've been the happy owner of an '03 Triumph Bonneville T100 since it was new. It is an all-metal, made in England, 790cc, carbureted, and painted in a 1965 Bonneville homage. Over the years, it got the local trips and the Guzzi and now the RS did/do the traveling. Thus it had a mere 14,000 miles on it when last serviced. I decided to give it a good going over so I could give it to my son. He's been dropping hints about it for years, but I wanted it to be just right. Well, I finally got all the parts together and devoted a couple of days to rebuilding carburetors, cleaning everything, balancing and tuning the carbs, giving it a full service, and a tank of gas. Yesterday, I was able to get him to come over and gave it to him. He was gobsmacked...like a long unanswered prayer had been fulfilled. We took a nice long ride and then he brought it home. That was a great bike for 17 years...hopefully he'll get 17 more.

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I've been the happy owner of an '03 Triumph Bonneville T100 since it was new. It is an all-metal, made in England, 790cc, carbureted, and painted in a 1965 Bonneville homage. Over the years, it got the local trips and the Guzzi and now the RS did/do the traveling. Thus it had a mere 14,000 miles on it when last serviced. I decided to give it a good going over so I could give it to my son. He's been dropping hints about it for years, but I wanted it to be just right. Well, I finally got all the parts together and devoted a couple of days to rebuilding carburetors, cleaning everything, balancing and tuning the carbs, giving it a full service, and a tank of gas. Yesterday, I was able to get him to come over and gave it to him. He was gobsmacked...like a long unanswered prayer had been fulfilled. We took a nice long ride and then he brought it home. That was a great bike for 17 years...hopefully he'll get 17 more.

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Great story, Keith! It's a real privilege to be able to share your two wheeled passion with your son. Sounds like his reaction was a moment neither of you will forget

Sorry, Wessie. No, he got married last year. Him buying his own home has been a big focus of late. I think he felt he would have to wait a while for a bike. It made my week!

With a bike like that, he wouldn't have been single long anyways. Haha.

Congrats! I know that was a big moment for both of you, and hopefully y'all can have plenty of rides together in the future. My dad and I did a tour from middle GA up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Tail of the Dragon when I graduated college. He was on an '84 R80/RT, and I was on a '00 Suzuki GS500E (my first bike). Many fond memories.