2025 · Retro Classic · Buyer's Guide
British Style, Unapologetic Purity
The T100 Icon Edition is the Bonneville idea in its most deliberate form. A 900 cc liquid-cooled parallel twin, 64 hp, 59 lb-ft arriving down at 3,750 rpm, so the whole engine works in the part of the rev range you actually use on a two-lane road. What sets this one apart is the finish: two-tone Sapphire Black over Aluminum Silver, hand-painted coachlining, and the 1907 Triumph script revived for this edition only. ABS and traction control sit underneath without announcing themselves. That is the retro bargain done properly. Old feeling, current engineering, none of it on display.
Ride it and the numbers matter less than the geometry of the thing. Wide bars, low pegs, a 31.1 in seat and a 57.1 in wheelbase give you a bike that turns into a back road without ceremony and holds a line at highway speed. The 18-inch front wheel keeps steering honest rather than nervous. This is for the rider who wants an unhurried machine that looks right parked outside a diner and still gets home in the dark. The caveat is plain: 503 lb wet, a five-speed box and a 3.8 gal tank make it a day-trip bike, not a long-haul one. There is no cruise control, no TFT, no luggage. Buy it for what it is.
Spec sheets don't ride bikes, but they set the baseline.
| Power | 64 hp (48 kW) @ 7,400 rpm |
|---|---|
| Torque | 59 lb-ft (80 Nm) @ 3,750 rpm |
| Displacement | 900 cc |
| Engine | Parallel twin |
| Cooling | Liquid-cooled |
| Gearbox | 5-speed |
| Final drive | Chain |
| Fork | Telescopic |
| Front brake | 310 mm |
| Front tire | 100/90-18 |
| Rear tire | 150/70-17 |
| Wheelbase | 57.1 in (1450 mm) |
| Seat height | 31.1 in (790 mm) |
| Wet weight | 503 lb (228 kg) |
| Fuel capacity | 3.8 gal (14.5 L) |
Equipment check
Chassis
Drivetrain
Safety
This isn't from my own test notes. It's what has come back over years of paddock talk, club nights, and the messages riders send once they've lived with a bike for a season. On the T100 the chatter is unusually settled: broad agreement on the strengths, and a short, repeated list of limits.
Ask owners what they like and two answers come back most often: how manageable the bike feels for riders of every size and experience level, and how much of the appeal sits in the detail work. After that, a steady chorus about finish quality holding up to close inspection, an engine that pulls cleanly from low revs without asking much of you, and a chassis that changes direction with almost no effort.
The gripe heard most is the five-speed gearbox. Riders find it well matched to town and back roads, then wish for another ratio once they settle at highway speed. Suspension is next: owners describe it as comfortable but short on control when the pace picks up, and plenty upgrade early. Third, riders shopping this price bracket note the absence of cornering ABS and a quickshifter.
Where this Triumph Bonneville T100 Icon Edition pulls ahead of — or falls behind — its rivals on the numbers, and the typical bike in its class on character.
Power
Torque
Displacement
Wet weight
Seat height
Forget spec-sheet bragging. Here's who the Bonneville T100 Icon Edition is actually built for.
This is your bike. Small towns, covered bridges, the Kancamagus at an unhurried pace, and a machine that looks like it belongs there. Plan fuel stops around the 3.8 gal tank and you'll never be unhappy.
Made for Acadia National Park · Austin / Handbuilt Motorcycle Show · Blue Ridge Parkway
You'll get the style and the conversations at every gas stop, and the twin has real character. But it's a slim British classic, not a big-inch rally cruiser, so the long interstate slabs to Sturgis will feel like work.
Made for A1A — Florida Atlantic Coast · Black Hills / Sturgis Rally Hub · Daytona Main Street / Bike Week
For relaxed Hill Country loops and a slow lunch in Fredericksburg it fits nicely. If your weekends are about chasing pace through the Twisted Sisters, 64 hp and this chassis will feel like the wrong tool.
Made for Austin / Texas Hill Country · Twisted Sisters · Austin / Handbuilt Motorcycle Show
If you're cross-shopping the older generation, here's what changed.
Previous generation · 2017–2020
Retro Soul, Modern Bones
Compare to the previous model →If this one isn't quite the fit, these are the bikes worth riding back-to-back against it.
Any price note compares both bikes at the same age — the youngest age both have on the used market — against this Triumph Bonneville T100 Icon Edition. “cheaper/pricier” is what that bike costs second-hand, not how worn it is.
Competitor · 2022
Easy Miles, Real Soul
Roughly $1,600 cheaper used than this bike at 1 yr
Competitor · 2018–2024
Z1 Soul, Modern Muscle
Same Platform · 2021
The Purist Bonneville Done Right
About the same used price as this bike at 1 yr
Similar Character · 2021–2024
Purist Retro, Italian Soul