I had my Bonneville at the dealer for the 500 mile servicing (I know, I know, but I don't run my own computer and they can hook it up and tell me that it's been properly broken in and all that jazz. ANYWAY) this weekend.
While I was there waiting around they let me Demo both the Triumph Thunderbird and the Bonneville T100.
I enjoyed myself quite a bit on the thunderbird. 1600cc is pretty HEAVY but once it got going it was suprisingly nimble (for a cruiser). She felt nice, turned light, and the suspension seemed great.
The T100 was much more different than I expected. I originally wanted to drive it more because it had a windscreen on and I wanted to see an apples to apples comparison of just how effective a large screen was on a Bonnie. The screen was the last thing I noticed. The T100 rode higher, didn't handle as nicely and had a more rigid feel than my stock bonneville a1. I was surprised at the difference in what is essentially the same bike.
Anyway, just thought I'd put that out there for other riders looking into modern rides.