Japanese master Hideya Togashi turns the Triumph Bobber into a classic classic café racer… In 2016, Triumph introduced the Bonneville Bobber to great fanfare — a postwar-style factory bobber whose single shock absorber is nearly […]
Tag: Triumph
Black Bonnie: Triumph T120 Bonneville by MJH Performance Bikes
In 1971, Triumph introduced a new oil-in-frame Bonneville, whose steel chassis held the bike’s oil in its 3-inch diameter backbone instead of a separate oil bag. These “Oilers” would also get a 5-speed gearbox, a […]
Pure Nostalgia: Cheney / Triumph Tiger Cub
Best of British: Cheney / Triumph Tiger Cub built to battle the two-strokes… If you dig very far into the history of motocross and scrambles, you’re sure to come across the name Eric Cheney, an […]
Vetter Days: Triumph X-75 Hurricane
MJH Performance Bikes builds a reproduction of Triumph’s first factory custom… In the late 60s, BSA Group was struggling. Though their BSA Rocket 3 and Triumph Trident triples set several speed and distance records at […]
Supercharged Speed Triple 1050 RS by Thornton Hundred
“It’ll eat Panigales for breakfast.” About three years ago, we featured a Ducati 900SS cafe racer from a 22-year-old builder out of the UK, Jody Millhouse of Thornton Hundred Motorcycles. A couple of killer builds […]
Strictly Business: ’67 Triumph Bonneville Scrambler
Not a Desert Sled: Street-legal vintage Triumph motocrosser! In 1963, the Triumph T120 Bonneville received an all-new 650cc unit-construction engine — it was lighter, stronger, easier to build/maintain, and remains one of motorcycling history’s best-looking […]
Street Tiger: Triumph 955i Street Tracker
Frateschi Garage rescues an aged, abused Tiger… Introduced at the turn of the 21st century (2001), the Triumph Tiger 955i was something of a monster dual-sport, a 104-bhp brute with a 34.5″ seat height, a […]
BAAK to The USA!
French workshop BAAK Motocyclettes comes to America… One of our favorite European builders is BAAK Motocyclettes, a French workshop based out of Lyon that founder Rémi Reguin started in his grandmother’s garage in 2013. Since […]
Freedom Machine: Triumph “Libertas” Scrambler
Tamarit Motorcycles builds a 60s-style scrambler for American shores… Tamarit Motorcycles has quickly become one of our favorite builders, especially when it comes to modern Triumph machines. The Spanish workshop was born from humble origins […]
McQueen Machine: Triumph 865 by Absolut Motorcraft
Built for exploring the hidden paths, coves, and beaches of Ibiza… In the climactic scene of 1963’s WWII epic, The Great Escape, USAAF Virgil Hilts, played by none other than Steve McQueen, guns his stolen […]
