Richard Pollock writes in:
Here’s a couple shots taken by David Edwards of our recent Café build. It’s called the Streetmaster “Brighton” Café Racer. Built by Mule Motorcycles for Streetmaster.
Regards
Thanks Richard. I’m a longtime fan of the Mule builds and this one really hits a nice chord for me. Just stunning. A deliciously perfect blend of old world style and updated modern parallel twin. That tank could have it’s own post…
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I know that folks can be very particular about their preferences and such but whatever your tastes you can’t deny the monster skills that went into building these wicked machines. That Triumph in particular is pretty freaking sweet.
Michael Yamen writes in: Here are a couple of my hand built Bikes. First one has a 540CI big block Merlin Engine. 2nd one is my home made Triumph Rocket sidecar rig
From the comments. A link to more pics at Rocket Garage: http://rocket-garage.blogspot.com/2011/03/slippery-sam-by-pierre.html
A modern interpretation of a classic Triumph Racer. Based on a Speed Triple. Sweet ride..
Wow I like this bike. I’ve always preferred the higher stance of the scrambler and thought it would work well on a standard Bonnie. And I think this bike proves the point.
Ian from Suffolk, England writes in:
Hi Steve,
Glad the site is still going strong!
I sent you a pic of my Scrambler last year, in it’s second guise…..
Today, I attach pics of the latest incarnation, and for interest include a photo of the bike when I bought it new in 2006, plus one of the bike in 08.
I hope you approve of the changes!
Best regards,
Ian
Indeed I do Ian! I really need to just buy one of these. I sure stare at them enough..
the before pic…
Sorry…I forgot who it was exactly that sent this to me. It was included with some shots of another bike. Very tasty though
From Leon in Germany:
Went for a ride this afternoon and took this picture, maybe you like it
greetings from Germany,
Leon
From Rob Comstock:
Here are a couple of photos of my RT3 during a trip I took from the San Francisco Bay Area
south to the LA basin to visit a couple of friends — and their Yamaha 360 Enduros as well!
From Justin Johnson:
I am sending you some pics of my 1953 FLF. I have owned this bike since 2002 and it has slowly evolved into the early style custom that you see in the pictures. plans for this year include a new seat and some coker tire wide whitewalls. also included are pics of my two owner 4500 original mile 1963 Topper.
From Tony Silva:
Here’s some photos of my 2000 Triumph Speed Triple that I had to put back together after T-boning a truck. The after picture was taken at Tempe Town Lake in Tempe Arizona.
Enjoy.
Hi, I customized my Triumph Scrambler with lot’s of help of my neighbor and a lot of inspiration of your site. On my tour today I passed my new Garage and took some footage with my GoPro. The pic are stills from that footage and a little pimped in Photoshop. Hope you like it anyway.
More pics here: http://rofu.macbay.de/mystuff/scrambler/
Mit sonnigem Gruß, best regards,
Excellent! Thanks!
Larry Edwards writes in:
Great site!!! I have visited MANY times while I collected reference material. Attached you’ll find pics of my ’69 Bonneville build that took place mostly in my dining room between early October and January. It’s not to the sanitary stage yet. Still doing shake-down runs but, I can’t hardly stop once I’m out on a ride without having a crowd gather around the thing. Then of course I spend the next hour answering questions and telling folks how it came together. Anyway, thought I’d share some pics with you. It could be classified as a “street tracker” I suppose but, as you will see mine doesn’t have any fiberglass on it. Mostly I figure it’s a hot rod and since I had to bob it and chop it a bit to get it to where it’s at, it may be time to begin a new classification or category of bike. I call be bike The Bopper.
Thanks,
Larry
Wow that’s nice. I mean Damm. And you’re right. I’ve tagged as a Chopper/Bobber/Streettracker. Hard to pin it down.
Thanks Much Larry.
Ken Phipps Writes in:
Here is mine. Wish I still had it. How many times have you heard that?
Plenty. I’ve said it a few time for sure. Ken can you give us a little history on the race wins and such?
There are a few comments suggesting that this is a BSA Victor. I mentioned in response that: “I’m definately NOT an expert on old triumph singles but wasn’t there a trophy 250 that was a common platform with the BSA? I agree that it’s a dead ringer for a BSA but I thought there was some re-badging back along the way especially with the singles. I’m interested in hearing your comments.
WE HAVE AN ANSWER! Form the comments the owner chimes in:
Thanks ya’ll! And it’s not a victor. It’s a Triumph TR5MX Avenger. When BSA closed down in 72 and Norton Villers Triumph took over, they had a bunch of B50′s laying around so they badged them as Triumph’s and put ugly ridiculous twin high pipes on them. The engine is actually stamped B50MX!
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Duncan Davis writes in:
Hi, I love your site. I have to get my daily fix along with my coffee. It was a major influence in the resurrection of my late fathers Triumph thumper. My father used this bike in the 70’s to check his cotton fields in South Texas, but when I was born it went into the tractor shed until a few months ago when I turned 21 and decided to bring the old Triumph back to life that I used to sit on as a kid. It may not be a purists favorite bike, but its mine! Almost everything is original with a few exceptions… Norton handlebars, new electrics, headlight and tail light, Harley battery box, roadside reflector side panels. The tank is the original “hunting yellow” but has faded over the last 38 years, but to my surprise, Caterpillar Tractor paint matched the old faded tank perfectly and I feel that It’s true to the bike roots. Just thought I’d share my favorite motorcycle because your site influenced the way it turned out. Cheers!
I love that it wasn’t over restored. Just a great bike with a nice history that you can enjoy the heck out of. You’re a 21 year old who really “gets it” Duncan. Thanks Much for the pics!
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