We’re going from the sublime to the ridiculous this week, kicking off with a stunning Triton from Italy. We’ve also got a new XR1 from Bottpower, a $60,000 electric bike from the company formerly known as Confederate, and a long-lost Vyrus … all 50cc of it.
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Few custom motorcycles have the cachet of the legendary Triton. The mash-up of a Norton featherbed frame and Triumph twin motor has become a demigod icon of the café racer movement. As we all know, back in the 60s the idea was to combine the best chassis with the best motor. But half a century…
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Brad Monk is a racer. Sure, he has a day job, but come Sunday, he’s a racer—and this is his race bike. Trying to figure out what it is? We can help: it’s a ‘Yamando’; part Yamaha XS650, part Norton Commando. Or, as Brad puts it, “the best of both worlds.”
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Most builds we feature start out as a ‘donor bike.’ This Triton cafe racer started out as an idea—turned into reality by a builder with the chops to execute it. Wheelies Motorcycles is a workshop, restaurant and retail space nestled in an industrial area of Victoria, British Columbia. Joel Harrison is the guy turning wrenches—handling…
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There’s a theme to our latest selection: customs with fairings. From Madrid to the south of France to Japan, here’s the sexy…
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The term ‘café racer’ has become so abused, it’s lost virtually all meaning. (Okay, we’re occasionally guilty too.) So let’s go back…
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The idea was simple: take the best engine and the best frame of the time, and combine them. In the 60s, that…
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Think of a Triton, and you probably imagine a sleek, silver-and-black special from the 1960s. A product of its time, infused with…
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We get quite a few Tritons sent in to Bike EXIF—maybe one every couple of weeks. I’m a big fan of the…
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This lovely Triton is the latest from Loaded Gun Customs, the Delaware-based shop run by Kevin Dunworth. The story begins with a…
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There seem to be endless permutations of the classic Triton motorcycle. But I haven’t seen this mix of old and new before:…
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The lure of the salt at Bonneville Speedweek is strong, and two years ago, the bug bit Vincent Prat of the French…
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