Your complete guide to Triumph cafe racer motorcycles, from classic Meriden bikes to modern-day Hinckley specials. Here you’ll find everything from traditional Bonneville and Thruxton cafe racers to the latest builds based on newer models. Discover the parts, seats and performance upgrades that’ll take your own Triumph to the next level.
Working from an old barn in Idaho, Union Motorcycle Classics produce some of the nicest restomods and classic customs we’ve seen. But the shop has a softer side, too. Two years ago, they built and raffled a stunning Ducati Scrambler 250 to help ReActs—a charity that helps poor and distressed children in Southeast Asia. Now…
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A sleek and sophisticated Thruxton from Massachusetts, a tiny BMW balance bike from the Netherlands, a rare Royal Enfield Interceptor up for auction, and a bizarre folding WW2 ‘parascooter’ from Excelsior—Britain’s first motorcycle company.
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Building a custom motorcycle isn’t exactly a walk in the park. But turning customization into a viable full-time business is even harder. So it’s uplifting to see custom shops enjoying big measures of success. Spain’s Tamarit Motorcycles are in a good space right now. They opened four years ago as a two-man operation, and built…
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Triumph’s previous generation air-cooled modern classics are true sleepers, with stacks of potential waiting to be unlocked. Pick up a neat secondhand model, throw the right mods at it, and you’ll soon be giving newer machines a run for their money. That’s exactly what France’s FCR Original have done here. Starting with a 2015-model Triumph…
Read more »We’re usually all about high-end customs here, but not everyone has the budget to put an extreme machine in their garage. And…
Read more »We’re going from the sublime to the ridiculous this week, kicking off with a stunning Triton from Italy. We’ve also got a…
Read more »For riders of a sporting persuasion, the first-generation Street Triple is close to the ideal motorcycle. It’s light and handles beautifully, and…
Read more »We love sidecars, but they’re usually sedate rather than sporty. And a classic café racer with a chair? That’s even more rare.…
Read more »The Street Triple 675 is a damn good bike. Over the years, we’ve yet to meet an owner who doesn’t rave about…
Read more »Scramblers are still very much on trend—and the Triumph Scrambler is one of the coolest examples of the breed. But when Justin…
Read more »Calum Pryce-Tidd is one of the most methodical and thoughtful bike builders operating in Europe today. And his philosophy is spot on:…
Read more »As someone who spent his teen years with a skateboard under his feet, I see parallels between the skate and custom bike…
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