The Wild One: Darren Cranwell's Custom 1952 Triumph Thunderbird

July 6, 2016

Like many car folks who enter the bike world, Darren caught the two-wheeled bug after seeing one bike in particular. A friend of his had bought a popular '80s show bike which had caught Darren’s eye. When it came time for his friend to sell, Darren was first in line to take the keys.

Tried & Tested: TriBSA Sidecar racer

March 22, 2016

Words: Geoff Baldwin Photography: Luke Ray.

In the early eighties the build of the Francis family TriBSA sidecar started thanks to Allen’s good friend Don Cooper. Don and Allen were racing a BMW R69S and were enjoying some success before a couple of “catastrophic” blow ups. Allen decided it was probably wise to have a back-up incase they experienced another blow up and were left sitting on the sideline. As it turned out, Don had a frame, a set of BMW forks with a front wheel and other various bits and pieces which he donated to the cause. With that Allen decided to put together a Triumph/BSA racing outfit like he had owned in the ‘60s and the project began.

Fuel Tank TV: Actor Ryan Reynolds Talks About his Latest Café Racer Build

February 19, 2016

Ryan Reynolds talks about his passion for riding as we watch custom motorcycle builder Dustin Kott convert Ryan's stock Triumph Thruxton into a cafe racer.

Director/DP/Editor - Bryan Rowland

A Triumph of Design: The Redstar Bobber

December 21, 2015

If I wasn’t spending all my time writing about Café Racers I’d probably be spending it writing about Triumph Bobbers instead. I don’t know what it is about a classic Triumph motor sitting in a hardtailed frame but it certainly looks good to me. As it turns out I’m not the only one with this cross culture obsession in custom motorcycles but unlike me, Marty Towers has turned his obsession into a business that all started with this bike, the Red Star Bobber.

Orange Bomb: Richard Townsend’s Triumph Bobber

December 11, 2015

My interest in Triumphs was started after finding pictures of my dad and his pre-unit Triumph that he owned back in the ‘50s.

I bought this bike in 2007 after mentioning to my brother that I was looking for a Triumph to cut up. A week later he called to say he found an old 80s chopper sitting in a shed 10 minutes from where I live with a seized motor. Two grand changed hands and it was mine.

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