Triumph tiger bobber

This 1971 Triumph T100 is called Boy Racer and it’s from an Italian shop called Grease Monkey. Owners Gianluca Tiepolo and Max Trono are into old school bikes with a twist; they’ve come up with a machine that has a light-hearted, almost rococo feel. The intricate paintwork is certainly attention-grabbing—but the underpinnings are solid and conventional. The 498 cc parallel twin motor has been completely rebuilt, and the frame reconfigured as a bobber-style rigid. Grease Monkey has aimed for…

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Triumph Thunderbird

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In a sea of customized Triumph neo-classics, it's refreshing to see a neat, vintage example emerge now and then. Especially when it's been rebuilt by a shop whose signature look we've previously referred to as 'retro streetfighter.' This Triumph Tiger is the work of the Helrich Custom Cycles team of Dave Helrich and Jennifer Maa, and it's an absolute gem. Most of the Tempe, Arizona duo's clients to date have been from out-of-state or abroad, but the Tiger (and its owner) were locals. The…

1973 Triumph Tiger

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The original Triumph Tiger 900 was released in 1993 and remained in production for 5 years, it won a small but loyal band of followers who nicknamed it

’71 Triumph Tiger – Vintage Steele

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It's a fine line between perfection and obsession. One that is probably crossed once you find yourself customising a bike

Eric Henderson’s motorcycle is almost as interesting as his job. He’s an underwater welder in New York City, and when he’s not working below sea level, he’s riding a 1967 Triumph TR6R Tiger custom that took two years to build. Eric’s owned this single-carb bike since 1986, and he kept it stock until the motor died in 2007. “I tore the bike down with the intention of restoring it,” he says, “but the custom bug bit me instead. So I got the motor rebuilt by the good folks at TT Cycles in…

. In the Summer of ’69 a young Jim Walsh of Maryland farewelled his cousin Tom, a strapping man with

Triumph's range of modern classics now stands at twelve models strong. That's good news if you want all the style of Britain's most prolific marque, without the fuss linked to owning an older machine. But as much as we'd love a couple of modern Triumphs in the Bike EXIF dream garage, we'd simply have to park a truly vintage one right alongside them. And this delightful 1958 Tiger T110 from Retrograde Mechanica will do just fine. Retrograde is the side hustle of Mark Drury, who is based in…

Chris soon realised that the bike wasn't so welcome at his daycare business (click for a wallpaper) Bikers can seem

I find low-key, vintage bobbers irresistible, and this 1969 Triumph Bonneville from Johannesburg is a classic in more ways than one. It belongs to Justin Steyn, who started the project way back in 2009. The style is utterly timeless, and like many of the best bikes, deceptively simple. The build process was anything but, though. It started when Justin bought a basket case oil-in-frame Triumph 650 from a friend: “I had two wheels, a frame and an engine—and little idea where to start,” he…