This Triumph is a Born Loser

Done right!
Mike Davis' Triumph. More pics at Born Loser and JoyRidesArtCompany.

Custom Triumph Bobber

The very talented Jose Gallina shot this clean and true Triumph bobber at this year's Vintage Bike Meet in Orange County, CA. More at Jose's photostream.

VIA Jose Gallina

VIA Jose Gallina

In Rust We Trust

Giuliano Uristani aka Gano Sàn shows off his custom, 1973 Triumph T140 "IN RUST WE TRUST." Love the unique seat and rear fender combo as well as the recently added, unrestored, 1950s, Italian fuel tank. What a freakin' treasure.

For Sale: '73 Triumph Bonneville Bobber 750cc

Dan from Raeford, NC describes his 73 Triumph on Craigslist, this way,  "300 Miles on engine since rebuild in 2005. Engine needs some work to fix a leak, but it doesn't keep it from performing. Still pulls hard and runs solid" $2800

I asked him about the kicker. "It will start, but riding it around takes some rigging. The pedal, once used to start the bike, loses the compression and spring and then just wants to drag on the ground. So to ride it, the thing has to be strapped to the frame. It's very annoying and not practical to ride around town that way. Esp if it stalls, which it likes to do early in the day or after it hasn't been started in a while. Once warmed up though, the thing will ride all day. So the simple answer is, it will start, but it won't be good to ride home. Around the block, we can figure it out. It's not a dream bike...yet. It's still a work in progress."

PS, a kicker spring is about $12 and an easy fix.
Email Dan at falsefacetribe@yahoo.com

Update#3: Filip Sawczuk's 1963 Triumph Bobber

Filip Sawczuk is back with a new short video of his 1963 Triumph Bobber. He told me that the chirping exhaust sound comes from having a very small end on his pipes. He plans to swap out to larger pipes sometime in the future. In related news, I've finally memorized how to spell his name.

1972 Triumph Tiger Bobber

Cool custom Triumph By J Ryan. More of the bikes he's built can be seen on JRYChops at the site formerly known as MySpace.  It sounds great and those black rims are the business! I like the toolbox detail made from an antique fire extinguisher too.

Yamaha-Cool bike on a budget! Excellent XS650 Bobber.

Reall cool bike without breaking the bank

Sara Strikes Back

Several more shots have surfaced of Sara and her custom Triumph by DutchmanPhotos and Scott Pommier.
Lots more at the caption links.

via StreetChopperWeb

via Visual Gratification

Update: Filip Sawczuk's 1963 Triumph Bobber

New video!

Filip Sawczuk's 1963 Triumph Bobber

The talented brutes at Trojan Classics recently finished an awesome 1963 Triumph T100 bobber for Australian industrial artist Filip Sawczuk. Filip took it as far as he could before handing it over for the complete mech teardown. You can see the entire progress on a thread over at Jockey Journal. I love the raw tank, the black rims and Filip's little details like the tag on the tank.

Here's how it looked before:

Filip designs fixtures that look like they were built by robots in the future year of 1947.

1970 BSA 650 Lightning Bobber

This Prince of Darkness recently appeared on YouTube and it makes my tappets tingle.

Falcon Motorcycles Unveils The Kestrel

You have to watch this in big HD. Ian Barry has unveiled the Falcon Kestrel. It's exquisite. The details are especially breathtaking (even the spoke nipples are pinstriped!). I miss seeing a big round headlight though. Cool progress photos at FalconMotorcycles.com 
[Source: L.A. Times]

Brown Bomba BSA Bobber

Exclusive to Her Majesty's Thunder: Check out Damian Bombardiere's Brown Bomba BSA custom bobber. This bomber is super clean. Open the blast doors! 

He welded on the hardtail and it's a 4" stretch by 2" drop.  Here's how it progressed:

Damien writes:

"Hi Chris.

Thanks for the interest, here is a brief history of my BSA.

It's a '71 model motor sits in a '67 dry frame with early 60's BSA forks and the tank is off a 50-60's Arial or BSA. It's a little agricultural but rides great and goes like the clappers. It was all built by me and sprayed by me, the only help I had was with the electrics. Nicked name the Brown Bomba, it is my first build, but definitely not my last.

- Cheers, Damian "

For greater detail, you can see even bigger photos on Damien's flickr page.