Entries in Bonneville (3)

Saturday
Mar202010

Goldenboy Bonneville


The Northern Italian city Parma is home to one of the oldest Universities in the world, but it's the Gallimoto Factory Works who have a 'Masters Degree' in building cafe racers. They say a true cafe racer must meet very specific rules: low handlebars, a single seat, a pair of thundering exhausts and lots of chrome like the Triumphs, Tritons, and Nortons of the past. This Bonneville SE they have appropriately called the 'Goldenboy' ticks all those boxes and more. We love how they have used gold anodized aluminium on the chain guard, sprocket cover, front fender and the speedometer plate - the gold mixed with the Red Velvet paint is a regal combination. Although this bonnie is more than just good looking, it has the parallel twin engine with electronic injection to meet Euro 3 regulations and unleashes its power through a pair of Megaton exhausts. Handling has not been neglected, the emulsion hydraulic shock absorbers are adjustable and the braking is assisted by a pair of higher performance sintered pads. The mag wheels have been treated with resistant black epoxy resin fitted with Dunlop Sportmax Mutant larger section tyres. If you like what you see and live in Europe, Gallimoto can build a bike like this to your specs for around €12,600. When Gallimoto aren't customizing their own bikes they are selling parts on Best For Britts, which are one of the biggest suppliers of Triumph custom parts in Europe.

Tuesday
Sep152009

68 Bonneville Custom

Discovered this Bonneville Custom on an Italian site called Cafe Racer Culture. It's a pretty sweet site packed full of cafe racer and custom goodies. Because man (especially Italian men) can't live on bikes alone theres also loads of beautiful pinup girls if the bikes weren't getting you excited. Hit the jump if you want to see more pics of this orange retro Bonnie. Another Triumph worth checking out is this great Bonneville Cafe Racer.

Friday
Jul242009

Triumph Street Tracker

BellaCorse are a large seller of Triumph Bonneville parts and accessories in Michigan, USA. The owner Michael Selman also built this mean Street Tracker. Project Swiss Misfortune is an eyecatcher that started life as a 2002 790cc Bonnie. The engine has been bored-out to 904cc and has Keihin Racing FCR-39mm flat slide carbs and a BellaCorse Air Box Elimination kit installed. The 2-1 exhaust is from Zard of Italy and is a Titanium-alloy construction. The alloy tank and seat were hand-made and are loosely patterned after the H-D XR750. You can definitely see the resemblance especially in the seat. With all that chrome and a powerful moan, who wouldn't want to take it home. For more Triumph Trackers check out the legendary Triumph Flat Track blog.