Jen Dalton of Austin, TX shares her background on how her father used to take her on rides with his 1967 Triumph TR6R around town which started it all.
Patrick Spiker talks about his Bonneville, a great starting bike especially for the opportunities for customizations. All self-taught from guides on the web and YouTube. Read more in the link
I wanted to start riding motocross when I was 7 years old, but my parents thought it was just a phase. It wasn’t. But I forgave my mom when she picked up her own riding again and also bought me my ...
It all starts somewhere, Kristina Furlong talks about how she'd steal her dad's old Honda 70 to cruise to her friends' houses, her first bike, a 1979 Bonneville T140 (which caught on fire; check ph...
This week we feature Zeljan Tomasovic and his Thruxton on the Garage Builder blog series. Zeljan tells about his first bike "young GZ250" and his Cafe Racer inspirations.
Danny Escobar began riding when he was 14 in a small town in South America and it all started with his first bike, a 1972 Honda CB750 then to his Triumph Bonneville T100.
Origins of the Café Racer The Ton Up Boys
Ton-Up Boys were one of the most influential and widespread subcultures in motorcycle history. If you don’t know them by that name, then you probably know them as the original cafe racers.
The Isle of Man TT is the longest running motorcycle race in the world, and arguably the most challenging because it is indisputably the most dangerous.
Tommy Kerns of Butterscotch LBC
Garage Builder Series: Tommy Kerns of Butterscotch LBC talks about his Thruxton, how he got started into motorcycles, and his business, Butterscotch LBC
This week we feature designer Tom Ellis and his Bonneville T100 Liquid Cooled on the Garage Builder blog series. We discussed how came came to love Triumph classics and his design philosophy.
Legend Series: Skip Van Leeuwen The King Of Steeplechase
Skip Van Leeuwen was considered the best TT Steeplechase rider in AMA history, and over his highly successful career as a Triumph rider won multiple AMA nationals and numerous West Coast regional...
A Heritage Of Craftsmanship: The Story Of ONEHANDMADE
Queen Houng of ONEHANDMADE is recognized across the world as a master of his craft. His metal shaping and unique sense of style combine masterfully in each of his custom motorcycles, which has gai...
Chasing The Great Adventure: Amanda Schik
Amanda Schik (@amandaschik) wastes no time in her tireless pursuit of life. This last year, she became the proud owner of a Triumph Street Twin and his since gained a respectable reputation for he...
The Godfather Of The Street Tracker Part II: Racer
While Richard Pollock was still in Florida, his first job in the motorcycle industry was at a shop called Honda Bob’s. The owner, Bob, was an avid flat tracker, and had a Honda XL250 with a Redline...
The Godfather Of The Street Tracker Part I: Youth
When Richard Pollock was a youth, his father brought him and his family from Syracuse, New York, to Cape Canaveral, Florida, when his father became part of the American space program. Pollock’s fa...
Wrencher’s Digest: What’s The Difference Between Carbureted And Fuel Injected Bikes?
Among retro motorcycle enthusiasts, there has been a long-standing and divisive debate that preceded the air-cooled versus liquid-cooled debate. The topic of so much emotional rhetoric and scientif...
UNBREAKABLE: THE STORY OF ONEHANDMADE
Queen Houng is the globally-acclaimed custom motorcycle builder known as ONEHANDMADE. He’s based out of Taipei, Taiwan, and has a remarkable story of how he got to where he is now. For Houng, it h...
Wrencher’s Digest: Are Air-Cooled Or Liquid-Cooled Bikes Better For Beginners?
The release of Triumph’s new line of liquid-cooled motorcycles has done more than lift a few eyebrows, and the departure from focusing on making traditional air-cooled motorcycles has raised quite ...
The Simple Life: Kaycee Landsaw
Kaycee Landsaw (@kaycee_landsaw) is an adventure and motorcycle lifestyle photographer based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. His work blends a unique candid snapshot feeling with a richness of color ...
Wrencher’s Digest: Air-Cooled & Liquid-Cooled Triumph Modern Classics
Whenever the next latest and greatest thing comes out, it always makes us reconsider what came before it with a critical eye. Sometimes for better, sometimes for worse, depending on how shiny the p...
It’s All About the Community: Jessica Haggett of The Litas
Jessica Haggett is the Founder of The Litas, an international network of female riders spanning 13 countries, 80 branches, and more than 1,500 members. The Litas grow by the day, and it’s easy to ...
3 Easy Ways to Convert a Cafe Racer Into a Tracker
Converting your bike from one style into another is easier than it may seem. Many of the accessories remain the same between cafe racers and flat trackers, so you don’t have to worry about doing a ...
Pamela Weekend Projects Series: Performance
The Scrambler’s engine can be a lot of fun, but you have to unlock it with a few performance upgrades before you can really appreciate what it’s capable of. On Pamela, we removed the air box and a...
Pamela Weekend Projects Series: Driveline
All the performance upgrades used to unlock Pamela’s engine would be completely worthless without a driveline setup capable of delivering all that horsepower to the rear wheel. A good driveline se...