Highlights
- Equipped with a 2007 Triumph T100 Bonneville engine and other modern performance parts
- Constructed in collaboration with well-known custom motorcycle builder Roy Gilby
- Finished to a very high standard
- Built in the desirable ‘Café Racer’ style
The Appeal
Most with even a passing interest in motorcycles will have heard of a ‘Triton’ - a bespoke machine created by marrying a Triumph engine and Norton ‘Featherbed’ frame - which back in the 1950s and ‘60s created one of the most capable bikes on the road.
Since then, there have been thousands of Triton builds, but this one is a little different. As well as following the age-old formula of combining components from Triumph and Norton, it also brings together the best of the old with the best of the new. While registered as a 1963 machine and featuring a ‘60s Wideline Featherbed frame, it boasts a 2007 Triumph T100 Bonneville engine, affording this Triton modern performance.
Hand-built to a high standard and reportedly in very good running order, this Triton awaits its next lucky owner.
The History and Paperwork
- Although two registrations are depicted in the photographs, this bike is currently equipped with the UK registration ‘AOW 209A’
- The MOT expired in May 2023, although this bike is registered as a 1963 Triumph Bonneville, therefore qualifying for exemption from MOT and road tax
- Build featured in ‘100% Biker’ magazine (Issue 193)
The Condition
- Rakish ‘Café Racer’ styling
- Finished to an exemplary standard
- Black powder coating by Marmo Coatings Ltd
- Paintwork by PMH Autobodies
- Norton Wideline Featherbed frame
- Triumph Bonneville single-disc front hub laced with stainless steel spokes to aluminium 18” Thruxton Lyte rim shod with an Avon Roadrider 110/80x18” tyre
- Triumph Bonneville laced rear hub with stainless steel spokes to an aluminium Thruxton Lyte rim shod with an Avon Roadrider 140/80x17” tyre
- Bespoke front mudguard
- Blanked off top yoke
- ‘Clip-on’ handlebars
- Rubber-mounted three-gallon aluminium fuel tank with Monza-style flip-up filler cap and stainless steel centre strap
- Bespoke battery/electrics box
- Handmade leather seat
- 9” headlight
- Bespoke tail cone
- Triumph-branded speedometer/odometer and tachometer units
- No notable signs of wear or deterioration to the painted steel surfaces
- There’s no evidence of any corrosion or damage to the frame
- No dents visible to the fuel tank
The Mechanics
- 865 cc Triumph vertical twin - fully rebuilt
- Stock re-jetted with Keihin CV carbs and tapered air filters
- Five-speed gearbox
- Bespoke two into two straight-through exhaust with heat wrap
- Braided stainless steel oil lines
- Equipped with an oil cooler
- Bespoke wiring loom
- Multi-adjustable levers
- Four-pot Nissin brakes with Venhill stainless steel lines - (bespoke rear reservoir with polished finish)
- The rear brakes
- Offered in running riding order
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