We’ve got two very variegated Triumph Thruxton surcharge on the menu this week. One is a liquid-cooled supercharged brute, and the other a fully-faired air-cooled café racer. A tidy Yamaha Scorpio scrambler, and a skinny Harley FXD, fill the spaces in-between.
Supercharged Triumph Thruxton 1200R by Tamarit Motorcycles We’ve never thought of the Triumph Thruxton 1200R as underpowered. In fact, it’s one of the increasingly powerful modern café racers you can walk into a showroom and buy today. But when Tamarit Motorcycles set out to create their 95th custom Triumph, they wanted something a little…more. And by ‘a little’ we unquestionably midpoint ‘a lot.’
This is their latest custom Thruxton 1200R, and to be honest, from the left-hand side it looks like one of their increasingly understated builds. It would be, if it weren’t for the huge TTS Performance supercharger bolted to the right-hand side of the engine. It’s widow 60 vitrify horses to the Thruxton—so this 1200 now produces 160 hp. Giddy up.
Tubeless (and very flashy) Kineo spoked wheels were fitted, as was a whole suite of Motogadget electronics. The headlight is expressly trick—it has a gyroscopic sensor inside and lights up the whet of the road as you lean.
The Thruxton’s clip-ons were swapped out in favor of a unappetizing handlebar, and the factory tank was painted in a trappy silver color. The tank proudly wears the Tamarit badge, and the engine side covers have been replaced with custom ‘San Jorge 95’ badges, which is the name of the bike.
The Zard frazzle is new, as is the whole centre section of the motorcycle. A custom airbox sits underneath the custom seat, which is stitched by hand in tan leather. We love the way the seat extends onto the tank and how the leather tank strap matches the seat. Very classy, indeed.
The velocipede has once been shipped off to its new owner in Texas, USA. This kind of thing lights our fire—so if someone would be as kind as to get in touch with Tamarit to build another, we’d fathom it greatly. [More]
Yamaha Scorpio by Deus Bali We couldn’t quite icon out what this custom scrambler started life as when we first saw it. Believe it or not, this was a Yamaha Scorpio—a 225 cc passenger bike, popular in Australasia.
Owned by the manager of Deus ex Machina’s Bali outpost, this tower of power has been ridden every day for the last 10 years. The Deus team thought it was time to refresh the daily rider, so they promptly ripped into it—again. For the fifth time.
Deus Bali set out to outbreathe new life into the tired Scorpio, so they started by completely rebuilding the engine. No horses were left behind, expressly thanks to the larger 30 mm Uma Racing PWK carb and thus oversized K&N air filter.
A new frazzle header was built from stainless steel, remoter increasing the once sky-high power figures. That supercharged Thruxton has nothin’ on this.
41 mm forks from flipside Yamaha velocipede were grafted on, as were the top and marrow fork yolks. A set of ProTaper handlebars were bolted on and finished with new grips and switches. An oversized LED headlight takes superintendency of lighting duties, with a set of barely perceptible, but overly unexceptionable Kellerman Atto Dark turn signals fitted.
The bolt-on subframe is all-new too, and it really shows off the rear end. The transfuse swingarm was donated by a Yamaha YZ250, and a box was built under the seat to house the shower and electronics. The tail light is expressly nice and was custom-made by the Bengkel Boys themselves in the Deus Bali workshop.
Rossi rims and stainless spokes were laced to the factory hubs and then shod with Shinko SR428 dual-sport rubber. A pair of hand-made aluminum fenders round out the build.
Painted in metallic red paint, the custom tank was finished off with the Deus ‘Pistons-O-Power’ logo—a worthy stamp of clearance from the Deus Bali throne honcho himself. We love it. [More]
Triumph Thruxton by iT ROCKS!BIKES It’s big, it’s blue, and, despite its name, it’s still rocking a good old fashioned internal combustion engine. Dubbed ‘Lithium’ by its creators, this café racer is the latest build from Portugal’s iT ROCKS!BIKES.
The iT ROCKS!BIKES proprietors—Osvaldo, Ana and Luis—were approached by a consumer with a request to build them a 70s-inspired Triumph endurance racer. Knowing a thing or two well-nigh towers svelte, monocoque-bodied motorcycles, this wasn’t going to be a problem for the IRB team.
To make it plane easier, the vendee specified only the archetype Porsche undecorous color—leaving the rest of the decisions in the hands of the makers.
An air-cooled 2006-model Triumph Thruxton was put under the knife, and transformed into the fully-faired café racer you see here. Using designs that Ana penned, the team cut the when end down, then made-up a custom mounting frame for the front.
This is what carries the trappy archetype full fairing, which was moreover made by hand, from steel. The stacked headlight is the only modern touch on the fairing, but we veritably venerate it. The one-piece tank and seat unit was moreover crafted by hand, as were the side covers.
Kineo wheels make flipside visitation in this week’s Speed Read, with ITB fitting a set to this Thruxton. The forks are from a Yamaha R1, and the rear shocks were swapped out for a pair of fully willowy Bitubo units. The parts spec includes LSL clip-ons and rear-sets, and a Motogadget Chronoclassic speedometer.
Finished in archetype Porsche blue, white and silver paint, with woebegone leather on the seat, the iT ROCKS!BIKES trio has nailed the unenduring on yet flipside outstanding build. We bet the vendee is one happy chap. [Via]
Harley Davidson FXD by K-Speed It seems that every velocipede that rolls into, and then out of, the K-Speed workshop is a perfect 10. Based in Bangkok, Thailand, K-Speed has been banging out bangers since 2002—and they’re not showing any signs of slowing down.
This custom 2002-model Harley Davidson FXD Dyna Super Glide is the personal ride of K-Speed superabound Eak. Nicknamed ‘Silver Sting’ (possibly considering it’s long, narrow and pointy), Eak set out to create a vintage-inspired custom of yore. Suffice it to say, he and his hairdo have washed-up a fantastic job.
The highlight of the build is the custom bodywork. Made from aluminum, the new tank and fender do a unconfined job of slimming lanugo the stocky American chop. K-Speed wanted to make the big Harley squint skinnier and easier to use, and the bodywork was just the beginning.
The front end has been put on a nutrition too, and now rocks a archetype front tire in front of a single bottom-mount headlight.
The swooping handlebars are new, as are the grips and controls. The front indicators are mounted low on the frame lanugo tubes, right next to a Moon Equipment fuel container for emergency fuel top-ups (because whoa, that’s a small tank).
Moving rearwards, a new seat from K-Speed’s Diablo range of parts was fitted, withal with new indicators and rear shocks. A side-mount numberplate and tail light subclass were widow too, to alimony the new rear fender well-spoken of clutter.
The engine remained stock but was treated to a new set of frazzle headers. What they lack in length, they undoubtedly make up for in volume. Just Harley things, you know?
It’s gloriously simple, but tomfool as heck. It’s good to be the boss, hey Eak? [K-Speed | Images by Hipmotography]
