Making things all the more interesting when it comes to building a vintage Triumph is that every one has a back-story of how the builder ran into it unlike ordering up a new S&S engine from a catalogue. A Britt Different is no different as owner/builder Ross Calvagna of Jupiter, Florida, explained his saga. “I helped a friend move and when we were done, he offered me what was...

Once you get over your initial shock of “What the hell is that thing?” you’ll see the builder really spent some time working on it and it ain’t no rat bike. The engine is very nicely detailed and sports a set of racy Keihin CRS smoothbore flatslide carbs with velocity stacks. The largely-fabricated drop seat frame appears to have only the stock VIN-bearing neck intact is about as...

Click here for more photos Atom Bomb Custom Motorcycles and Dr. Who Story by Wendy ManningPhotos by Jack Cofano Clay Rathburn and his wife Erin founded Atom Bomb Custom Motorcycles in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia in 2008. Clay is the son of a hot rodder, so it was only natural he grew up with a torch in his hand. After time spent as an...

Click here for more photos TT Cycles’ Tuxedo Bonneville Bobber Story by Buck ManningPhotos by TT Cycles As my old friend, Billy Shakespeare, once said, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,” and so we go unto the breach once more with another of TT Cycle’s affordably cool Triumph customs. The deliciously understated black ’66 Triumph...

Click here for more photos TT Cycles’ Time Travelin’ Triumph Story by Buck Manning Photos by TT Cycles To answer the first question that probably popped into your gray matter after seeing the photos of this Candy Irish Green two-wheeled time warp ― no it’s not a miraculous condition barn find or a restored ‘70s chop. The correct answer would be one more...

Click here for more photos Mark Rollins’ Single-Cylinder Island Rocket Story by Buck ManningPhotos by Jack Cofano Oak Island is a small island off the southern coast of North Carolina that is possibly most famous for somehow staying basically untouched and undeveloped until 1939. Up until the Intracoastal Waterway made it a true island in...

Custom Cycle Engineering Fork Truss Our fork truss is truly a performance part.  It dramatically improves front-end handling.  The engineering design and sleek styling are obvious characteristics in this part.  The compound arc, which sweeps upward and rearward simultaneously, imparts greater resistance to deflection, twisting and bending of the fork.  The upward arch also...

Click here for more photos Crazy Jack Industries Builds One Crazy Custom Story by Buck ManningPhotos by Jack Cofano Caught your eye didn’t it? You don’t have to make excuses or apologies for looking at a metric bike when it’s as radically eye-catching as this bike from Jason Pries of Crazy Jack Industries Custom Cycles in Bridgeport,...

  The genesis of his Ducati builds actually traces back to a Sporty that he kept tearing apart to make it lighter and faster, eventually achieving a 10.9 on the drag strip. According to Mat, “I thought, ‘What if I just built a bike from scratch?’ I was thinking of doing a Sporty engine with an overhead cam but then I started researching motors and the Ducati engine was everything I...

  The genesis of his Ducati builds actually traces back to a Sporty that he kept tearing apart to make it lighter and faster, eventually achieving a 10.9 on the drag strip. According to Mat, “I thought, ‘What if I just built a bike from scratch?’ I was thinking of doing a Sporty engine with an overhead cam but then I started researching motors and the Ducati engine was everything I...