Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #61, April/May 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Owner: TT Cycles Year / Make: 1965 Triumph TR6SR Fabrication: TT Cycles Assembly: TT Cycles Build time: 10 weeks Engine: Triumph 650cc Cases: Triumph Flywheels: Triumph Rods: Triumph...

Click here for more photos 1967 Triumph Bonneville Story by Mark Barnett, Photos by Rodent Rodent and I were walking out in front of the store one Saturday towards the hamburger stand when what should appear but this killer old 1967 Triumph bobber. We quickly cornered the owner and moved the bike over to the porch area outside my office to photograph it. It...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #64, September-October 2008. SPECIFICATIONS Owner: Dracula Year/Make: 2005 Victory8-Ball Fabrication: Kent Weeks/Lucky Devil Metal Works Assembly: Kent Weeks Build time: Just in time Engine: Victory 100″ Cases: Victory Flywheels:...

Click here for more photos… This bike feature originally appeared in Barnett’s Magazine issue #55, May-June 2007. SPECIFICATIONS: Year / Make: 2006 Rigid Old Style Fab/ Assembly: AQG Build time: Two months Engine: 93″ S&S Shovelhead Ignition: S&S Carb: S&S Super E Pipes: AQG Air Cleaner: S&S...

  If you aren’t familiar with the Rocket III, let me give you a little background. It’s a tall 2300cc, three-cylinder in-line motor mounted length-wise with shaft drive in a stubby bike with cartoon-ish features. Not a particularly handsome lump of Ol’ Blighty to start with compared to the Bonneville-based choppers of the Sixties and Seventies. Mike called upon John Triplett of...

Click here to see more photos Underground Bobbers 1972 Carbon Triumph 650 By Mark Barnett, Photos by Reza Gohary and Farzin Yassiny Making boat, airplane, and car parts by summer and one-off motorcycle parts during the winter, Reza Gohary and Farzin Yassiny of Underground Bobbers in Livermore, California are combining old and new in a super creative way....

Although a lot of period customs had a bolt-on aftermarket hardtail, Daniel upped the ante by welding his on for good measure. With Brit twins noted for notoriously shaking fasteners loose at the slightest opportunity, firing up the Lincoln and having at it seems like a no-brainer. Stock dimensions were kept as this bike was going to be a rider for Daniel’s dad who owned a Triumph...

  Joe DeJesus of Crown Motorz in Las Vegas, Nevada, must have been channeling my A&W memories with his time travelin’ 1968 Triumph T120R Bonneville custom aptly named Root Beer Bonnie. It’s a nice match for his perfectly restored Bonnie, but it’s come a long way to get to this point. “It was one of those, ah, freshly refurbished Triumph 650s,” said Joe. “I bought it on the...

  The Shocking Scenes you are about to see are not suggested for the weak or immature. If you cannot take it, we advise you to now patronize the concession stand or look away from the screen during this preview of . . .      HELL’S BLOODY DEVILS     To make a long flashback short, I did see the movie and it was a typical crap motorcycle B-movie of which there were a ton of....