Ecco la ricetta per preparare cafe racer su base Triumph Bonnie
So, here are the ingredients that make up this customized T100 . . . a bike baked to perfection:
- Take one new Bonneville T100, keep the frame and stock engine, remove everything else.
- Ceramic-tape wrap the pipes for scale, and fit Norton Commando ‘peashooter’ tail pipes.
- Re-valve the forks and use Öhlins’ few-off ATV race shocks at the back.
- Install a 17” front wheel (vs. the stock 19”).
- Design and install ‘button’ switches within the bars.
- Find a 1970s-style tank, based on the legendary Slippery Sam Trident (a consecutive ’72-’75 TT title winner), reshaped by Ukiah’s brilliant Evan Wilcox.
- Dig up original Triumph (logo) tank nameplates.
- Have Wilcox hammer out a steel tail based on Ducati’s 750 Supersport bevel-head.
- Find the perfect tail light (clue: See that boat trailer, in traffic, with clever little rear lights? Now scour boat shops until you find one).
- Marinate the freshly sanded steel tank and tail section in a 15-gallon tub of balsamic vinegar—five hours, 150F.
- Remove, wash and dry the tank and tail to ‘cure’ for two hours.
- Dunk for another two hours to ‘fix’ the correct patina of an old chef’s knife blade.
- Clear-coat and install tank and tail (with appropriate leather seat).
- Under the headlight, fit a quickly detachable leather pouch.
- Fit side number plates — ‘8’ — celebrating Tyler’s daughter Dorothy, born 8-8-08 at 8:00 a.m.
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