The Adventures of Modding a Triumph Bonneville T100 into a Café Racer
It’s been an amazing journey. Approximately 12 months ago I purchased a 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100 and subsequently went to town on modifying it, changing it into a proper old school café racer. It was fun and man!, did I learn a lot. I begrudgingly put it up for sale a couple months ago and […]
It is with much difficulty and after deep internal debate that I bring you this news. No doubt I’ll be considered a traitor by some. I won’t dispute the charge. A little over three weeks ago I purchased a used BMW R1200GS. If you’re not familiar with the bike, it’s an enduro/dual-sport bike. Let me […]
I think it’s about time to change the name of this blog to handlebarcafe.com. Yep, an install of yet another pair of handlebars. Man, I’m picky! I’m not going to apologize though. The handlebars connect you to the bike. They are one of the most important components of your motorcycle. You and your bike communicate […]
Hello, Triumph Fans! If you’ve been following along, you know that I swapped the handlebar (first with Dime City and then with Joker Machine), swapped out the headlamp brackets, lowered the turn signals, and lowered the rectifier using a Motone bracket. This left the speedo and tach sticking up like a pair of hermit crab […]
Wow! Talk about a great find! Every time I’m working on the bike (aka motorcycle for seo benefits), I find myself misplacing bits. The other day I was wandering around in Pep Boys and stumbled across their magnetic collapsible tray. What a find, and it was only $3.00. I highly recommend it. It sticks in […]
Hey Kids. So, I borrowed a stellar recording device, the ZOOM H6. I wanted to get a proper recording of what my Bonneville truly sounds like at this point in her history of mods. I’ve done MANY mods but no doubt, you’re most interested when I installed the TEC pipes and removed the baffle. It sounds […]
The mods keep coming! This latest one is part of a series, one in which I’ve swapped out the handlebars (for a second time) and “need” to lower the headlamp in order to lower the instrument cluster. I lowered the headlamp when I installed the SMT MOTO headlamp ears but the rectifier prevented the headlamp […]
If you’ve been following along, you know that the first mod I did to my 2014 Triumph Bonneville T100 Black motorcycle was swapping the stock handlebar with a Dime City Clubman-type “Speed” drop handlebar. A very cool new look, to say the least. Recently, Joker Machine sent me a pair of clip-on handlebars to review. […]
Let me preface by saying, “tread lightly.” With certain mods that I’ve been doing (swapping the exhaust with an aftermarket TEC 2-1 and removing the baffle), those that I have planned (air box removal), or simply just wanting to learn more about how to make my bike perform as best as possible, TuneECU has been […]
Back in January, I installed some pretty awesome TEC rear shocks. My intention was to replace the fork springs at the same time. Unfortunately, TEC was back ordered until April. Well, guess what? It was a wait but I finally received the fork springs, as promised, end of April. Before we begin the install, exactly […]