For 2016, the Triumph Bonneville has finally shed its air-cooled status and embraced a raft of new technologies that brings the engine of the retro-styled machine truly into the 21st century. It’s a brilliant machine that will no doubt sell like hot cakes, but with such a change there is also a chance for a new bike to become a modern classic. That very well could be steeds like this ?new? 2004 Triumph Bonneville. With no electronic aids, no fly by wire and carbies for induction it is perhaps the true bridge between the old classics and the new retro-tech masterpieces. Either way, Macco Motors in Spain sure know how to turn out a brilliant Bonnie of any vintage and this little lady known as ?Wayra? sure likes her hair in the wind.
Like many of their customers the owner of this bike is not from Spain, but having fallen for the distinct styling of Macco’s builds, Matthew a London lad, commissioned Jose and Tito to build him an ultra clean Bonneville in their clean Spanish style. But as the boys explain simplicity can take a lot of work ?We worked more on this bike than on others, and then the result is even simple.

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