A sharp new suit for the Triumph Street Triple
The Street Triple 675 is a damn good bike. Over the years, we?ve yet to meet an owner who doesn?t rave about their ride, and road tests are universally appreciative.
But like virtually all factory bikes of a sporting bent, the Street Triple has decidedly ?contemporary? styling. And there are folks who think it deserves more of a classic vibe.
One of those folks is American Bob Ranew. He runs Redeemed Cycles as a sideline, based in his home workshop in the small town of Garner?an old stop on the North Carolina Railroad.
?I?m just a guy with a shed on the side of his house who builds at night and on weekends,? he says with a note of self-deprecation.
Bob works as a creative director by day, but his primary passion has always been bikes. He?s also got a good eye for a trend, because he was the first paying custom of John Ryland at Classified Moto. ?Working through the bike-building process with John was so much fun,? Bob recalls. ?I made multiple three-hour trips up to his shop in Richmond, VA to see progress.?
Each time, Bob fell more in love with the thought of custom building. Soon after John finished his XV920, a friend of Bob?s passed away and left him a 1979 Kawasaki KZ650.
?So I thought, let me see what I can do with this,? says Bob. ?I love the hands-on aspect, versus what I typically create on a computer screen. I had to build another bike. And another, and another.?
This 2008-spec Street Triple is different to the usual commissions, though, and shows wha...
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