We once listed the Triumph Speed Triple 1050 as one of our favorite modern motorcycles. And with good reason: the grunty motor and sharp-edged looks are icons of 21st century motorcycling.
Which is probably why the Speed Triple doesn?t get customized too often. But if you have a Triple in your garage, and an itch to give it the café racer treatment, help is at hand. Just contact Erne’s Euromotos, a bike dealership and custom house in Zürich, Switzerland.

The owner of this remarkable 2010-spec model bumped into the Erne?s crew five years ago in a bar. He wanted a café racer back then, but it took him until last year to commit.
He finally waltzed into the workshop with a picture of a bike he liked, and a color in mind: bright green.
Erne?s showed him a more tasteful color swatch. Bright green was taken off the table and the project kicked off.
The client’s only other prerequisite was that the bike should have a fairing. Plan A was to use the new Thruxton?s optional fairing, but the part wasn?t available in time. A Ducati 750 SS unit turned out to be the perfect match, right down to its windshield.

The crew fitted a 2015-model Triumph Thruxton headlight before installing it. Then they took extra special care to make sure that the cockpit behind it was kept as clean as possible.
The mounting system is simple and elegant, connecting to the fairing via custom tabs that have been bonded on.

The Speed’s streetfighter-esque bars have been swapped out ...