If you?re anything like us, you probably spend the odd moment fantasizing about your ideal garage. But after seeing the latest project from the French workshop FCR Original, we think the problem has been solved: it?s a custom Bonneville T100 and a classic Porsche 911.
Led by founder Sébastien Guillemot, the crew from Chauvigny have created this very stylish T100, which is the latest in their ?Legend? series?a line of Triumphs subtly upgraded with immaculate Gallic style.

?Classic Legend? is based on a 2016 Triumph Bonneville T100, and was built for a vintage Triumph enthusiast in Bordeaux?around three hours south of the FCR workshop.
?Our customer has a Triumph TR5C and wanted a more modern bike,? says Sébastien. ?He wanted a reliable bike with a vintage look, one that has brakes and can go far??
It?s a testimony to Triumph?s design continuity that a modern Bonneville shares noticeable traits with its 60-year-old TR5 ancestor?but thankfully not the Lucas electrics, or the tendency to leak oil.
FCR amped up the vintage vibe by rounding off the back of the frame, taking cues from 1970s motocross bikes. Once the welding was complete, they tidied up the rest of the frame, stripped it back to bare metal and polished it before applying copper and nickel plating.

It?s a signature look for FCR, and instantly makes their builds stand out?but it also means dismantling the entire bike so that the frame can be refinished properly. ?We are used to it,? Sébastien shrugs. ?We l...