Extreme Machine: Unscrambling the Triumph Scrambler
Scramblers are still very much on trend?and the Triumph Scrambler is one of the coolest examples of the breed. But when Justin Webster got his hands on one, he saw potential for something much wilder.
He’s effectively unscrambled this Scrambler 900, transforming it into a tire-shredding, street tracker-styled liter bike?with a touch of cafe racer flair. And it?s such a coherent build, it could easily be mistaken for an OEM concept.
Justin runs J. Webster Designs as a one-man-band out of Gainesville, Florida, where he produces his own line of parts, does fabrication jobs and builds ground-up customs.
But here’s the crazy part: his machining and fabrication skills are self-taught. (He has a degree, but it’s in anthropology.) And this is only his fourth build.
?The Triumph started its life as a 2014 Scrambler with an 865cc motor,? Justin tells us. ?I saw something else hidden in the sheep’s clothing that the factory sent it out with, and set about re-imagining the motorcycle into the monster that it was screaming to be.?
Justin started by stripping the frame down to just the backbone. Then he bent up some tubing to build a new rear section, with interesting lines that mimic those of the motor.
The stock down tubes in front of the engine were removed, then redesigned to turn the motor into a stressed member. End result: a massive weight saving.
Moving to the suspension, Justin converted the Scrambler 900 from a twin shock to a monoshock setup. ...
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