Savage Blue: A Triumph Bonneville scrambler by Maria
There’s something to be said for using the right tool for the job. But there’s an almost defiant joy to choosing a motorcycle that’s completely inappropriate for the ride at hand?especially if you’ve been told you can’t. Case in point: this 2005 Triumph Bonneville T100 scrambler.
It belongs to Maria Motorcycles founder, Luis Correia?and even though there are better off-road motorcycles out there, it’s the fourth Bonneville-based scrambler he’s built for personal use. Luckily, the Portuguese shop is well-versed in building custom Triumphs.
?Many people say that a Bonnie is not good for off-road at all,? he says. ?But after building more than 20 Bonnies, we really think that it’s one of the coolest vintage big CC bikes to have fun on the dirt!? ?I really love these bikes because they are, for me, some of the best base bikes for customization. The mechanics are simple, strong, well built, and they offer a lot of possibilities and different concepts. For radical scramblers they also are great in many aspects: great handling, amazing engine torque, and a really fun bike to ride.?
Drawing on their experience with Triumph builds, the Maria crew set out to build their interpretation of the ideal Bonneville scrambler. The project rolled out in phases?starting with the removal of all the unnecessary bits to build a ‘raw’ dirt bike.
After that, Luis thrashed it in the dirt for a while, then cleaned it up, painted it and...
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