SPLINTER SPRINTER. Origin8or’s Stunning ?69 Triumph Bonnie Board Tracker
Written by Martin Hodgson
When you’re a builder who has done it all and get to build amazing machines everyday for your clients, occasionally you need to set yourself a challenge so daring you just might fail. When it comes to his personal projects Rob Chappell of Origin8or Custom Cycles in Ontario, Canada, admits he can get easily bored and needed renewed motivation for his next bike. The goal he set himself was to build a one-off, hand crafted, old school custom, with a tight deadline that simply had to be met. Despite some hiccups along the way he’s burnt the candle at both ends to deliver this incredible ’69 Triumph Bonnie Board Tracker.
There was no set plan to begin with, just a winter itch that needed to be scratched and a handful of parts. ?I finally have a new shop out back so my front garage shop is now my machine shop and the back shop is assembly and fabrication. I had finished up the Rebel build and filming was over so I was working on a customer?s 2013 Triumph Bonneville over the winter and planning what I wanted to make for the summer show season, collecting a few parts here and there. I came across some reverse levers and internal throttle from Speed Machine Motorcycles that I knew I wanted to build a bike around,? explains Rob.
In the corner of his shop sat the 1969 Bonneville that would be joined by the newly purchased levers, a set of rims and other odds and ends that would serve as the basis for the build when all the clients work wa...
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