Even though we’re total moto-nuts, we appreciate fine automobiles too. The lads from Portugal’s Ton-Up Garage are kindred spirits: self-confessed petrol heads who love anything with an engine.
That love shows through with their newest release, a low and lean Triumph Bonneville called ?HotRod.? ?It?s our interpretation of the crazy years between the 30s and the 50s,? the guys tell us. ?The golden era of hot-rodding.?

?The fluent lines are inspired by the hotrods used on the dry lakes in California, where people gathered to race. We?d have raced back then too, if we could!?
That scalloped paint job hits the right vintage note?but there’s a lot more at play here than a swish livery. To get the right lines, builders Pedro and Daniel ditched all of the 2006-model Bonnie’s bodywork?and started from scratch.
The tank and tailpiece are hand-shaped units, and the rear of the frame has been shortened and kicked up for a tighter effect. There’s a small tail light embedded in the rear, and a ribbed leather seat up top, finished off with contrasting grey trim.
Ton-Up took great care to empty out the bike’s midsection too, to create a more lithe-looking machine??proper for a race bike,? they say. All the wiring?along with a Lithium-ion battery?is now crammed into a discreet, hand-made box under the seat.

The cockpit’s been put on a diet too. The bar-end turn signals and tiny speedo are from Motogadget, and the headlight has been swapped...