Enchantress: Tamarit’s Baroque-style Triumph Bonneville
Even after more than 120 custom builds, Tamarit Motorcycles isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. In their continued search for motorcycling elegance, the Spanish custom shop has based their latest work on a carbureted 2004 Triumph Bonneville. Named ‘Circe’ after the minor goddess from Greek mythology, the venerable Bonnie has been elevated with hints of Baroque-inspired design.
With such an extensive back catalog, it’s tempting to tread familiar ground. But Tamarit deliberately eschewed trends with this bobber, aiming to create something ?classic, beautiful and daring.?
The most radical changes are the Bonneville’s front and back ends. Up front is a gleaming set of chromed springer forks, with a Bates-style headlight sitting between its brass-plated springs. This combination of chrome and brass is a continuous theme, extending even to the wheels and brakes. Behind the forks are a set of inverted board-track style handlebars, equipped with Biltwell Inc. grips, polished levers, and Motogadget switches and bar-end turn signals. A tiny Motogadget speedo is mounted low on the right side of the springer, like a well-fitted piece of jewelry.
Not much of the original bike remains in the rear portion. The new subframe is cantilevered from the main frame, while the swingarm has been converted to a mono-shock system. Tamarit have used this rear suspension setup on past builds, and it?s great to see that they are still developing the technology.
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