Comments on: Sun of Mule – Triumph Bonneville Street Tracker

By: Dawg

Dawg — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:59:12 +0000

Just seen Richard’s latest creation – SWEET!

Great to see how much enthusiasm there is for customising the Triumph bikes. I’ll bet John Bloor is more than happy even if they don’t have their own street tracker yet.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:47:11 +0000

Ah! The thing with stock Triumph seats: they are big and GREIVOUSLY uncomfortable.

i’m running the accessory gel-seat on mine, but may actually move to a completely rebuilt/re-covered seat on the stock base.

By: Mule

Mule — Thu, 06 May 2010 05:50:51 +0000

Tim, Sorry, I left out the word “Seat”. It’s big and flat and puffy looking. Take a look and compare it to the 60′s-70-’s ones. They put you down into the bike quite a bit more.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:08:34 +0000

The two details I like the most are the chrome sidecovers. (blingalicious!) and the cutaway stock coutnershaft sprocket cover. I removed mine to clean it on Sunday and its partly a “Style cover”, so machining that part out of it is a great little detail.

serious about the indicators by the way!

@ Richard: I ride a Scrambler, and its an excellent bike, surprisingly good on shingle roads and not-too-rough tracks. By no means a dirtbike. Not sure what you mean by the “mattress”: is that a reference to the stock pipes? (which along with the AI, stock shocks and fork internals were the first things I changed on mine) Enquiring minds and all that.

By: Mule

Mule — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:16:01 +0000

Thom, If you look at all the bikes in the history of flattrack racing, only the later model Harley XR’s have used high pipes. That’s the only one, save for a custom or two. The “True LOOK”, would actually be 2 megs on one side with perhaps a bit more upward kick. Perhaps the Scrambler pipes reworked could look acceptable. I have trouble getting past the “Mattress” though, so I avoid the Scrambler pretty much. The 60′s-70′s Scramblers were absolutely gorgeous! Too bad Bloor couldn’t recapture that feel. I’d buy one!