I know its not called Cafe Cult, so save your hate mail. Around here we like lots of bikes, even the occasional canyon carver like this sweet Thrux. Terry Whitehurst, better known on here as Temecula Terry is often chopper-curious, and might build one here or there, but always goes back to his main slice - this sweet modern trumpet. That's probably because Terry is one of those dudes that likes to ride as much as talk and one thing you can count on a modern Triumph to do is deliver miles of smiles. A few performance mods in there to make things interesting, a healthy dose of aesthetic makeover and it's a whole different machine.
Engine, year and make, model: 2006 Triumph Thruxton
Frame: Stock - slimmed and trimmed
Fork: F3
Chassis mods: Shit, Showered n Shaved
Tire/wheel size and style: Stock front, bigger in the back - excel rim upgrades. I run Bridgestone Battleaxe in the back and Avon VP2 in the front - seems like a good marriage...
Favorite thing about this bike: Makes me smile
Next modification will be: Flatslide Carbs.
Other mods, accessories, cool parts, etc: Custom Tank from Richard Phelps at TabII classics, Aftermarket Thruxton Glass bubble seat that was cut, shaved and hacked from Airtech, The upholstery was done by my local secret guy that I brought a picture to of the most ghey looking Italian shoes that I could find and had him copy it; other than that - All kinds of stuff!
Thanks to: My good friend Wompy for his wiring skills and custom foot pegs, Dutch over at Airtech for making me glass and dealing with my rants, Racer Root for the everlasting paint job, and all my good friends for drinking my beer like the lushes they are...
I enjoy this bike for its simplicity because thats what it is...its meant to be ridden!
CRFyou
came out really clean since stock new triumphs have a lot of bullcrap you have to hide or get rid of.
and no one should hate on a cafe bike. because if they do, they're wrong.
Lbfam730
Metalismo
Dig
brandondubya
elmiguel13
WOMPY
motoguru
steffan
Shooter469
Shooter469
Torch
Flarris
JohnnyWolf
Ansutton21
Secondly, to call the Deraked pan, and the Cyclops "pieces of shit", especially on a forum named *chop* cult seems a little silly. Someone put a lot of blood sweat and tears into those builds, and for you to openly slap your own label on them (turd polishers?) is somewhat sad. This forum encourages 'constructive' criticism, but to call someone elses creation a piece of shit is insulting. Like he said, its a big ol internet out there.
By the way, i think the deraked pan is the most heinous looking thing ive ever seen, but thats what makes it so loveable.
Terry- sorry for invading your feature man!
Rudehog
Oh shooty469 I looked on your profile hoping to see some pic's or info on anything you may have built or created or hell maybe something that you bought but all it sez is "ask yoshi" is yoshi the one that polishes your turds? or just packs them?
sorry Terry, now back to your regular program...........
Finkit
TemeculaTerry
Thank you for the compliments, its appreciated more than you can imagine!
Be Cool - Cheers
PS - thats off centered to you Kit, much like my personality...
Gepetto
davidabl
An exception to the above is when a rare survivor bike has to die to make
something ill-conceived... and probably not too functional.
KennB
Root
I’m with you Terry, I don’t care if it’s a Honda RC166 GP Racer or a PUCH moped. If its got two wheels I’ll ask if I can ride it.
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