Tune in to watch the Cafe Racer tonight, Oct. 13, 2011 at 8 pm EST on Velocity.
Tune in tonight to catch the first episode of Cafe Racer TV featuring British Customs, and see how we started customizing a 2011 Triumph Thruxton.
British Customs began with a vision to manufacture quality bolt-on parts that even a novice rider could install and use. In this weeks episode of Cafe Racer, British Customs began with a 2011 Triumph Thruxton and focused on improving overall performance and look, using British Customs bolt-on parts including British Customs all NEW 2-into-1 Left Exit Exhaust, as well as a specialized paint job by Chris Morrison, tires by Continental using British Customs Wide Tire Kit, Hagon Nitros Shocks, and LSL Clip-Ons.
Bike Specifications: 2011 Triumph Thruxton
Frame: Stock
Engine: Stock
Carburetion or FI System: EFI
Rear Swing Arm: Stock
Rear Wheel (Size): 17”
Front Wheel (Size): 18”
Rear Shock(s): Hagon Nitros
Clip-Ons or Bars: LSL Clip-ons w/ British Customs Triple Tree
Seat: Stock
Tank: Stock
Rear Sets: Stock
Tires (Sizes): 130/70-18 Front, 170/55-17 Rear (British Customs Wide Tire Kit)
Exhaust: British Customs 2-into-1
Paint: White Pearl w/ Gold Hue and Silver Accent Striping
Cafe Racer TV airs on HD Theater/Velocity by Discovery. Check your local listings for more details.
Just a quick reminder to everyone that British Customs will be featured on three episodes of Cafe Racer TV on HD Theater/Velocity by Discovery. First episode airs tonight, Oct. 5, 2011 at 9 pm EST! Watch and learn how we used British Customs bolt-on parts to simplify and streamline the customization of a stock Triumph Thruxton. Don’t forget to keep watching the show, British Customs will be featured on two more episodes, Oct. 12th and Oct. 19th respectively. Check your local listings for more details.
Just in case you missed it, here’s the trailer for Cafe Racer TV. We’re getting closer to our first show, featuring the BC custom built Thruxton. As a reminder Cafe RacerTV is featuring British Customs on Oct. 5th, Oct. 12th, and Oct. 19th!
In our last post before the airing of our first episode on Cafe Racer TV, we wanted to share a preview of how our custom Triumph Thruxton Motorcycle did on road tests against a stock bike.
We started our day early at the world famous Rock Store. Read more…
A few weeks ago, we gave you a preview of what we did to a Triumph Thruxton Motorcycle for Cafe Racer TV. Today we’re going to share with you some of the work and customizations we made to this bike. Check out how easy it is to customize this stock bike using our bolt-on parts.
A couple of months ago, we posted a blog about the Cafe Racer Magazine feature of their Wreck to Winner project, a 2005 Triumph T-100 Bonneville with 20,000 miles! British Customs was able to provide a few key parts to help make the build a success! In the Aug/Sept issue of Cafe Racer, the team matched their Wreck to Winner Bonneville up against a Moto Guzzi V7. Read the full article below to see how the Bonneville did against the competition. Read more…
This coming October, British Customs will be featured in three episodes of Cafe Racer TV, airing on
HD Theater/Velocity by Discovery. We wanted to give you a sneak peak on what we worked on with them.
Check out how we took a stock Triumph Thruxton, stripped it down:
And turned it into this:
Stay tuned for more info on this bike build and see how simple it is to customize your own bike with British Customs. Watch full episodes in October and see the Boz Bros, Eric and Ben Bostrom, give their reviews of our Cafe Racer custom bike.
Winning the British Customs Bike of the Month Contest sure has a lot of perks. Not only do you win a $100 gift certificate to British Customs, but you and your bike are also featured on our website, Facebook and Twitter. We had another surprise for our latest Bike of the Month winner, Rahoul Ghose; his Triumph Thruxton is featured in the latest issue of Cafe Racer Magazine.
Have you picked up the latest issue of Cafe Racer Magazine? British Customs is featured in a two-page spread in the Aug/Sept issue. Check out the scans below to read the full article and learn a little bit more about British Customs.
Ricki Bedenbaugh recently directed this great video of a cafe racer on empty streets in Downtown LA and Long Beach. While it’s not a Triumph, we thought all cafe racers would enjoy seeing this short. Ricki focuses most of his talents on skateboarding projects, but we really enjoyed his first motorcycle video! Congrats, Ricki!
This Yamaha SR500 was built by Lossa Engineering and featured on the first season of Cafe Racer TV. We can’t wait to see what he comes up with for his next project.
We started our day early at the world famous Rock Store. 
