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 hope that everyone in the LA area was able to come out to the Lossa Engineering open house this past Sunday. We had a great time hanging out with Jay LaRossa, Eric Bostrom, KROQ, and all the bike enthusiasts. For everyone that wasn’t able to make it to the event, check out what you missed below.
Last week, the new season of Cafe Racer TV premiered on Velocity by Discovery / HD Theater. Get a sneak peek on what British Customs did for Cafe Racer TV by checking out the builders section of their website. Plus, keep up with us on our blog, and we’ll give you a bigger sneak peek on what we did to that 2011 Triumph Thruxton for the show. Episodes featuring British Customs air in October.
We’ve been waiting all summer for Cafe Racer TV to come back on the air and we’re only just a couple of days away. Cafe Racer TV now airs on Velocity by Discovery (formerly on Discovery’s HD Theater). Season two premiers on August 3rd. Keep watching all season and see British Customs featured on three episodes in October! Check your local listings for more details.
We have sad news to report. Our friends at Doug Douglas Motorcycles have notified us that Lizbeth Pina has passed away over the weekend. She was just 20-years-old, attending Cal State San Bernardino aspiring to become a registered nurse. The Pina Family needs help raising money to help pay for a nice memorial service that Lizbeth deserves. If you can help, please follow the link below to make a donation.
Thank you and our condolences go out to the Pina Family.
Last week, we shared with you the Wreck to Winner article from Cafe Racer Magazine featuring British Customs. In that same issue, we ran an ad that had an error. Can you find it? First five people to email us the correct answer will receive 15% off their next order*! (Email your answer to pr@british-customs.com by Thursday, June 16.) We’ll post the answer this Friday in the comments field.
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If you’re not one of the first five to get the correct answer, you can still take advantage of the 10% discount offer on the Cafe Racer ad. See ad for promo code.
Have you checked us out in the June/July issue of Cafe Racer? As part of Cafe Racer Magazine’s Wreck to Winner Bonneville Project, British Customs helped rebuild the 20,000-mile engine on this Triumph 2005 T-100 Bonneville. As we mentioned last month, they tested our cams, head work, manifolds and more.
See the results and read the entire article just after the jump!
On May 9th, 2011 Triumph Motorcycles America LTD issued a recall affecting the 2010 Thunderbird and Thunderbird ABS manufactured between September 2009 and August 2010. A potential 1,955 number of units may contain an incompatible thread locker/screw combination at the front fender mounting. Once loosened the screws may contact the side wall of the front tire and cause tire deflation “INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.” The company filed a report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stating that “dealers will install new screws free of charge.” Click here for full report on Triumph Thunderbird and Thunderbird ABS recall. For additional information owners can contact Triumph’s customer service department at 678-539-8782.
For those of you who are not familiar, Cafe Racer magazine is a publication dedicated to cafe racers. You will not see any choppers or Read the rest of this entry »
