Tougher Than The Rest: Down & Out’s Intimidating T100

Pick a word to describe the stock Triumph Bonneville T100, and we’d say ‘elegant.’ It’s a throwback to 1960s style, right down to the peashooter exhausts and two-tone paint. ‘Elegant’ is not the word to describe this new build from Down & Out Motorcycles though. ‘Brutal’ is closer to the mark, or perhaps ‘aggressive.’ This is not a motorcycle for shrinking violets. The stance is belligerent, helped by the chunky Continental Twinduro TKC80 rubber—one of the few dual sport tires that perform well on pavement. There’s no way that sort of rubber would normally fit between the forks of a...