Triumph 6T Thunderbird salt racer

There’s something strangely compelling about motorcycles built solely to race down the Bonneville salt flats. Stripped of all fripperies, they’re designed to operate in a hostile environment that tests both man and machine. This Triumph 6T was built by Dick Smith of The Baron’s Speed Shop in the UK, and it has that odd beauty in spades. Photographer Gary Magerum captured it at rest after it grabbed the record in the Pushrod/Fuel/Special construction class. The bike is based around a duplex pre-unit frame from The Factory Metal Works in the States. Baron’s then slotted in a 1960 6T (Thunderbird) motor,...