Bonneville T100 custom

In France earlier this year, I was struck by the popularity of the Triumph Bonneville. Many were lightly customized, but none were as smart of this Bonneville T100. It’s owned by Patrick Crépelle, and shows how Triumph’s ‘modern classic’ can be transformed by an amateur with solid workshop skills and an eye for good aesthetics. Crépelle’s bike is a 2007-model Bonneville T100, which in stock form puts out around 67 hp. So he upgraded the engine with a Mecatwin Best Power kit, which includes new mufflers and internal parts to modify the Keihin carburetors, the air box and the exhaust...