Triton T140

It’s not quite a barn find, but not far off. When photographer Damian McFadden was shooting the Buell RR1000 in the UK for Bike EXIF last month, he spotted this Triton lurking in a shed. Built in 1998, it’s a beauty. And like the Buell, it’s owned by Steve Ledsham of JAL Restorations—so we hit Steve up for the story. “I wanted to build a small, lightweight bike with good geometry and a short wheelbase,” he says. “One that would have a good power-to-weight ratio. According to my estimates, I needed a bike with a genuine 70 hp that tipped...