Dirt Is Good: A rough and ready scrambler Triumph

Maria Motorcycles are known for wrapping their builds in exquisite liveries. But today's offering wears little more than the original paint on its borrowed fuel tank. It also has no turn signals, speedo, passenger pegs or front fender. That's because it was built with one purpose in mind: to get dirty. The owner is Maria’s founder, Luis Correia. Luis has had several dirt bikes in the past, and wanted to get back into off-road riding—so he hauled his 2005 model Triumph Bonneville onto the bench. He chose to ditch the usual glossy Maria finish for three reasons: “One is because...