Back In Black: A Bonneville cafe racer resurrection

It’s a familiar story: a treasured bike, a crash, and then a rebuild. Except this isn’t a streetfighter: it’s a low-slung Triumph Bonneville with a serious set of upgrades. ‘Blak’ is the work of Gasoline, a Sydney shop that doesn’t (yet) have the worldwide fame of its neighbor Deus, but is fast building a reputation. The bike belongs to a Gasoline client called ‘Mixy,’ who was fortunately less damaged than his bike after the crash. “When his 2014 Triumph arrived, it was in shabby but repairable shape,” says Gasoline founder Jason Leppa. “It wasn’t looking too pretty: the tank was...