Triumph salt flat racer by Lowbrow Customs

Early last year, Lowbrow Customs’ Tyler Malinky was working at Four Aces Cycle—the shop owned by his friend Wes White—building the Salt Ghost. “As we lived, ate, slept, talked and breathed motorcycles, my mind started drifting to the pre-unit Triumph chopper I had back home,” says Tyler. “Late 50s swingarm front frame, with a custom-built hardtail, narrowed Wassell banana tank, and 21' front and 19' rear Akront flanged alloy rims.” It sounded like a good basis for a lakes racer. Malinky located a set of 1955 crankcases and a unit crankshaft, some hot MegaCycle cams, and MAP Cycle billet connecting...