Built to Shred: A 2015 Thruxton custom from FCR Original

Triumph's previous generation air-cooled modern classics are true sleepers, with stacks of potential waiting to be unlocked. Pick up a neat secondhand model, throw the right mods at it, and you'll soon be giving newer machines a run for their money. That's exactly what France's FCR Original have done here. Starting with a 2015-model Triumph Thruxton (“the nicest,” they say), builders Sébastien Guillemot and Mathieu Ménard have produced an edgy roadster that's ready to shred. Sébastien and Mathieu's goals were simple: sporty looks, sporty performance, and top-shelf finishes all around. What they ended up with was a sleek classic with...