Painted Lady

I'm going to do a series of posts commenting on various Tritons from photos I find around the web. In most cases all I will know about the bike is what is in the picture. This is not meant as a slight to the builder, just my opinion about what I like or don't like about the bike. I know what it is like to have to make decisions about a bike build and very few people have the luxury to design anything they want, the way they want it. It's almost always a compromise.

Classic Triton

Over the years there seems to have evolved a model for the "classic Triton", especially as driven from the current cafe racer craze. At times those two trends (I can't say they aren't linked) seem to merge and that isn't always a good idea.

You can find two of the clichés from Cafe Racers here, the gaudy "bacon slicers" on the front brake and the checkerboard pattern on the dash.

Otherwise it appears to be a classic Triton, Pre-Unit Triumph, Slimline Featherbed frame and Lyta-style tank. All great pieces. It looks very well done. The swept-back pipes are also very common along with the reverse-cone megaphone.

It appears to have the Suzuki front brake as mentioned in the previous post.

An unusual approach was to paint the tank. Most tanks you see are polished so this one is a nice touch.

The seat is also a good match to the tank, very well proportioned. It has the classic U-shaped opening for the oil tank cap.

There are many things I admire about this Triton. It appears to be very well built, with most, if not all of the classic Triton components. I'd like to see the "bacon slicers" removed as they are not actually functional. Otherwise this is a bike I would like to own.