Metalbike Garage Triumph Speed Triple Motorcycle
Triumph's Speed Triple is a beautiful, high-performing naked streetfighter in stock trim. But the artists at Metalbike Garage of Collegno, Italy, have turned it into a rolling masterpiece with their hand-shaped aluminum bodywork. Founded by Simone Lecca after leaving Bertone, Metalbike Garage specializes custom fairings made in the grand tradition of Italian coachbuilders. Starting with a 2000 Speed Triple, Lecca and his team tore the bike down to its tube frame before penning a design that would both look good and preserve the bike's performance. All the pieces are made from only two sheets of aluminum and have a variety of compound curves that look almost impossible. Not just a design exercise, the forks were replaced with USD units and an Öhlins monoshock, with a custom stainless exhaust that completes the look. Metalbike Garage has made a custom bike that is equal parts beauty and beast with this custom Triumph.