Having worked with Timo over the past year and a half, I was glad to see him and his family again at the 2019 Paradise Road Show before our world got a lot more complicated. When it came time to do our Canadian features for The Ton – I could not imagine the issue without sharing some of his thoughts and story. Despite a pandemic, our largest civil rights protests in a half century and much more – Timo remains grounded, and continues to pursuit his passion wherever it takes him.
Read MoreI have been fascinated with Japan since a young age. Perhaps that is my age, as Japan was a powerhouse economically and culturally throughout the late 70s and through the 1980s before the great stagnation.
Read MoreRide the Hot Wind is a film that attempts to merge the retuning Vietnam veteran trope with the bike-spoliation boom of the late 60s and early 70s with very mixed results.
Read MoreWhile we applied to be part of The 1 Moto Show back in October, we had frankly let it fall of the radar in the month or two following the fire. But word came that the bike had been accepted as part of the show. So now the question pivoted to - can we even make it in time.
Read MoreIn our first installment of the 1963 Triumph build blog we introduced you to the bike, and its many quirks. Now, we want to introduce you to the builder taking on the project – Jimmi Davies. Long time readers of THE TON may already be familiar with the name Jimmi Davies. Afterall, his bike Slingshot was one of the first bikes we featured back in our first issue three years ago.
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