Custom Triumph

[Keyser Soze]

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/053/954/778250-front.jpg

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/053/954/778253-cockpit.jpg

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/053/954/778254-rear-closeup.jpg

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/053/954/778256-rear-34.jpg

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/053/954/778257-side.jpg

Anyone notice what's missing?

[swademaster]

No seat. Might not be the smoothest ride.

[Sparker]

where the gauges are at is cool. prolly not the easiest to rear.

[Bueller]

Probably goes downhill pretty good but what are the exhaust cans for? :lol:

[Bugkiller1]

It looks alot like the new KTM sportbike comming out soon.

... Hey Bueller, Thats a nice picture of you on the Buell. How did you get that?

[hrvstofsrrw]

purdy not sure if id like to deal with cleaning the son of a bitch but a top notch looking bike. The gauges would be a shit to read.

[AlphaOne]

So, wheres the motor, to me it doesn't look like it has one in it?

[Keyser Soze]

That would be what's missing

[shmoab]

Ummm.......no.

[panther]

just curious, but doesnt the first pic of the bike look really orange, but the rest are really yellow?

[voncon]

Hey guys;

This was actually part of a press release we featured back on April 12, 2003. I will paste the article here:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:
Mark Wells
Xenophya Design
The Old Methodist Church,
Old Stone Rd.
East Cramlington
Northumberland,
NE23 6XW
t. 01670 738731
m. 07810 436 189
e. info@xenophya.com
w.www.xenophya.com

First look at radical new Triumph.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, 4th December 2003 — This radical new concept is designer Keith Lupton’s vision of what Triumph’s TT600 should look like. The 23-year-old designer, who is currently working for design consultancy ‘Xenophya Design’, produced the original design in as part of his ‘Transportation Design’ degree course at Northumbria University.

The brief was to produce a successor for Triumph’s then current 2001/2002 TT 600. “I like Triumph as a brand, but I was disappointed by their product line up. I really wanted to get away from their pipe and slippers image,” explains Lupton.
“I felt that small companies such as Triumph shouldn’t want to imitate their Japanese competitors. They should do things, which are innovative, evocative and daring. I personally believe that companies such as KTM, CCM, and Aprillia have the right idea.”

The innovative features of Lupton’s design include opaque side panels, which allow the observer to see a silhouetted engine behind the bodywork. This celebrates, rather than hides away, the engineering whilst adding to the moody, lean aggression of the overall styling package. The underseat exhausts double up to provide structural support for the slim line seat unit. The clocks, which set into the tank also, display diverted text and e-mail messages. Despite the radical appearance of his design Lupton insists that none of his innovations are out of reach of today's manufacturers, “It was important for me to produce an original, innovative design statement whilst keeping the project within the realms of feasibility.”

Since graduating from Northumbria University, Lupton has continued work on his project; “I wasn’t happy with the overall finish of the model and I wanted to re-visit some of the design details”. With images of the completed project in his portfolio Lupton approached the consultancy ‘Xenophya Design’. Mark Wells one of Xenophya’s senior partners told us “We are very happy to have Keith on board he is a versatile and talented young designer who makes a great addition to our team.”

The finished design proposal can now be seen on Xenophya Design’s website www.design-consultancy.com


For information: http://www.design-consultancy or
Contact: info@xenophya.com
Phone: 07810 436 189

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While I thought the mock-up was cool looking, I was surprised it got so much coverage. I mean afterall, as you all pointed out, this isn't even a working motorcycle. College kids all over the planet have new design models they work with... It would have been much cooler if this was really a bike to ride.

Kurt

[firefghtr]

cool but ugly at the same time