From the original T120 Bonneville to the TR6 ridden by Steve McQueen and Bud Ekins in the 1964 International Six Days Trial, Triumph’s modern classics descend from a long line of icons. So when Frontwheel Motors was tasked with customizing a 2013-model Triumph Scrambler for a prominent Indonesian DJ, they had no shortage of inspiration.
The air-cooled Triumph Scrambler is one of those rare machines that looks excellent out of the box, and only gets better the more you modify it. Frontwheel kept things simple on this project—focusing on considered mods that reference the Triumphs of yore.
Aiming for the quintessential desert sled style, Frontwheel fettled the Triumph’s stance with new suspension and wheels. New rims were laced to the stock hubs, measuring 19 inches at the front and 18 at the rear.…