Building a custom motorcycle that loosely resembles a café racer is easy enough. But building a café racer where every part harmonizes with the next—and the finished product is actually rideable—is easier said than done. Both of those sentiments are reflected in the story of this shiny Triumph Street Twin café racer from MFix Workshop.
The Vietnamese crew was presented with a 2016-model Triumph Street Twin that had already had some work done—but still needed a makeover. The owner had fitted the fuel tank, seat, and tail cover from a Triumph Thruxton 1200 R, plus clip-ons and different forks. But the whole thing felt a bit off.
“Everything seemed to be slapped on just because the bolts would fit,” says our contact at MFix, Giang Nguyen.…