Most of us know Mooneyes as the brand behind Japan’s most prestigious custom motorcycle and car show. But the company’s history can be traced back to 1950s America, when its founder, Dean Moon, started making a name for himself in the Southern Californian hot rod scene.
One of Moon’s most notable creations was the Mooneyes Streamliner. With an aesthetic somewhere between art deco and futuristic (for the 60s), the Streamliner was a land-speed racing car with aerodynamic bodywork and a bright yellow paint job. It was also the inspiration for this outlandish twin-engined Triumph drag bike, built by James Rogers in Gloucestershire, England.
James is far from a typical custom motorcycle builder. He damp-proofs basements for a living, building custom bikes after hours as a creative outlet out of a single-car garage, armed with little more than a grinder, welder, and heaps of imagination.…