Artistic License
AFTER restoring a trio of show-winning Triumph twins — including a 1968 T120R Bonneville, which scored 99 (out of 100) at an Antique Motorcycle Club of America concours — upstate New Yorker Dave Williams was seeking a new path for his energy, engineering skills and fastidious attention to detail.
“I wanted to build something more individual, where I could be more creative, and not rebuild something to be just as it left the factory,” Dave says. “That’s why I built a Triton, there seemed to be a certain freedom about it. It didn’t have to be built a certain way, except for those components that define a Triton, like the Norton frame with clip-on handlebars and the Triumph motor. From that point on, you have the freedom to do whatever you want, and nobody’s going to tell you something’s not original.”
A former panel beater, Dave also likes his cars and was finishing off a 1965 Buick Riviera when a friend’s collection of potential Triton bits came
