The T509 Speed Triple Build

Building a lightweight roadster

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T509 Mk2 featured as one of three restomods in German „PS“ magazine.

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Speed Triples featured in Germany’s Custombike mag.

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Clean electrical compartment. Lithium battery with Anderson connectors and refurbished main wiring loom. Plus: Silicone hoses for the coolant reservoir.

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885cc engine.

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T509 Mk2 is bike of the month in current issue of Practical Sportsbikes magazine. 

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After first successful start.

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Rollout from the garden shack and into the garage. T509 Mk1 (built 2015-2017, back) and Mk2 (build stared in June 2018).

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Custom-built seat by saddlery Munich (http://www.sattlerei-sam.de). Black suede leather on a core of three layers of foam. Looks the business, but works well for long days in the saddle, too.

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Body parts went to the paint shop.

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Front end with Beringer six piston calipers, BeringerAeronal disks, PVM forged wheels, titanium front axle and titanium fasteners throughout.

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A view from behind shows how tightly slung the silencer can be mounted. This is one of the conceptional advantages of a single-sided swingarm. Realizing this exhaust installation required some effort, though: The stock headers were replaced by custom titanium headers by MAB. The new headers run much tighter to the engine than the stock item, although they have a wider diameter and a more elaborate collector. The end can is a lightweight, although street-legal Blueflame silencer.

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Details maketh the restomod: Restored and brushed fuel filler cap.

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Did a dry build before the body parts will go to the paint shop. Still undecided on the color, though.

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Beringer sixpots and aeronal disks on PVM 5Y forged alloy rims.

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Shed built. Literally.