So-Cal Miler

So-Cal Miler

Unveiled today at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering in California was this tasty limited-edition Triumph street-tracker from a famous car-building shop. Best known for its traditional hot-rods the So-Cal Speed Shop is adding motorcycles to its considerable repertoire with the “Miler” a stripped-down special based around a modern Triumph Bonneville twin.

The bikes will be constructed in conjunction with Streetmaster which builds Triumph specials and sells performance parts for Bonneville motors. The Miler’s 865cc engine—tuned to pump out 78 horsepower—benefits from Streetmaster’s cylinder-head porting lightened flywheel remapped ignition system 39mm Keihin flatslide carbs and stepped mid-level exhausts. Streetmaster also provided its lightweight purpose-built frame and swingarm while So-Cal was responsible for the aluminum fuel tank tailsection front numberplate/headlights and sidepanels finished in the Speed Shop’s signature red paint with bare-aluminum accents.

“So-Cal Speed Shop started in 1946 catering to the hot-rod and dry-lakes crowd and we’ve built hundreds of cars since then. But this is the first time we’ve put our name on a Triumph motorcycle” said Chapouris. “The bare-bones street-tracker style made sense to us but we really think of the Miler as a Deuce Hiboy Roadster with two fewer wheels.”

Stay tuned over the next few days when we’ll be showing more exclusive images of bikes launched at The Quail.

Source: Bike Exif