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Wrench Against The Machine TV series premieres on Esquire Network in November. Get your motor runnin’! Below, watch a preview of the new Wrench Against the Machine TV show, premiering on Esquire Network, Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at 9:00pm ET/PT. The first season’s six hour-long episodes each follow two teams of three expert motorcycle builders competing headto-head with only three days and $3,000.00 to transform basic motorcycles into custom creations. Wrench Against the Machine features head judge, Roland Sands, founder of Roland Sands Design, and motorcycle designers, Michael Woolaway and Alan Stulberg. In the most grueling, seemingly impossible build challenge in the motorcycle world, each hour-long episode will have two teams of three expert builders battling headto-head with only three days and $3,000 to transform basic stock motorcycles into rowdy, riding, works of art. Some of the most prestigious bike builders in the country will be putting their reputations on the line in the ultimate test of creativity and craftsmanship to impress. The 72 hours of round-the-clock wrenching will take viewers deeper into the teamwork, the problem solving, and the creativity of the process that brings these bikes to life. New teams and new build challenges will be featured in each episode, as fabricators will be tasked with building café racers, choppers, bobbers, and beyond. At the end of the 3 days, the expert judges will test and evaluate the custom rides, crowning the winning team with the coveted “wrench” and the losing team’s bike. https://youtu.be/EYA9Xz3ponE
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2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber Triumph’s roots may have been laid in the UK, but the British company isn’t afraid to look elsewhere for inspiration when designing new models. The 2017 Bonneville Bobber is proof. It’s also a really, really cool addition to the current Bonneville line. Inspired by the American-born bobbers that grew to popularity in the 1930s-on, the 2017 Bobber has a low stance, stripped back, and seat that’s actually adjustable between two positions—low and back, and high and forward. Bobbers have always been about light weight (that’s the reason for ditching the fenders and unnecessary body panels)
and big power, so Triumph have updated the power delivery on the Bobber, too. Its 1200cc high-torque engine is the same specs-wise, but electronic updates and a new dual airbox/filter design enables it to produce more torque and power down low, when compared to the T120. To complete the bobber look, Triumph has outfitted this Bonneville with caged swingarm, battery box with stainless steel strap, bar end mirrors, wide/flat handlebar, and rear mudguard loop. The tank is actually reshaped when compared to the T120, too; it’s smaller and more compact. Other noteworthy updates include a
shock that’s mounted underneath the seat and works on a specially designed linkage, plus updated fork that’s shorter than the T120’s, “Which we can do because there will only ever be one person on the bike,” Triumph says. Less weight means you need less travel for the same level of compliance and bump absorption. Like the rest of the bikes in the Bonneville lineup, it will come with everything from riding modes (Road and Rain) to switchable traction control, ABS, and a torque-assist clutch. Color options include Ironstone (with a matte finish), CONTINUED ON P.03