The Baak Moon – A Custom Triumph Bobber

This is the Baak Moon, it’s a comprehensively rebuilt Triumph Bobber created by the European company’s new American base of operations. As a result it features a slew of WWII-era American design choices – like that classic springer front end.

Bobbers like this were the bread and butter of the American motorcycle world in the years after the Second World War. Many were built from ex-military bikes like the Harley-Davison WLA, and many were ridden by former soldiers who were struggling to reintegrate into society.

Fast Facts – The Baak Moon

  • This custom is based on the Triumph Bobber, a modern take on the classic bobber motorcycle genre.
  • Triumph released the Bobber in 2017, it’s powered by a version of the 1200cc parallel twin used in the Bonneville and it’s good for 77 bhp with 78 lb ft of torque.
  • The Bobber has a clever swing arm designed to look like a hard tail rear end, in incorporates a hidden monoshock and it’s paired with traditional telescopic forks up front.
  • The model has been most popular in the United States, the traditional home of the Bobber, however it’s also been enjoying strong sales in Europe, Australia, and further afield.

The Triumph Bobber

When it was first shown to the public in 2016 before its release in 2017, it was clear that the Triumph Bobber was going to be a popular target for custom motorcycle builders.

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This Bobber uses mid-century design queues to create a modern version of what many custom motorcycle builders were riding in the USA back in the 1940s and 1950s.

Much like the Sportster, its long-running contemporary from Harley-Davidson, the Bobber was built with an eye to making sure it had a modular design well-suited to allowing owners to get the tools out and make it their own.

The core architecture of the Triumph Bobber is relatively straightforward, it uses a tubular steel frame with a swing arm rear and it has telescopic forks up front. The engine is a 1200cc parallel twin with a single overhead cam powering four valves per cylinder, it has a 10.0:1 compression ratio, and a 270° crank angle.

This engine develops 78 lb ft of torque at 4,000 rpm with 77 bhp at 6,100 rpm, and power is sent to the rear wheel via a 6-speed gearbox and a belt drive. The Bobber tips the scales at 251 kilograms (wet) which works out to 553 lbs in the old units.

Baak Motocyclettes – France To California

When Baak Motocyclettes was founded in Lyon, France back in 2012 they brought their own unique savoir faire to the custom motorcycle building world. In the years since they’ve built over 150 custom bikes followed by slew of custom cars including a Porsche 911, a Mini Cooper, and a Land Rover Defender.

Rather than just building custom motorcycles Baak has developed a line of parts and apparel which are available for order globally. In 2020 Baak opened a new garage in California and the Bobber you see here is the latest build from the New World side of the business.

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The bike is named for its Moon Disc wheels, finished in black they’re metal discs that fit over the top of a regular spoked wheel.

The Baak Moon

They decided to name this bike the Baak Moon as a reference to its wheels which are fitted with classic black Moon Discs. I’m going to turn it over to the team at Baak now to tell you the story of this build in their own words:

“This bike was build primarily as a showroom bike. We wanted to show what we can do and our vision of the Triumph Bobber. Part of our inspiration comes from a very rich part of the motorcycle history, pre-WWII the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) created Class C racing to make competing easier and more accessible.”

“The bikes of that generation were given a “Bob Job” to reduce their weight and improve their performance. Although Triumph motorcycles didn’t take part in class C racing in the 1930s, their bikes were extensively bobbed by American riders starting towards the end of the 1940s, in the same way as their Class C American cousins, by US servicemen that came back home after the war with improved mechanical skills and a newly found passion for English bikes.”

“We ultimately wanted pay tribute to this part of the motorcycle history while integrating modern touches.”

“Once the bike was on the lift we basically stripped it down to only keep the frame, engine, wiring harness, swing arm rear brake system. For this build we’ve selected parts with a strong identity such as the springer fork or the solid wheels wrapped in Avon Safety Mileage MkII tires, as well as a complete assortment of our BAAK signature parts.”

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The most distinctive feature is the springer fork front end, this was a common form of front suspension on American motorcycles for decades, and it’s still popular with custom bike builders today.

“As often with our builds we’ve swapped out the bulky factory gauges and fitted a new headlight with an integrated Motogadget Tiny gauge, our classical BAAK N˚1 handlebar, a set of aluminum controls (designed and produced in house like a large part of our catalog) and black levers, the factory mufflers were replaced by a pair aluminum mufflers with our iconic design and of course the seat has been wrapped in a very nice black suede leather. The same material is used on the airbox delete cover.”

“The bulky and long factory rear mudguard was also replaced by a shorter tire hugging fender revealing the beautiful thread pattern of the MkII tires and the license plate holder find its place on the left side of the swing arm.”

“The beautiful paint job designed in our Lyon HQ and executed by our painter in Los Angeles, the talented Carlos Molina and it finishes the bike perfectly and brings that vintage look we were after. We chose a very specific shade of ivory from an old Porsche 356 paint catalog complimented by a light coat of metallic to make the bike radiant.”

“This bike is surprisingly fun and easy to ride once you’ve become used to the way the springer fork operates. After a trip up and down the U.S. Route 1 between Los Angeles and Monterrey through the beautiful twistys of Big Sur, the verdict is “excellent.”

This bike is now for sale, if you’re interested please contact Laura via Baak Motocyclettes here more information.

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For Sale: An Unusual Alpine A610 – 1 Of 818 Ever Made

The Alpine A610 would be the last hurrah of the small but celebrated French automaker, it would represent the ultimate evolutionary iteration of the car that started out as the Alpine A310, before being developed into the Alpine GTA, and from there into the A610.

Alpine introduced the A610 in 1991, it looked similar the outgoing GTA model however it used all new body panels and popup headlights in place of the fixed headlights of its predecessor. Power was now provided by the considerably more powerful turbocharged PRV 90º V6, producing 247 bhp.

Fast Facts

  • The Alpine A610 was introduced in 1991 as a replacement for the outgoing Alpine GTA. Both cars used a fiberglass body on a steel backbone chassis with a rear-mounted engine, only a few parts were interchangeable between them.
  • Alpine started out as an independent French sports car maker that used a significant number of Renault parts. Over the years the two companies became closely interlinked and in 1974 Renault acquired Alpine.
  • Alpine became famous for building lightweight fiberglass cars with backbone chassis and rear-mounted engines. In 1973 they won the World Rally Championship with their A110 model, beating Porsche, Lancia, and Ford.

Société des Automobiles Alpine

The Alpine A610 was built between 1991 and 1995, it would be the final production car from the French automaker until the marque was resurrected by Renault in 2017 with the release of the all new Alpine A110.

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The aerodymamic styling of the A610 resulted in a drag coefficient of just 0.30 .

Alpine (pronounced al-peen) was originally founded back in 1954 by Jean Rédélé, the owner of a garage in Dieppe, in northern France. Rédélé started out racing a Renault 4CV and over time he incorporated a slew of his own upgrades and modifications, including cars with special lightweight aluminum bodies that he raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Sebring in the early 1950s.

Rédélé stared Alpine in 1954, the company’s first car was the Alpine A106, it used a Renault 4CV chassis and running gear, with a new body was designed by Giovanni Michelotti and built from fiberglass by Chappe et Gessalin – fiberglass being a state-of-the-art material at the time.

The A106 enjoyed a number of successes in competition and it led to the development of a series of similar cars including the A108 and perhaps the most famous of all, the Alpine A110. Alpine enjoyed a significant number of race and rally wins over the 1960s and 1970s, including winning the World Rally Championship.

By the 1980s the company was building production cars and competing with the likes of the Porsche 944 and the similarly fiberglass-bodied sports cars from companies like Lotus and TVR. Alpine was still using the same fundamental architecture for its cars, that is a fiberglass (and polyester) body fitted to a steel backbone chassis.

By the mid-1970s when the Alpine A310 was introduced the style became modern overnight, with futuristic-looking cars that almost appeared to have been driven out of a Syd Mead illustration. The A310 was followed by the similarly futuristic Alpine GTA, which then made way for the car you see here, the Alpine A610 which would also be the final production car built by the marque in its original incarnation.

Alpine A610 Specifications

Unlike the Alpine A310 which had a body moulded in a single piece, the GTA and the A610 had bodies moulded in a series of body panels which were then combined. This made the car far easier to build and far easier to repair in the event of an accident.

The A610 would be one of the fastest production Alpines ever built, thanks to its rear-mounted 3.0 liter PRV 90º V6 engine producing 247 bhp at 5,750 rpm and 258 lb ft of torque at 2,900 rpm. This engine was used in a number of different configurations in a wide variety of vehicles, including the DMC DeLorean, the Venturi 400, and the Renault Espace.

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The turbocharged 3.0 liter PRV 90º V6 is capable of 247 hp and 258 lb ft of torque.

For use in the A610 the PRV V6 was fitted with a Garrett AiResearch T3 turbocharger producing 11.0 PSI (0.76 bar), which is why it is able to produce such healthy torque figures so low in the rev range.

Power is sent to the rear wheels via a 5-speed manual transmission and the car is capable of doing the 0 – 62 mph dash in 5.9 seconds then on to a top speed of 165 mph or 265 km/h.

Just 818 examples of the Alpine A610 were ever made and they’re now starting to appear on the radar of enthusiasts and collectors, perhaps helped on a little by the rebranding of the Renault Formula 1 Team to Alpine and the release of the new Alpine A110.

The Alpine A610 Shown Here

The A610 you see here is a 1993 model finished with Scarlet Red Pearl paintwork with a grey leather interior, it has just 66,672 kms (41,428 miles) on the odometer and it benefits from a comprehensive servicing which was carried out recently.

This car was originally exported to Japan, it was then shipped to the United States more recently where it’s now road registered. The car is still fitted with its original 16-inch ‘turbine’ alloy wheels, now shod with Pirelli rubber front and back.

Inside the car you’ll find many modern conveniences, like power windows, air-conditioning, a heated rear screen, and seating for four adults in leather upholstered bucket seats.

This unusual Alpine is one of the best A610 survivors we’ve seen in recent memory, it’s not known how many have survived to the modern day and there are very few on the the road in the United States.

If you’d like to read more about it or register to bid you can click here to visit the listing on Collecting Cars.

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