This Custom Triumph Was Painted By A 9-Year-Old

Neither Italy nor Britain are really lacking when it comes to producing high-end, sexy, sporty cars and motorcycles, and custom garage Free Spirits just proved that true yet again. In possibly the most stylish Britalian mashup since Zagato worked with Aston Martin, they've converted a Triumph into equal parts art car and flat track racer, without ever pulling out a saw. The best bit? It was painted by a kid.

His name is Mortiz Bree, and yes, he's the son of the shop's owner, but that doesn't change the fact that the bike is absolutely dripping with Italian design, perfectly setting off its British core.

To convert this thing from "nice bike" to "masterpiece," they started by stripping everything down very carefully, so that nothing was damaged. You can put it all back together so it looks like it did when it left the factory if you'd like, but there's about a zero percent chance of that.

Then they tweaked bits like the belts and air filters to make the engine more efficient and powerful, and gave it an adjustable suspension so you can determine how sporty or comfy you want the ride to be.

Everything from the handlebars to the engine cover has been re-engineered to minimize damage in the unfortunate event that you have to rapidly dismount your bike at high speeds. Protip: This is a work of art. Don't rapidly dismount at a high speed.


Aaron Miller is the Rides editor for Supercompressor. He couldn't paint a bike as well as that kid now, let alone when he was his age. Follow him to squiggly, colorblind lines on Twitter.