British designer Paul Smith is known for his style of ‘classics with a twist’, which is what made him a fitting choice for a partnership in 2005 when Triumph asked him to take their classic Bonneville…and add a twist. He responded with 9 different one-off designs which were for sale through Smith’s shops. While I don’t care for any of them, Triumph took two of the designs and produced limited editions of 50 each. Here’s the 50th example of the “Multi-Union” design, special not only because it was the last of the run and because it’s still new in crate.
The changes were limited to cosmetics, so there’s not much else to say here. But if you’d like to see some examples of the other designs that came out of Paul Smith’s mind, check out this link from Return of the Cafe Racers. This example has 0.4 miles on the odometer, 10 years of dust on it, and not much else!
Find this Multi-Union for sale in Tucson, Arizona with an unmet opening bid of $12,999