TIGER KING: Triumph Thruxton ‘Byakko’ from Tamarit.

An MOT, TUV, rego check, no matter what it's called in your country, an annual vehicle inspection can be a nightmare. Some places make it easier than others, but at least where I live, even when you take in your stock standard car, you worry the guy might fail you just for not having enough washer fluid for your wipers. Now, imagine you turn up on a crazy custom motorcycle, and the anxiety only increases tenfold as to whether you'll get a pass and be able to actually ride the thing on the road. To take that stress away for their American clients, Spain's Tamarit Motorcycles have setup in the US of A, they start with factory American-delivered motorbikes and then do all the hard work so that you don't have to worry. The result is Byakko (White Tiger), a Triumph Thruxton RS that's a limited edition apex-predator, ready to sink its claws in and take a big bite out of any backroad you point it at. The road to a street-legal custom for the US market has been a long one for the Spanish kings of the Triumph parallel twin. They've been building the British engines for what seems like an eternity, have hundreds of customs to their name and even a range of limited production 'Series' bikes that can all be shipped around the world. And as we reported earlier this year, to further expand into the US, Tamarit built a bike called ‘Florida’ and took it themselves to the Sunshine State to test the waters. They also sold their Black Mamba Thruxton RS via a Triumph dealer, and their presence was being felt.