Frankenstein, The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, The Invisible Man, The Fly… and the list of stories about mad scientists and their creations goes on and on. And adding to this list will soon be Thornton Hundred and its Supercharged Speed Triple RR.
Jody Millhouse, the founder of Thornton Hundred, and his fascination with superchargers is not new. After creating a tarmac-shredding supercharged bobber, Jody set his eyes on a Triumph Speed Triple 1200 RR, ripped out everything and turned it into a drift-spec maniac.
And it all started with arming the 1160cc inline-triple unit with custom-forged pistons and rods to account for the boost from the Rotrex C30 supercharger. Furthermore, Thornton deployed an Ecumaster engine management system and Link G4X FuryX ECU since the engine had twice the number of injectors than before. Of course, that meant a bespoke ‘neural network’ which is controlled by THAI (Thornton Hundred A.I.) that just doesn’t monitor the bike’s system but also drops cheeky audio memes via a speaker placed under the seat. With this monstrosity belting out 230 horses, the A.I. will surely have a lot to joke about at the end of the ride. Lastly, that gorgeous extended swingarm also happened to be a nice place to store the supercharger’s water-menthol injection system.
All those extra ponies also meant that the OEM semia-ctive Ohlins suspension might not be up for the task at hand, and so it was swapped with manually-adjustable ones. Even the stock Brembos weren’t spared, and were given assistance by vented titanium pistons from JP Brakes, ceramic pads and carbon fibre cooling ducts. Naturally, the ABS was deleted, too.
Even though Jody’s creation was easily recognisable as a Speed Triple RR, he ensured that one gaze was enough for people to know that this was a Thornton machine. So, the bike was draped in carbon fibre with a bunch of winglets that respond to the bike’s IMU data to alter the pitch and yaw as per the throttle and brake inputs. How cool is that? And to force air to keep the bike’s electronics cool, an air intake was placed where the headlight would sit.
After Thornton put up a great show at Goodwood Festival Of Speed, the bike has been put up for sale, as a completely street-legal machine with 400 km on the odo. The £ 55,000 or ₹ 60.78 lakh may sound steep for a ‘mildly used’ bike, but come on, terrorising the town while ripping through the streets? That’s invaluable..
