Bavarian Bulldog from Lord Drake Kustoms… When Ducati introduced the concept of a twin-powered “Hypermotard” in 2006, their website literally crashed from the flood of interest about the new machine. The idea was a bike […]
Tag: BMW
New Base, New Vision: BMW R12 nineT Custom
FCR Original Reimagines BMW’s Retro Boxer… Last year, BMW Motorrad introduced the R12 nineT, the next evolution of their popular R nineT neo-classic roadster. The engine remains the same eight-valve 1170cc 109-bhp boxer twin, but […]
Soul Machine: BMW K100 “Alma”
Anathem Garage breathes soul into a forgotten Flying Brick… Giancarlo Noe of Anathem Garage has one of the most impressive two-wheeled resumes in the custom bike world. He worked as a race mechanic in both […]
Enduro Brick: BMW K100 Street Scrambler
Black Cycles Australia builds a John Player Brick… The BMW K100 — aka the “Flying Brick” — remains one of the more peculiar designs to roll out of the Bavarian Motor Works factory. Conceived […]
Unique & Functional: “Indigo” BMW R80 Roadster
Rebuilt R80 from Gas & Oil Bespoke Motorcycles… The BMW type 247 “airhead” engine has become a motorcycling icon. The engine powered BMW motorcycles for decades, and while it never knocked anyone’s socks off from […]
Backcountry Shredder: BMW R100RS Scrambler
Oldschool Classics builds the perfect backroad burner… The BMW R100RS was Motorrad’s 980cc sport-tourer, built around a 70-hp version of the two-valve flat-twin boxer engine. Even in its heyday, the Bavarian boxer wasn’t as fast […]
Bavarian Bruiser: Hand-Built BMW K100 Special
Retrofuturist K100 from AG Design Fab… BMW Motorrad has never been one to follow the flock, and the K series put that outside-the-box thinking on prime display. In the early 1980s, BMW needed a […]
Mistress of the Dark: “Elvira” BMW R100/7 Café Racer
From Wolfsmiths: Slash 7 Tribute to an 80s Hot Rod… If there’s one thing we love, it’s hearing stories of bikes that guys hot-rodded back in the day when they weren’t vintage, but of […]
Little Bavarian: 1000cc BMW R80 Cafe Racer
James Dean-inspired Boxer from Mr. Ludolf… In 1955, just as he was finishing the film Giant, James Dean bought himself a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder dubbed “Little Bastard.” Though most of us know the […]
Bahn Burner: BMW K1100RS Café Racer
Bolt 80: 16-Valve K-Bike from Bolt Motor Co… The BMW K1100RS was the most technologically advanced “Flying Brick” to emerge from Berlin, featuring the 16-valve head from the K1, Paralever rear end, Motronic EFI […]
