Roadburner Garage builds a Paris-Dakar tribute machine… The first running of the Paris-Dakar Rally took place in 1978, when 182 competitors (including 90 motorcycles) started from Place du Trocadéro, Paris, for the 6000-mile journey to […]
Tag: BMW
“Survivor” Springer: BMW R100 Café Racer
Lord Drake Kustoms builds a BMW R springer… The BMW R100 has become one of the world’s most popular donors for custom transformations, appearing in a wide variety of modes and styles: café racer, scrambler, […]
Aerospace Grade: BMW R NineT “7075 Koffee”
Le Motographe creates an arsenal of aerospace-grade parts… The BMW R nineT is an 1170cc air/oiled-cooled “oilhead” roadster with retro styling, developed as a “blank canvas for customizing.” Few of today’s bikes lend themselves to […]
Voodoo Interceptor: BMW R1150GS Hooligan
Voodoo Garage transforms an aging GS into an urban assault machine… The BMW R1150GS Adventure was the 1999-2004 evolution of the famed BMW GS series. Introduced in 1980, the original R80GS (Gelände/Straße, German for “Off-road/Road”) […]
Slash-5 Animal: Motobrix BMW R75/5
Transforming a Slash-5 from “tame touring bike into a bit of an animal.” In 1970, BMW introduced the Slash-5 series, which included the R50/5 (500cc), R60/5 (600cc), and the R75/5 (750cc). The bikes were a […]
Bavarian Blackout: BMW R80 by Burn Up Company
BUC It: Burn Up Company’s burly BMW, built for sidecar adventures… In the mid-1980s, BMW replaced the twin-shock rear suspension on their airhead models with a monolever (single-shock) system, whose asymmetric design was meant to […]
BMW R NineT Scrambler by FCR Original
The BMW R nineT was designed as a “blank canvas for customizing.” The subframe, headlight, and taillights can be easily unbolted, and bike has separate engine and chassis wiring harnesses. The roadster styling puts a […]
BMW R80 “Nightmare” by NIKS Motorcycles
The BMW airheads, powered by their flat-twin boxer engines and shaft drives, have become icons in the motoring world. Airheads have won the Paris-Dakar Rally, the AMA Superbike Championship, and circumnavigated the globe countless […]
Flying Machine: BMW R80 “Black Wasp”
For Sale: “Black Wasp” by IronGas x Haute Tension Motorcycles… The BMW airhead is an icon in the world of motorcycling, an air-cooled flat-twin that’s proven itself all over the world, from the remote terrain […]
BMW R NineT Urban Scrambler by Parr Motorcycles
A big-single king rolls out his first twin! Back in 2018, we had the honor of showcasing the first build from a young builder in Indiana, Spencer Parr, a full-time police investigator who built a […]
