R80 Cafe Racer Build

The forks have been dropped by 10cm to level out the bmw s bone line and fuel is carried in the refurbished bmw r80 tank.

R80 cafe racer build. It is his first custom bike project bu. The framework consists of a new subframe with an integrated led taillight. The spanish custom shop is reviving the original roa brand from the 1950s and has already produced several unique designs. But they focus on quality over quantity with fewer than a dozen builds over the last seven years.

Every bike has a story right. Imagining a rickman bmw r80 desert racer the world s first big bore dual sport the bmw r80g s broke cover forty years ago. Visit the new website of racer tv. Bmw r80 cafe racer by ironwood custom motorcycles arjan van den boom of ironwood custom motorcycles based in the netherlands never ceases to amaze us with his custom builds.

To close off the loop there s a custom made fibreglass rear cowl. I m going to focus on the performance side of building a cafe racer or street tracker scrambler or any custom motorcycle for that matter. The renegade a 1986 bmw r80. Despite its origins as a tourer the r80 rt has proven popular with custom motorcycle builders and we ve previously featured both cafe racer and scrambler versions of the model.

Shop boss sylwester has picked up the pace a little recently though. Not everybody who read it agreed with the content but when it comes to style there are several different schools of taste. This is the bike that originally got james hooked on building and riding old motorcycles and it shows what can be done with a modest amount of effort a lot of inspiration and a. Three months ago he revealed an amazing xs650 bobber and he s now just thrown the wraps off this most unconventional bmw r80.

This is the story of a bmw r80 cafe racer built by super passionate biker sean smith. Two of the reasons for the popularity of the 750cc bmw tourer with modern custom builders is that the frame was built extra strong to accommodate the full fairing and the horizontally opposed twin cylinder engine is as reliable as death and taxes. Born from off road competition it soon dominated at the paris dakar rally before going on to become an icon of adventure motorcycling. Bmw r80 café racer.

One of the most beautiful bmw r80 cafe racer we can find in the w. We have featured a number of his cafe racers in the past and now he s back with perhaps his finest build yet. Eastern spirit garage is probably poland s premier custom workshop. A monza style filler cap and clip on bars round out the cafe racer styling cues.

This great looking bmw r80 café racer is built by roa motorcycles.