We have a winner - miob's awesome BMW!
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Wow, didn't really expect my BMW to be this popular. Thanks guys!!
The short background story:
When I decided I wanted to build a caferacer for myself I a first set out looking for a Moto Guzzi. The guy that offered me a test ride on a Le Mans he had for sale also had a BMW R100 and insiseted I should try that one aswell. It was love at first sight. His BMW was way to expensive for the shape it was in and I decided I wanted a mono, so I looked for another one.
This is the one I found:
As you can see: Not in the best of shapes, but it had some nice parts (Wilbers suspention, a 1000cc engine instead of the 800 of the standard mono) and it was cheap. Cheap is the key word in my build: I'm a student and I really don't have much to spend. So I had to be creative, for example:
The seat area is made of a bicycle carrier I found in someone's trash (Yes, I have no shame)
And I made the exhaust out of a gravy bowl and a thermos for coffee:
And I used a salt and vinegar set of IKEA for velocity stacks.
The only expensive part on my bike is the Acewell tacho. I definetely wanted a tacho, a rev counter and all the idiot lights, but I also wanted a minimal cockpit. This was in my eyes by far the best thing to do:
And this is the result:
And a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b93hh8m3HA
That, in short, is the story of my bike. I'm sorry if it wasn't in perfect english. It's not my first language and I'm a lot better with an angle grinder than I am with a keyboard.
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Wow, didn't really expect my BMW to be this popular. Thanks guys!!
The short background story:
When I decided I wanted to build a caferacer for myself I a first set out looking for a Moto Guzzi. The guy that offered me a test ride on a Le Mans he had for sale also had a BMW R100 and insiseted I should try that one aswell. It was love at first sight. His BMW was way to expensive for the shape it was in and I decided I wanted a mono, so I looked for another one.
This is the one I found:
As you can see: Not in the best of shapes, but it had some nice parts (Wilbers suspention, a 1000cc engine instead of the 800 of the standard mono) and it was cheap. Cheap is the key word in my build: I'm a student and I really don't have much to spend. So I had to be creative, for example:
The seat area is made of a bicycle carrier I found in someone's trash (Yes, I have no shame)
And I made the exhaust out of a gravy bowl and a thermos for coffee:
And I used a salt and vinegar set of IKEA for velocity stacks.
The only expensive part on my bike is the Acewell tacho. I definetely wanted a tacho, a rev counter and all the idiot lights, but I also wanted a minimal cockpit. This was in my eyes by far the best thing to do:
And this is the result:
And a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b93hh8m3HA
That, in short, is the story of my bike. I'm sorry if it wasn't in perfect english. It's not my first language and I'm a lot better with an angle grinder than I am with a keyboard.
;D
