In the yesteryear I direct hold written many times that "Under every wheel in that location is a cafe racer" only take away the superfluous in addition to move out the essential.
As Michelangleo said, that marble had to survive freed from the excess of affair that separated it from becoming a perfect creature, according to the dictates of the Renaissance. In particular, then, every bit befits a genius of his level, he already had inward heed what he wanted to do, or rather, a "creature" was inherent inward a certainly slice of marble ... the artist's piece of work so it is none other than that of removing the excess in addition to freeing what was a prisoner inward the marble.

Inspired yesteryear the yesteryear in addition to next the same philosophy of the past, Christian Boosen in addition to Alex Ilcewicz worked on this BMW R100RT to orbit the consequence yous come across inward the photo.

We interviewed them to allow us tell their story in addition to that of this project.

Where are yous coming from?

Poland

Who else worked amongst you?

Partners who took constituent inward this project: Adrian Figura from Scrambler74 – welding 4Drive – custom topographic point Kamil Gałka – paintjob Bartek Zaranek Photography – photoshoot

How tin give the axe yous depict yourself (or your team)?

"I grew upwardly inward Deutschland unopen to the Dutch border, where I direct hold spent most of my life surrounded yesteryear motorcycles. As a self-taught mechanic, my passion in addition to occasional hobby started from tinkering or so several Vespa CIAOs in addition to BRAVOs, in addition to a SIMSON KR51 Schwalbe. During my offset wheel tour, I direct hold spent one-half of the fourth dimension fixing my 1981 Yamaha XT500 on the side of the road. It took a long fourth dimension in addition to a lot of hurdles but I made it the terminal destination: Istanbul. I gauge that challenge became my defining moment.

When I in conclusion made it habitation I was inclined to exercise my offset consummate rebuild. Shortly later on I started to restore in addition to sell some of these bikes every year. After 10 years of hard piece of work in addition to commitment, my hobby became my principal occupation. I gauge the passion for vintage motorbike blueprint has kept me going ever since.

When it comes to motorcycles, the adage "form follows function" holds for me every bit a custom builder. Although the aesthetics play a large constituent inward my blueprint process, the essence of every custom motorcycle, no affair how stunning, is that it's meant to survive ridden after all! That's why I start every client brief amongst the intended purpose of the machine. It volition direct hold time, nosotros volition sit down downwardly in addition to beak close ideas, dreams, in addition to wishes, adding security features in addition to performance upgrades. Intensive talks close the details in addition to how to construct the wheel are essential to instruct inward special in addition to 1 of a kind."

Since 2006 nosotros direct hold worked on every model made yesteryear the Japanese Big Four: Yamaha, Honda, Kawasaki, in addition to Suzuki, a fair part of BMW bikes, in addition to Italian brands similar Moto Guzzi, Moto Morini, Benelli, in addition to Ducati. Most of them 86'ed – constitute inward someone's garage inward a distressing state, worn out in addition to qualified for a total overhaul, so the name. We are the enthusiasts, who restore them to one-time glory in addition to transform into pure, elegant racing machines.

We are located inward Warsaw, Poland. Although most of the piece of work happens inward a small, industrial railway edifice inward the pump of the city, friends nosotros cooperate amongst daily are what create our workshop thrive throughout all these years. Their creativity, oculus for detail, in addition to craftsmanship play a major constituent inward every projection nosotros piece of work on.

With exclusively a few potential clients, the marketplace has ever been hard in addition to demanding. Nevertheless, passion for 'something different' is slow fueling custom motorbike demand. As vintage-style motorbikes inward Warsaw are gaining visibility inward the city, the 'best days' of our local custom scene are even so ahead.

What inspired yous to start edifice the bike?

Our client got inspired yesteryear 1 of his friends custom R100 but did non direct hold whatever especial model inward mind. With only a few inspirations from the web, he allowed us to instruct bill of fare blanche amongst the project.

Where did it come upwardly from?

We had to source the bike. The search for the correct wheel went relatively fast. The base of operations was a real good maintained 1982 BMW R100 RT, which spent its life inward Berlin. With less than 80,000 km on the dial in addition to a full-service mass provided, this BMW was worth every dime. The RT was a full-house touring version of the R100, so it came amongst a lot of stock goodies nosotros decided to keep: front end forks, alloy snowflake wheels, stock steering damper, Brembo double front end disc brake system, in addition to a less mutual parent brake rotor.

What's the donor bike, make, model, year?

1982 BMW R100 RT

What was your vision/plan?

We were tasked to create a cafe racer that keeps all the meaning parts in addition to details of the 2-valve air-cooled boxer motor of that era. A solo seater amongst a rather sporty opinion – a pure but elegant racing machine.

What did yous exercise to the bike?

The fuel tank also remained stock, but to orbit an overall similar a shot line, it was slightly lifted from the back, matching custom made subframe in addition to a seating cowl.

The engine in addition to carbs were taken apart for a thorough inspection. Although it was kept inward pristine condition, the motor received a novel laid of pistons in addition to rings, a novel clutch, in addition to a cam chain. The fossil oil cooler was removed. Instead, nosotros upgraded the stock fossil oil pan to an aftermarket, high capacity deep sump fossil oil pan. With to a greater extent than fossil oil flowing inward the system, we've provided optimal cooling without compromising the looks. Tuning the carburetors proved to survive the biggest challenge – plumbing equipment Siebenrock Velocity Stacks required serious skills but thankfully, all the parts required to mountain the kit were included inward the package, making the procedure less painful in addition to time-consuming.

The projection took 1,5 years.

If you've upgraded parts, what create did yous direct in addition to where from?

YSS shocks, Front forks – stock springs replaced amongst progressive springs.

Siebenrock Velocity Stacks, novel engine cover,

bigger, aftermarket fossil oil pan,

Aftermarket mufflers in addition to header calves,

Aftermarket fossil oil temp. indicator,

Motogadget Munit placed nether the tank,

Motogadget front end indicators

Firestone Deluxe tires

Grimeca front end brake original cylinder,

Motogadget controls, speedo, grips, mirrors, indicators in addition to electronic box, Raask parent sets, Aftermarket handlebars, Monza fuel cap

Any interesting challenges, unconfident, or mistakes?

Electric regulator, had to survive retrofitted shape constabulary wheel – depression rpm loading every bit opposed to stock high exclusively charging.

Tuning the carburettors amongst open-air intakes in addition to modified exhaust was real challenging – the engine was running prissy but was getting hot quick.

Seat customization in addition to overall frame blueprint took a lot of time.

Tell us close the finish/logos/design?

Clearly, our client was into BMW Rennsport vintage colors, in addition to raw metal. The white base of operations coat was the clients' wife's idea. We added the stripes in addition to placed them accordingly to our client's will.

Any unique features?

Café racer topographic point cowl – custom made. Fabricated from metal, amongst leather comprehend in addition to integrated LED stripe for position, brake in addition to indicator light.

How would yous depict your bike?

Cafe Racer

How does the wheel ride?

The wheel performs in addition to handles better. It has to a greater extent than power, weighs less. We've got an extra 5hp growth from 65 hp to seventy hp. There was no compromise inward security inward parent shocks configuration.