Cafe Racer Bmw 1200

A Carbon fibre tank cover, Cafe Racer style tail section, front fender, oil cooler cover, side covers and the retro styled front fairing transform the R1200 R into a highly desirable retro rocket. While other components such as ABS, heated (fancy pants) grips, LED lighting, OEM BMW wire spoke wheels, a modified exhaust, tankpad (to protect the boys during emergency braking) and Ergo. A few years ago, Sean from Original Café Racer Co in London was lucky enough to ride across Africa with Charley Boorman on a Compass Expedition.

The experience inspired a crazy idea; turning a BMW R1200GS into a street racer. "Having successfully designed and customised café racers in the past, I wanted to set myself the ultimate challenge; build four, spectacular, limited edition bikes to. Hi everybody! I'm new, but I have always loved this world! I'm going (in the next months) to receive a BMW R1200C which I really like in the design and engine (I also have Monster 900 to get some speed) but I really would like to modify it, at least a little bit.

First thing I will change the. Does anyone have any experience on building a cafe racer-styled build using the K1200GT as a platform? Ideally, it'd like it to look somewhat like a build I saw in a similar post (Help with 2000 k1200rs cafe/bobber) by talvare, albeit with a more minimalistic front (so some info on alternate clusters would be helpful) and a flatter rear if. For the first time, a custom motorcycle builder has taken a grinder to BMW's R1200S sport-tourer.

And against all odds, Cafe Racer Dreams has made it work. The cafe racer is available from Metisse through your BMW dealer as a complete bike, but if you already own an R1200R, you can order the conversion kit, which consists of the carbon fiber front fairing and seat unit with bracket kits, seat undertray, front mudguard, heel guard, tank cover, cylinder guards, oil cooler cover, upholstery, tankpad. As a 120 hp bike that's at home both on dirt and pavement, Cafe Racer Dreams's newest creation, aptly named "Animal," is based on a BMW R1200S.

In BMW Motorrad parlance, RT stands for Reise-Tourer, or travel tourer, and signifies the company's sport touring machines. While the 109-hp, flat-twin R1200RT makes a killer sport tourer, it isn't the most ideal platform for a cafe racer. Beautiful BMW R1200R Café Racer / Fighter build by VTR Customs from Switzerland.

Raced by Sabine Holbrook at Goodwood Festival 2016! Built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Irv Seaver Motorcycles in Orange, California, this K1200RS powered Cafe Racer is the work of BMW K expert Larry Romestant. While many BMW fans write the K series bikes off as "flying bricks" Larry spends his time to re-engineering them into unique, expertly built custom creations.