Bmw R60 Cafe Racer

To create this cafe racer version of the R60/5, I started by stripping the bike down to its bare essentials, removing any unnecessary parts and accessories. Next, the sub-frame was removed and replaced with a shorter and higher one from SE (Sport Evolution Germany). The minimalism of a unique BMW R60 Cafe Racer With cafe racers all the rage, it takes a very special one to catch our eye.

This one, a stripped back version of a classic 1971 BMW R60/5, is simply superb. It's the work of Brooklyn bike obsessive Tim Harney, whose own images these are. To fine-tune this BMW R60/7 cafe racers look there's also a selection of carefully selected accessories.

The bar end mirrors are M.View Spy items that have been paired with M.Grips and M.Blaze bar. The Berlin-built R60 /5 was in the middle of BMW's ' slash 5 ' range-the others being the R50/5 and the R75/5-and had a 600cc air-cooled motor in the traditional boxer configuration. Josh's machine is a 1973 'toaster' tank model from the last year of production, and he paid just $500 for it.

THE ORIGINAL BMW MOTOCYCHO. THIS ONE OFF CUSTOM BMW WAS BUILT BY EAST KNOX CHOPPERS AS A TRIBUTE TO THE RAT FINK ED ROTH. THIS AWARD WINNING BIKE STARTED LIFE AS A 1970 R60/5.

THE BIKE RUNS AND RIDES GOOD AND IS READY TO RIDE OR DISPLAY. THE PAINT ON THE BIKE IS PURPLE PLASMA WITH HEAVY METAL FLAKE. BUYER RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING SHIPPING.

Hello this is my first post to the forum. I just completed a restoration/cafe conversion of a 1973 BMW R60/5 bike and thought I would share with the forum. BMW Rennsport R60 Cafe Racer This is a 1968 R60/2 matched numbered machine that has been hand made into a tribute to the famous Rennsport machines of the 50's.

Modified frame with custom rear sets. In 1965, Ferdinand "Ferdi" Kaczor, a younger engineer and motorbike racer, designed and constructed his personal chassis across the BMW R50/2 engine, making a 500cc race bike to compete within the German Bike Championship. A café racer is a genre of sport motorcycles that originated among British motorcycle enthusiasts of the early 1960s in London.

Café racers were standard pro. Vintage 1975 BMW Cafe Racer Motorcycle R60/6 In this episode of Billet Proof Bikes below, our owner, Damian, walks us through his vintage 1975 BMW R60/6 cafe racer build. We are all about custom motorcycles here at Billet Proof.

From helping you build yours to when we finally have time to work on our own, it's a passion that we cannot live without. Damian has been building bikes for almost 15.