Custom Bikes Of The Week: 10 May, 2020
We’ve gone global this week, with a brutal BMW K100RS from Poland, a Triumph Scrambler with a desert sled vibe from Italy,…
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Known as the ‘Flying Brick,’ the BMW K100 was a series of four-cylinder bikes manufactured by BMW from 1983 to 1992. As the supply of R-series airheads dries up, the K100 is becoming more popular with custom builders.
Here’s our pick of the best cafe racers, streetfighters and bobbers based on the bulletproof K100 platform.
Custom Bikes Of The Week: 15 March, 2020
A very slick BMW K100 from Lithuania, a funky Honda Monkey from California, and a Harley-Davidson sidecar rig built in Poland—up for…
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Bolt’s BMW K100: The flying brick finally comes of age
There’s something strange going on with the BMW K-series. A couple of years ago, most bike builders wouldn’t touch one with a…
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Endurance racer tribute: VTR Customs’ wild BMW K100
If there was ever a golden age of motorcycle racing, we’d pin it on the late 70s and early 80s. Those were…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 26 March, 2017
Not one but two killer new builds from VTR, the Swiss flavors of the month. Plus a frankly bizarre Moto Guzzi Audace…
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Killer K: Mike Flores’ BMW K100 Cafe Racer
Is this the year of the BMW K100? We reckon so. The earlier R-series boxers have held the limelight for long enough—and…
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Now you can even turn a BMW K100 into a scrambler
Unit Garage is a cult name amongst well-heeled BMW enthusiasts in Europe. The Italian company makes beautifully engineered kits that make modern…
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Double Vision: Customizing The BMW K100 Two Ways
In the playground of custom BMWs, the K100 is the kid that always gets picked last for the team. It’s awkward, bulky…
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The Therapist: Jeff Veraldi’s BMW K100 Cafe Racer
We often joke about motorcycles being a kind of therapy. But when Jeff Veraldi broke his back in a racing accident, it…
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BMW K100 by Robrock
This raw and brutal BMW K100 was built, very aptly, by a master blacksmith and metalworker. Faced with a long German winter,…
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The Beast: Larry Romestant’s custom BMW K100
Californian Larry Romestant is a man with a unique vision for custom motorcycles. In the BMW world he’s known for his ‘Special…
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BMW K100 cafe racer
I’ve always liked the look of BMW’s K-series motors. Simply because they’re boxy and when they first appeared, I thought they looked…
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