If we had to make use of one phrase to explain the bikes that roll out of Holger Breuer’s workshop, it will be ‘crisp.’ Whether or not he’s constructing a bobber or a scrambler, the person behind HB-Customized has a watch for excellent proportions and liveries that pop. Even when he’s working with a drained previous Suzuki dual-sport as a donor, Holger manages to make magic.
This 1994 Suzuki DR650 got here to the HB-Customized workshop in Husum, Germany, all the best way from Berlin. Holger’s consumer truly booked two bikes in without delay; an previous BMW boxer to show right into a bobber for solo rides, and the Suzuki, which was destined for around-town duties and the occasional two-up jaunt.
The bike arrived as a rolling chassis with a really unfastened transient, so Holger envisioned a svelte scrambler for whipping via Berlin’s metropolis streets. He’s constructed numerous good-looking {custom} Honda Dominators, and figured that he might apply the identical method to the Suzuki DR650. And he was proper.
However first, the Suzuki’s well-worn motor wanted consideration. Holger tore it down and rebuilt it, full with new seals and gaskets and a contemporary coat of paint. This engine may be nearly three a long time previous, nevertheless it’s clear sufficient to eat off of.
Holger put in a Mikuni TM40 carb too, geared up with a Ok&N air filter instead of the airbox. The exhaust header is {custom}, whereas the muffler is a repurposed Shark unit, hooked up to a home made hanger.
Not one of the Suzuki’s OEM bodywork stays. Beginning up high, Holger tailored a Yamaha XT500 gasoline tank to suit the Suzuki. New tank mounts needed to be added to the body too, together with new steering stops.
Additional again, Holger hacked off the subframe and fabricated a brand new one. It’s flanked by a pair of handmade aluminum aspect panels, which conceal many of the bike’s electrical elements.
A brand new seat sits up high, upholstered in a mixture of stable and perforated leather-based. The consumer likes to take his son alongside on rides, so Holger had to ensure there was sufficient room for 2. He additionally retained the unique passenger peg mounting factors, however swapped the precise pegs and mounting brackets out for newer ones.
The bike’s bookended by custom-made metal fenders, with sufficient meat on the rear fender to maintain muck off the air filter. Look carefully, and also you’ll additionally spot an attachment level on the again for the bike’s license plate bracket.
Holger retained the DR650’s authentic forks, wheels and brakes, however all the things’s been refurbished—proper right down to a brand new set of chrome steel spokes for the wheels. The rear shock comes from YSS, and the adventure-type tires are Mitas E-09s.
A decently-sized Koso LED headlight sits up entrance, mounted on new headlight brackets. A slew of Magura components sit simply behind it, together with the risers, handlebars, levers and grips. A single KTM 350 EXC change cluster is hooked up to the left aspect of the bars, masking the essential capabilities.
Motogadget equipped the tiny digital speedo, together with its housing, which additionally holds the LED warning lights. Holger additionally rewired the Suzuki utilizing elements from the German firm Axel Joost Elektronik, and put in Kellermann flip alerts and taillights to finish the spec.
We mentioned that Holger has a expertise for selecting good coloration schemes, and we weren’t kidding. He completed the DR650’s tank off with a design that performs on Suzuki’s conventional logos and racing colours, with a bit black to modernize it. The body, and a bunch of different onerous components, have been powder-coated black to match.
HB-Customized’s Suzuki DR650 is as crisp as any of Holger’s earlier builds, and proof that he can adapt his type to simply about any platform. Then once more, we anticipated nothing much less.
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