Love will make you do loopy issues. The proprietor of those matching BMW R100 scramblers had his coronary heart set on a BMW R nineT earlier than he noticed a traditional boxer and fell in love. And he solely had one customized bike within the works, earlier than he met a lady and fell in love.
The complete story behind these bikes is dripping with serendipity. It began when the proprietor was having his chimney swept; he talked about an thought for a Martini-liveried R nineT to his chimney sweep, who occurred to be a good friend of Holger Breuer’s. Earlier than lengthy, he discovered himself at Holger’s workshop, HB-Customized, in Husum, Germany.
Holger had a BMW R100 on the bench on the time, and the second his new consumer noticed it, the R nineT was now not a precedence. Armed with recommendation from Holger on what to look out for, he sourced a 1982 BMW R100RS and dragged it again to HB-Customized.
The concept was to show it into a cultured scrambler with underlying bobber sensibilities. That meant sustaining an honest experience top, however remodeling the tail finish of the bike with a solo saddle and a low-mounted fender. With a transparent route in thoughts, Holger started working.
There’s nothing too wild occurring right here—only a tidy set of mods that present the extent of style and consideration that we’ve come to count on from Holger. The OEM subframe is gone, changed by a bespoke seat assist and relocated higher shock mounts. A bobber-style seat sits up high, sporting two-tone leather-based upholstery.
The rear is propped up on a pair of YSS shocks, whereas a metal fender hugs the rear tire. A slim LED taillight is tucked beneath the seat, with the bike’s license plate bracket mounted to the right-hand aspect of the swingarm.
Transferring to the cockpit, Holger swapped the inventory high yoke for a tidy CNC-machined merchandise. It’s fitted with new handlebar clamps, gripping Magura bars. The grips and controls are from Magura too, the mirror is a Highsider half, and the switches and bar-end flip alerts are from Motogadget.
An LED headlight sits up entrance, with a Motogadget speedo mounted simply above it in a customized housing. The R100’s unique gas tank takes middle stage, boasting a good-looking paint job and a brand new knurled aluminum gasoline cap.
Different upgrades embody progressive springs and preload adjusters for the entrance forks, and go-anywhere tires from Heidenau. The refurbished engine wears traditional peanut-style valve covers, pod filters, and twin exhausts from the German boxer specialists at Hattech.
The second BMW R100 was unexpectedly booked within the minute the primary bike was handed over. “When the shopper pickup up his new bike on Thursday night, he was so thrilled that he known as again on Friday morning and ordered the identical bike once more—however this time as a two-seater,” Holger tells us. “I might solely chuckle and get again to work.”
Holger’s consumer had discovered love and needed an identical boxer to share together with his new girlfriend. The bikes are nearly equivalent, save for just a few key particulars.
The obvious distinction is the second bike’s extra substantial customized subframe and two-up leather-based seat. A shorter, high-mounted rear fender sits out again, with a license plate bracket that additionally hosts a pair of Kellermann mixture LEDs. Pannier racks, delicate baggage, and passenger pegs end off the rear.
Since this bike is more likely to see extra journey, Holger additionally fitted it with engine crash bars and an auxiliary headlight. The R100’s OEM sq. valve covers additionally differentiate it from its stablemate.
We’d be pleased with both of those charming BMW R100 scramblers within the Bike EXIF storage—so the truth that one man owns each of them leaves us only a tad bit envious. Which might you decide?
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