Monday 16 September 2024

I Am Not A Great Fan Of BMW Motorcycles,

but this one caught my eye, 


photographs Roughchild, the bike is a rebuilt 1974 BMW R90, the engine received a full rebuild, with the case blasted with glass media and then cleaned in an ultrasonic tank, Nikasil cylinders were employed and house a set of new 1000cc pistons, while the cylinder heads were totally rebuilt, given a new valve train, and treated to a twin-plug conversion, the gearbox has also been fully rebuilt, with a longer 5th gear for reduced RPM at cruising speeds,

featuring all of the best of the best, the rear end features a set of Ohlins fully adjustable shocks, with blacked-out progressive rate springs,

utilising a custom set of triple clamps allows for the fitment of a set of USD Ohlins forks, and finished in black, this allows for the fitment of radial-mounted callipers, and it doesn’t get much better than a pair of Brembo monoblocks clamping a large set of discs,

the motorcycle is finished in Irish Green, to see more of this and other machines from the Roughchild stable have a look here, would I like it? you bet!


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