I Never Normally Think,

of BMW motorcycles as cafe racers,

 but the guys at Germany’s Walzwerk Racing did, and here it is, 

 ‘everybody knows that we are not committed to any particular motorcycle brand’, says Waltzwerk Racing’s Marcus Walz, ‘But in 2017, we’ve built over twenty of our Schizzo Beemers, which makes it a bestseller for us. Many people have asked us why we don’t built something similar, but based on a R nineT, so what we did is to develop a modern interpretation using a R nineT as a base’

 the donor bike was a 2016 BMW R nineT, “Like on all of our performance bike builds, we always try to improve their stats. So in this case, the first thing was to take off some weight by using lighter parts. Next came the suspension. In this case, we used a Wilbers monoshock and their progressive fork upgrade kit.” While they were at it, the front end was lowered by about 15mm to give it a more aggressive stance and to bring some weight bias onto the front rubber,

“We also upgraded the brakes with some Braking wave rotors and racing pads. A Power Commander was used to create a unique map, helping the new SC-Project exhaust system and the K&N filters pump out around 115hp at the rear wheel, up 5bhp from standard. LSL supplied the pegs, levers and bars, with a front fender from Rizoma and valve covers from RSD.” And when Marcus needed a dash, he naturally chose the Motogadget Motoscope Pro. At the end of the process, the bike was popped onto the scales, 195kg was the result, down from the standard bikes 220kg, you can follow the guys on Facebook, Photos by Marcus Walz, and no I am not on commission, would I like one? well yes, but I would prefer a Norvin!