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Retro Rides by Lourenço builds a CVT cafe racer for a disabled rider...The BMW K100 "Flying Brick" has become an unexpected darling of the customs scene, a four-cylinder, fuel-injected, shaft-drive machine with the 987cc engine laid flat on its side in the frame, giving the bike its nickname. P

Hi everyone, In this blog I'll show you how to give a whole new life to an old motorcycle that deserve to be taken care of, and probably save it from ending in a junkyard. How? By turning it into a Cafe Racer! Let´s start from the beginning. The donour bike is a 1985 K100 RS in perfect state. When I picked it up it only had 29.000km on the clock. Step one. Disassemble all body parts. I bet the bike already lost 25 kilograms by just removing all that stuff. The result after day one. After the…

Hi everyone, In this blog I'll show you how to give a whole new life to an old motorcycle that deserve to be taken care of, and probably save it from ending in a junkyard. How? By turning it into a Cafe Racer! Let´s start from the beginning. The donour bike is a 1985 K100 RS in perfect state. When I picked it up it only had 29.000km on the clock. Step one. Disassemble all body parts. I bet the bike already lost 25 kilograms by just removing all that stuff. The result after day one. After the…

When a workshop focuses very tightly on one model of bike, it’s usually a good thing. They get to know what to modify, and what to leave alone. And where to get the biggest bang for the buck. That’s the philosophy of the Brazilian shop Retrorides by Lourenço. Founded by brothers Gustavo and Rodrigo Lourenço and their father José, they’ve carved out a niche building very sharp BMW K series café racers—like this dark and handsome K100 RS. The Lourenços are based in a town a couple of hours…

A Different Kind of Build The 30-year-old Maarten Bressers has amazed us before with some beautiful custom BMW motorcycles. Although his preference usually went to boxer twins, the man behind Moto Rebuild decided to take a walk on the wild side, and to venture into the world of BMW inline engine […]