BAHNSTORMER: WORKHORSE SPEED SHOP’S CUSTOM BMW R18

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/custom-bmw-r18-workhorse

[DefTrap]

I thought we'd done this one?

Anyway, looks like a nice job, not for me though, I've ridden a lowrider with a fat front, bit of rake and wide hard and it was horrid.

What's going on with the dinky brake discs?

[weeksy]

I thought we'd done this one?

It's not impossible

[Count Steer]

I'd borrow it for a day.

Those forks make scaffolding poles look elegant though.

[Bustaspoke]

I would need convincing about those brakes ,& that seat looks a bit minimalist on a bike that seems to be all about size & presence.

[Scotsrich]

The salesman up at Motorrad Dalkeith has a custom R18 in the showroom. At least I think it’s one of those and it looks much better than that. (My opinion only)

I must take a pic next time I’m up there.

Edit found a pic online.

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[Mr. Dazzle]

I would need convincing about those brakes

Without reading the blurb, where is probably says this, I think they're the multi-disc ones? ISTR they were gonna be the next great thing, in about 2002?

The idea makes sense, Aircraft use them all the time and of course most bikes have a multi-plate clutch, but it seems the advantages just aren't worth it.

[mangocrazy]

Looks quite good in a brutalist arty abstract kind of way, but there's no way on God's earth that I would ever want to ride it.

[The Spin Doctor]

Doesn't really need the side stand. Just rest it on the cylinder head.

[wull]

Doesn't really need the side stand. Just rest it on the cylinder head.

That doubles up as a pannier

[Mr. Dazzle]

I dunno how I feel about the exhausts, which I've just spotted.

So they're welded together from loads of bits, minus points. But they do seem to have put in some effort to try and grind the welds back and polish them out, so they get a few plus points for that.