A 1978 BMW R100s fixed up and released back into the wild.
This bike is an absolute dream to ride. It runs amazingly smooth.
I had to go through some serious DMV hoops to get the salvaged title status back on the road with a deadline of 5 months until I incurred DMV penalty fees. I made it to the registration day with 2 days to spare.
I cleaned, restored, replaced, rebuilt whatever it needed to get it back on the road. The front end is from a spare R90/6 that I had lying around.
This bike is a blast to ride. Fast and zippy for a small bike but next to a real motorcycle, you realize how slow you are going! The restoration took about a year. I had help rebuilding the engine and transmission. A friend Adam helped me weld the bump onto the seat. Chrome, powder coat and paint were all locally sourced. Custom YSS shocks. Assembled by me. The only bummer is that I could not find the correct street Bridgestone tires to put on the bike.
This is weird. A friend sent me a link to some YouTube videos that people made with the photographs of the bike I built for Shane.
This guy needs some editing skills. Could have been shorter with the photos cropped better:
https://youtu.be/OpKEHQa5pOY
They turned me into a cover model… well, only because of the bike. Thanks guys. I’ll frame this one of these days.
And thanks to Kevin Vu and Lauren Devon for the photo shoot.
I had to have a little bit of fun with Shane to aid the surprise of getting a new, rebuilt, kick ass motorcycle.
Apparently the various truck drivers from LA, Chicago, Minnesota and then to North Dakota all thought the bike was for a girl or a very feminine man…
Shane and his new toy. Streamers were the last secret touch to a bad ass bike! Ha ha ha…
