The donor bike here is a BMW R100 RT01 from 1984.
We were commissioned by the French Insurance Company La Parisienne.
We wanted to go for something brutal, radical and never seen before with a BMW basis.
We hope we reached this goal.
Photos: Gary Jézégabel.
BMW
This Suzuki DR 650 has been the property of its current owner for the last 10 years.
He had not used it for the last 5 years, though.
He came to us to see if we could not turn his old lady in something more... brutal and unique.
We are really proud to say he immediately fell in love with his new toy for big boy.
Totally reconditioned of course.
Photos: Stéphane Pelletier.
Suzuki
The owner of the R75/6 wanted a bike he could use a bit "off road".
One of the best vintage off road bike, to us, is the Husqvarna CR 240.
The funny thing here is that when we started this project, Husqvarna was still the property of BMW Motorrad.
We tried to imagine the love child they would have had.
Photos: Stéphane Pelletier.
BMW
Even though this TW was finished very recently, we named it "Zero".
Because this bike is in fact the very first TW we ever worked on. 5 years ago.
Since then, we increased our knowledge and we naturally offered its owner an upgrade, which we judged necessary.
We can be nice sometimes, can't we?
Photos: Gary Jézégabel.
Yamaha
This bike was commissioned by a UK citizen (living in London).
We never met the owner of this bike until he came and retrieved it at the workshop by himself.
He made it clear when he first talked to us: "No red on my motorcycle".
It seems we have been behaving a bit...
But given the look on his face when he discovered the "Uk Tracker", we were right to follow our instinct.
BMW
We did not want to go for a "déjà vu" café racer bike on this project.
Of course the seat and tank remind you of the dogmatic aesthetic rules of what a café racer should look like.
But take a closer look and you will see how different the "Tuxedo" is.
Yamaha
You must have, like us, some day, crossed the path of an incredibly ugly and still reliable bike.
The Honda CM 125, to us, belongs to this category.
We were inspired, in a way, by the famous 750 HD XR Dirt Track for this project.
And we guess you should understand why we called it "Orange Mécanique".
Honda
The donor bike here is a '91 HD Sportster.
Its owner wanted something unique, chic and inspired by the board track bikes.
For this one, and for this one only, we accepted to have a full paint job done on the tank we decided to adapt on the bike.
Harley Davidson
This Yamaha 500 SR has been rebuilt for a girl.
She used to race drag bikes back in the days. We wanted something strong and raw.
But not without a touch of "féminité". You should find it out in some details we placed in the project...
Yamaha
When an English gentleman came to see us and asked us to build a relibale bike for him, we immediatley thought of a BMW.
But being proud of his English citizenship (and being born in Birmingham) we had to find a way to mix German reliability and English "chic".
We assume this "BSW" makes the job!
BMW
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