The classic BMW R-series boxer stays a perennial favourite amongst {custom} bike builders. However there’s a draw back to its recognition; with so many {custom} boxers on the street, it’s arduous to construct one that really stands out.
This beautiful 1978 BMW R100/7 from Japan’s Heiwa Mc doesn’t depend on wild engineering or loopy fabrication to seize consideration. As an alternative, it’s the small particulars that distinguish it as a master-built machine.
The temporary for this mission was acquainted territory for the founding father of the Hiroshima-based workshop, Kengo Kimura. His buyer wished a good-looking avenue bike with Racer espresso underpinnings and ease as a guideline. That meant retaining recognizable components just like the OEM gas tank, however nipping and tucking every part else.
Kimura-san responded with an array of considered mods and refined finishes, exhibiting the type of restraint that’s turn into a trademark of his work.
Perched behind the gas tank is a three-quarter-length saddle, stylishly upholstered by common Heiwa collaborator Ya Seat Customized. Kengo fabricated a brief subframe to assist it, bolting it to the principle body by way of new mounting tabs. With a kicked-up rear loop and built-in turn-signal brackets, the rear part boasts better-than-factory finishes.
The tail’s completed off with a neat fender, supporting an LED-equipped Heiwa MC taillight. You’ll discover a pair of repurposed Kayaba shocks with progressive springs decrease down.
Expertly wedged between the seat and the boxer motor’s airbox is a hand-crafted electronics field. Kengo minimize, bent, and welded it collectively out of aluminum, earlier than smoothing the welds and shot-blasting it to create a forged iron end that matches the engine casings.
The field holds the battery, key wiring elements, and a tool for Japan’s digital toll assortment system. It additionally hosts the BMW’s ignition barrel on its left-hand facet.
Transferring to the entrance of the bike, Kengo crafted a set of stylish braces to carry a custom-made fender. The forks had been shortened by a few inches, whereas the lowers had been handled to the identical shot-blasted end because the battery field. The inventory wheels and brakes had been refurbished, with Waveway Ovalmaster tires including a traditional contact.
A 4.5” headlight sits larger up, mounted to a elegant bracket that attaches to the underside of the highest yoke. (An identical bracket hides underneath the underside yoke, supporting the entrance flip indicators.) A small speedo sits off to the facet, with handmade drag bars mounted to the unique BMW bar clamps, and fitted with new grips and vintage-style switchgear.
N2 Auto was known as in to execute the BMW R100/7’s paint job—a timeless mixture of sand beige and black pinstripes. Heiwa’s signature flying pigeon brand adorns the gas tank, whereas gloss black powder coat covers the body.
The R100/7 is completed off with a pair of slim reverse-cone mufflers, fabricated from scratch to match the swish strains of the bike. As we’ve come to anticipate from Heiwa, each inch of this stylish boxer restomod works in good mechanical concord.
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