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More and more renowned custom shops are converting old twin-valve BMWs into unique works of art. These are just a few, we'll keep adding more. In the future, the nineT may form a new basis for customising.
French custom workshop Blitz presented the third BMW R nineT conversion at the legendary Wheels & Waves Festival in Biarritz - an interpretation fully in keeping with the tradition of American flat track racers.
French minimalism combined with a good dose of power and charm. At first sight, this nineT conversion by Blitz appears to be cast in a single large, jet-black piece. The weighty and elongated self-made fuel tank is shaped to connect seamlessly with the single seat and the reduced rear with integrated LED strip. The front section has also been relieved of virtually everything, sporting nothing but a shining white race number panel.
The sound that emerges from the likewise fully black Akrapovič rear silencer with open intake manifold gives some idea of the riding fun offered by this unique interpretation of the nineT.
Shiro Nakajima, Hideya Togashi, Go Takamine and Kaichiroh Kurosu – these four names account for virtually the entire BMW customising scene in Japan. For the CUSTOM BUILDERS PROJECT they have put their heads to together to contribute their sense of fun, creativity and craftsmanship to transform four R nineT into entirely unique specimens.
VTR Customs is the custom bike workshop of long-standing BMW Motorrad retailer Stucki 2 Rad on Lake Zurich in Switzerland. Against this beautiful backdrop, owner and managing director Daniel Weidmann, aka Dani, brings custom bikes onto the streets of Switzerland and the whole world with all his heart and soul.
VTR Customs mainly builds BMW icons and R nineT custom bikes, but also converts other classics into scramblers, cafe racers and brat styles.