A downtown Paris dark garage, 3 friends (Fred Jourden, Hugo and Leo), the same passion for old Harley 750 XR, Yamaha 125/250, Kawasaki W650, Triumph, BMW on which they work after hours with for inspiration the restored/modified custom bikes from Japan & Australia they read about in magazines.
No money (for now clients are friends on which they don’t make any money) and with for philosophy to break all rules and to mix parts that never met before, the trio already produced some very interesting machines. Example, this interesting 1963 BMW 2 Series. Only 600 cc, but a lot of attitude. Of course, they would like to turn their passion in a full time profitable profession. Here is my contribution. Visit Blitz Motorcycles. (photography Patrice Berry)
way cool man i really love this kind of bike good job
I kind of dig it
That power plant looks awesome blacked out. Nice work!
Very cool. A BMW with a BAD ATTITUDE.
Another promising project falls victim to the Krylon Kustom Kraze.
Ugly and pointless.
I like loud pipes.
ugh… HEY! they left the headlight alone…what’s up with THAT??
not for me bros…
Love the covers dark.
BMWs /2 are really cool bikes, I’ve got a 67 R 69S
I will be sending in pix soon.
Good work guys. Don’t ya just love rockn the BMW world! LO
Hey bleeding ears, I love loud pipes too. That’s why I knocked the baffles out of my pipes.
BMWs either ya love them or hate them. I think the new ones look like they are made in Japan. The /2 are the last of the real BMWs
Crap. This is the kind of thing you make when you’re 17; spray painting the rims and spokes while they’re still on the bike. 😀
hell,my 16 yr old built a shovel chopper that looks better than that. with all old used parts form the heap of junk i have laying around . i guess each to his own..
I dig it. Cool motor if done right.
Hmmmmm…… Knobbies on the street….???
That could be a challenging ride.
Or is this a way of making ya feel like ya had some real HP on tap…..???
(when i was a kid we did that be riding in the rain…. 🙂
-nicker-
How long is the “no rear fender and a diving board seat” fad going to last? I’m thinking if the trend continues to pickups they’ll look like this?
Click on LINK.
Wow. And here I was just telling my wife how the biker culture is probably more accepting of people than any other group I know.
Personally, I like it. I almost want to do something similar to my Ural, but then I’d have to sell the machine gun once I had no sidecar to mount it on.
There are LOTS of styles and trends I don’t care for, but every guy who builds his dream bike feels just the way about his that you do about yours. No need to belittle a bike you don’t care for. There are positives to be found in everyone’s bike. (Yeah, even stretched, flamed, aped, chromed out, wrap around fender type bikes, which, while not my style, can still be appreciated for the vision and work the builder put into them.)
@CHOPMONSTER66 — If that’s true I’d love to see pics.
@JSDiamond — Really? I painted my whole bike AND engine without removing much more than the tank and front wheel, and it turned out pretty damned well.
And finally, for you, Dave, it may even have been flat black Krylon I used. I wonder, was it STILL a “Kraze” back in ’86 when I did it?
I truely appreciate this bike. I like the way it flows together. And being done in black is truely classy, though there are many other black bikes already out there — I couldn’t and don’t wish to imagine this bike in any other color. Well done.
One ugly Son of a Bitch! Flow? About as much flow as a moutain stream through the rapids! Of course that’s where it would probably perform the best. To each his own. Wiz
It’s so ugly that it is beautiful. great job..
warrior poet , post email address and i will send them to ya ..
This is the best blog out there. Why does everyone feel they have to be so negative about every post they don’t agree with. The guys and shops featured, work hard at what they think is cool. It may not be for you but the negativity gets old.
God forbid its not another cookie cutter “custom” I give credit to anyone who does something different whether I like it or not because at least its different…isn’t that what a custom is all about??
Cyril knows very well what is the “dominant taste” for customs, but is not afraid to feature very different styles to open up the mind of his readers. You can give him credit for doing this. Best custom magazine.
I manufacture ignition systems for /2’s and have been aound them since the 60’s .Its been a long time since I’ve seen a desectarion like this one. At least they did nothing irreversable to this stocker …oops “custom” other than remove the fenders and mufflers and do a 10 buck spray can job. PS the Earles and frame are mismatched but I doubt they are aware of that.
After reading everyones’ posts I’m a little nervous to add mine. I teach my students to build what THEY see in THEIR head. Not what They see in magazines and not what they believe I would like. Over the past few years, we have seen some very unique bikes. When designing and re-engineering bikes I stess to my students that safety and rider control must be your first consideration. After that……..do what feels good, because it’s your bike, your creation.
This is a very interesting bike. Not neccessarily my style, but I like the look and it makes me want to ride it. I can appreciate the knobby tires…….here in SD I know guys who ride the backroads three seasons a year on medium sized street bikes……..knobby tires. As for the modifications to a classic…….He hasn’t done anything that he can’t reverse ten years from now when and if he decides to do a resto. Great job, nice bike……be proud of your work!
-Darin
What Willie said. peace
Chop — I don’t care to post my email address here. Can you not post the link to your photos? Here’s mine:
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o110/18bravo_photos/DSC07685.jpg
I primed it and painted the frame, brake components, and motor in my girlfriend’s third floor apartment, since it was in the dead of winter. Color matched the Marzocchi shocks, fittingly called Mars Red. Later I rented a paint booth for an hour, but didn’t have the foresight to bring wires to hang the pieces, so most of the black was painted on the frame as well. All I had was a hacksaw to chop the frame, an adjustable wrench, and a few screwdrivers. Not much compared to what’s being done today, but still, it always drew positive looks in West Berlin, which I thought was an accomplishment given to enormous number of bikes there at the Spinnebruecke. I still say the BMW looks great — Germans have always had a flare for cool bikes.
here you go warrior poet
http//:1213photobucket.comalbums/co47
LOVE IT!!!
Good bike, good luck for the builders.
Young builders needs some support from others in motorcycle world long time.
“Recession”
bad ass to the bone darlin.. congrats on adding attitude to class. i’ve got a ’56 BMW r60 that was the last bike my Dad owned before he passed. it’s been fully restored to it’s original state and sits proudly in my house. my favorite things about that old bike; the tire pump that fits snuggly in the frame, the tool kit on the side of the tank and that big ass key on top of the headlight 🙂