A custom motorcycle is never finished. And if it’s a custom motorcycle for both show and race, the Lucky Cat Garage will tell you that it may take 9 lives to complete it. A bike to compete both in bike show competitions and on the track? The idea behind the SprintBeemer featured here was to build an impressive looking and very fast sprint bike (to race 1/4 & 1/8 mile sprints) based on a classic 2- valve boxer with a body and a paint scheme to disturb the competitor’ eye on the starting grid …
So, dream, wrench, weld, machine, ride and repeat as many times you can dream an improvement. A first version was completed in 2013 and successfully raced at Glemseck 101 in Germany where it won the “StaRRwars” class and the best of show award. In 2014 the SprintBeemer was ridden or raced in festivals such as the Cafe Racer Festival, the European Hot Rod & Custom Show and the Wheels & Waves Rally. Then it was fully rebuilt with more muscle to race again at the 2014 Glemseck 101.
And the new current version, the 3rd one, got a new engine, a new fairing, a new racing equipment , a new paint scheme and even a new name, The Furtherer… It won again “StaRRwars” and the Classic Boxer classes in Glemseck 101. One month later the bike entered the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building and got 2nd place in the “Retro Mod Class”, not really a category for this type of bike, but what do I know? The Lucky Cat SprintBeemer had already 3 lives. 6 more to go with a new or modified engine and body and probably a new name. Below the tech sheet before it gets updated again. The Lucky Cat Garage (photography Onno Wieringa for Cyril Huze)
Tech Specs
Frame : modified ’55 BMW R50/2
Tank: modified Malagutti moped with integrated fuel pressure and oil temp gauges, custom gas cap & guzzler petcocks
Seat: handmade aluminum, seat pan bolted on one-off seat loop
Fairing: modified (extended) Airtech Streamlining dustbin fairing with one-off brackets system
Paint: designed by Machine 17, paint job by Nico ATN
Front fork: shortened ’69 BMW R75/5 fork with custom upper triple tree
Front wheel: machined ’69 BMW drum brake / Excel black anodized alloy rim / Avon Speedmaster 19” tire
Swingarm: modified ’76 BMW R100/7
Rear end: machined (venting holes) ’73 BMW R90S rear end
Rear shocks: replaced by hidden billet aluminum adjustable struts
Rear wheel: machined ’76 BMW R100/7 hub (venting holes) / Morad black anodized alloy rim / M&H Racemaster dragslick 18” tire
Engine: highly tuned ’78 R100RS engine by Edelweiss Motorsport featuring special crankshaft, special conrods, tuned cylinder heads, twin plug conversion, special forged pistons, special cylinder, racing camshaft, lightened pushrods and rocker arms, special oil pump, one-off intake stubs for NOS foggers
Size: 1070cc
Oil pan: Mombaerts Race (Fallert type)
Carbs: Dell’Orto PHM 40
Clutch: Sachs 4 pads ceramic
Gearbox: tuned ’92 BMW R100R 5 speed
Exhaust: one-off mufflers & headers with ceramic coating
Ignition: adjustable digital ignition system
Special equipment: NOS wet system, Pingel Air shifter, MSD shiftlight, NOS purge kit
Electrical: one-off wiring with hidden fuses box and relays.
Battery from a 2013 BMW S1000RR
Race bits: Pingel handlebar controls, Scitsu tachometer, Menani clip-ons and footrests, Moon emergency tank converted in oil catch can, machined screws
I love that bike 🙂
Need more photos. Love to see it without fairing.
Trust me when i say there is no bigger fan of custom Beemers than myself .
But this one ? Errr … sorry … but from the pretense of a dustbin faring [ that historically never was very effective ] to the ‘ hipster ‘ references on the rest of the bike …. I just aint feeling any love towards this one … and never have since its introduction . A Metro Retro mash up done badly sums it up nicely . Hopefully in one of its next lives it’ll get done right … rather than trendy 😉
I think this hits the mark well for what it is built for … “a custom motorcycle for both show and race”
Nice …
Domino Dave
Are those drum brakes I’m seeing???
Drum brakes forever!
I like the bike a lot, would like it better with a different fairing. Still, very nice.
Thanks but No thanks !!!
Looks like a giant mouse…sort of…
Nothing says “custom” like a racing bike.
And nothing says “racing Beemer” more than exposed cylinder heads sporting huge carbs, peeking out from behind a “dust-bin” faring.
It doesn’t get anymore custom than that….. its way cool.
Keep-em coming……….. 🙂
-nicker-
That`s a beast!
Great design. Need to see the performance on the road.
A respectable exploration of paths less taken. Alas, some paths are less taken because they don’t get anywhere. Race / show? Ok. Have fun. I’ll be riding.
Woeste fiets!!!
Love it. The designers/builders who are brave enough to do something waaaay outside of the norm are what keep custom bikes moving forward.
The old farts that just want to criticize can stay at home and watch TV, the rest of us will be out in the garage making it happen.
Great bike.
Period and genre mashup.