Marcus Walz lower his tooth within the chopper scene, however nowadays his identify is synonymous with high-class BMW boxer customs. Round 80 % of the bikes leaving his WalzWerk Motorcycles workshop are basic R-series builds—lots of them a part of the made-to-order Schizzo collection.
WalzWerk’s newest construct carries that trademark fashion into new territory, utilizing a recent donor: the BMW R 12 nineT. Offered as a café racer idea, it channels the spirit of the Schizzo line whereas adapting it to the fashionable platform, to dramatic impact.
WalzWerk’s R 12 café racer strikes a steadiness between amplifying the donor bike’s greatest bits and weaving in {custom} particulars. The German workshop cleverly ordered the R 12 nineT with a few manufacturing unit choices to make their lives simpler. Laced tubeless wheels exchange the bottom mannequin’s alloy hoops, whereas a compact digital dashboard takes the place of the sizable basic twin clocks.
With these particulars taken care of, WalzWerk began tweaking the R 12 nineT’s stance. The forks have been lowered internally and upgraded with progressive springs, earlier than being anodized black and reassembled. The rear shock was swapped out for a height-adjustable prototype from Touratech’s Black-T suspension line.
Subsequent, WalzWerk fabricated a brand new subframe for the R 12, utilizing the identical stepped design as their Schizzo bikes. In contrast to its predecessor, the brand new R 12’s rear body is a real bolt-on unit—so swapping it out for a {custom} half was a doddle. “It is very simple—virtually just like the previous air-cooled R-series,” provides Marcus.
The clear and easy traces of the brand new subframe belie simply how a lot work went into it. WalzWerk needed to make sure that it could not solely look good, but additionally work effectively with the inventory airbox and aspect covers. They now supply two variations of it as plug-and-play choices—one which accommodates the airbox, and one that features an airbox delete package—with numerous seats to match.
The saddle on this explicit construct makes use of one other design from WalzWerk’s Schizzo catalog. Known as the GT, it employs perforated leather-based and grommets to echo the upholstery on basic Ford GT40 race seats. Lengthy-time readers may acknowledge it, and the R 12’s fetching Porsche gray paint, from WalzWerk’s 1000th build.
Chikos Pinstriping dealt with the tasteful tank graphics, earlier than WalzWerk completed it off with monochrome roundels. The tank sports activities the one lick of coloration on the bike—the remainder of the laborious elements have been completed in black.
The entrance fairing is a BMW catalog half, however WalzWerk modified it to higher swimsuit their R 12 café racer. Behind it are custom-made clip-ons from the German elements specialists Wunderkind Customized, fitted with the OEM switchblocks and upgraded levers.
Slim LED flip alerts sit at each ends of the bike, mounted to the radiator shrouds up entrance and tabs on the subframe out again. A tiny LED taillight is embedded within the body’s rear loop, whereas the license plate sits decrease down, on a swingarm-mounted bracket.
Finer particulars embody a tidy redesign of the highest yoke (to take away the handlebar clamps), and a smattering of WalzWerk-branded elements. The burly exhaust system is a prototype half from Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde within the Netherlands, and contains an inside flap that controls its loudness.
WalzWerk’s modifications not solely swimsuit the R 12 to a tee, however in addition they do not intervene with its usability. To drive that time house, the bike is fitted with ultra-sporty Metzeler Racetec RR K3 tires to encourage spirited using.
In true WalzWerk style, this BMW R 12 café racer is not greater than only a lone prototype. The workshop has opened pre-orders for a restricted run of 12 bikes per yr, every of which will be tailor-made to its proprietor.
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