Written by Andrew Jones
With original late 70s and early 80s BMW twins now becoming as rare as first edition Superman comics, Tasmanian Tigers or signed copies of the Gutenberg bible, builders are increasingly looking to 90s and noughties bikes as custom platforms. And while the prospect of a custom K1 may not exactly pump your pistons, it’s not all doom and gloom. Take the very millennial BMW R1100S. Sure, it’s got the wacky Telelever forks, but it’s also got the first of the modern boxer engines, a genuine 100bhp and can be had for next to nothing second-hand. And when you dump the plastics and add an old Beemer tank and some scrambler styling like Austria’s NCT Motorcycles, the end of the 20th Century never looked so good.
Business owner David says that there?s is a lot going on in the NCT workshop right now. Starting 2018 with many new projects and orders, the team are clearly grateful for all the work. ?As a result, we’ve started down the path of official approval and homologation for road service work. We’re trying very hard to achieve all the goals we?ve set for 2018 and I’m confident we are on track for a great year.?

?This particular project was for a client who had been riding this 2001 BMW R1110S for several years; he liked its handling and didn’t really want to replace it, so he decided on a little customisation project and got in touch with us.? Electing some scrambler-style inspiration as their goal, the...