Birdcage: Revival Cycle’s Titanium-Caged BMW Boxer
Revival shop boss, Alan Stulberg, picks up the story: ?BMW came to us months ago and presented us with an engine, gearbox and rear differential drive that was never before seen.?
?They gave us very few details, but it’s obvious they have big plans for the iconic opposed twin engine. It’s difficult to fully take in and absorb in these photos, but this boxer engine is colossal.?
So how did Revival get from that ideal to this exquisite, wire-framed oddity" By drawing inspiration from an old infatuation: the birdcage-framed race cars that Maserati and Porsche famously built in the late 50s and early 60s.
They decided to go ‘full birdcage,’ and subsequently built the first birdcage-framed motorcycle we’ve ever seen.
?The best part of a BMW riding experience is generally how well balanced it all feels,? says Alan. ?So it is more than ironic, as a builder, to look down upon the bare engine, gearbox and rear drive and see just how biased everything is towards asymmetry.?
?To design around that with harmonious shapes and lines was almost easy for me. There is only one single piece of titanium rod down the middle of the bike that is centered with the wheels?and the rest fell where they fit best, flowing all around the drivetrain.?
?It all feels like pure magic when you hold the components in your hand,? says Alan, ?and it’s hard to fathom their strength to weight balance.?
The forks?and handlebars?were shaped to pay homage to another R...
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