Written by Marlon Slack
We?ve had more airheads through here than a cheerleading college. We?ve had bobbers, choppers, cafe racers, trackers and everything in between. So we here at Pipeburn can pick a killer R-series BMW build from a mile away. And here?s one of the best, a glorious BMW R80 by Untitled Motorcycles dubbed the Silver City.

It?s been a bittersweet twelve months for the crew at Untitled. Business has been kicking over nicely at their London and San Francisco offices, but last year their in-house electronics guru tragically away from cancer. ?It?s taken us a few months to come to terms with this loss,? Untitled?s Adam Kay says, ?and even now it feels very odd to look at Anita?s workbench and not see her there singing along to her favourite tunes.?
But the show must go on, and such a shift in the vibe of the shop has led Adam to reflect on what?s changed in the custom scene over the last nine years they?ve been running. ?It used to be we worked on mainly 1970?s classics,? he says, ?rebuilding engines and gearboxes. And that takes time and money. Now we?ve we?ve got more time it gives us the freedom to do what we really love. Design and fabrication.?

So to keep the custom bike part of the business ticking over Adam Kay is always on the lookout for potential donors. Hell, he?s got two T3 Moto Guzzis just sitting around and waiting dormant for a customer to commission something from them. So when a guy rode up to their London workshops office on a workingman?s ...