Written by Martin Hodgson
In the world of custom motorcycles, perhaps the only thing as interesting and as eclectic as the machines themselves are the people who build, buy and ride them. A more diverse group you are unlikely to find, and one of the leading characters who manages to still stand out in such a crowd is Mr Krautmotors. Rolf Reick to his parents, the head honcho of Germany’s Krautmotors. From organising events to building electric drag bikes – he’s done it all. Now the man with the big personality has built a special bike to match his changing moods; by the end of the year it’ll have worn at least five sets of clothes. It’s a BMW R nineT called ?Little go Beep? that can transform from cafe racer to tracker in the blink of an eye.
For those regular readers of Pipeburn you’ll know Rolf as the owner of an incredible 1937 BMW R5 drag bike that he built as he tells it ?to take part in a race I invented a few years ago and organise ever since. The race is called ?Starr Wars? ? a sprint race solely for bikes with rigid frames.? Its all part of the Sultans of Sprint travelling circus that works its way across Europe each summer; but it turns out racing just one bike wasn’t enough for our man Rolf. So to compete in the hotly contested ‘Factory Class’ races, a helping hand from BMW saw this 2017 model in his shop.

But while sitting in the Krautmotors HQ he had a genius idea, ?There will be five races this year and ...