Cobra: A plug and play cafe racer kit for the R nineT
We interviewed the team behind the development of the BMW R nineT a few years ago. They were adamant about one thing: the base bike should be easy to adapt to a wide range of styles. Now the German shop Hookie Co. are driving that point home, with their second plug and play kit for the nineT.
Hookie’s first ‘Moto-Kit’ had a laid-back scrambler vibe, but this new design takes a different approach. Dubbed ‘Cobra’ and available as a limited made-to-order series, it transforms the nineT into a hawkish neo-retro cafe racer?without a stitch of cutting or welding.
It’s a concept that’s been bouncing around Hookie Co.’s Dresden HQ ever since they started work on the first kit, but it took a long time to come to light. First, the crew built a clay model that was shown off at the Allride Show in Prague, late in 2019. Then they moved to 3D CAD software?spending months refining every detail, before finally starting work on this prototype.
The two Hookie kits only share one part: a 12-liter [3.17 gallon] aluminum fuel cell that slots into the R nineT chassis like a Tetris piece. It mounts to the frame’s stock mounting points with vibration damping fasteners, and uses the original BMW fuel pump.
Giving the tank area its actual form is a bolt-on tank cover. The design is aggressive, with knee indents keeping the rider’s space narrow, and cutouts to reveal the powder-coated fuel cell below.
Hookie made the scrambler versio...
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