CORDON BLUR. Schlachtwerk?s Tricolour Kawasaki W800 Racer
Written by Martin Hodgson
As modern retros go, Kawasaki hit the nail on the head with their re-imagining of the W series bikes from the ’60s. In fact, the ‘new’ W’s bevel driven twin cylinder engine is even more of a classic than the original. But as an overall package they’ve always needed a little more panache and nobody does it better than the W whisperer himself, Tom Thöring of Schlachtwerk. Fresh off the back of their insane W650 drag bike, the German shop returns with No. 28, a 2011 W800 and it’s perhaps their greatest street bike yet!
For most workshops that might simply be because they’ve only built a few of a certain model but Tommy makes his living building all kinds of brilliant W series machines. From cafe racers to scramblers and some classic vintage builds he refines the Kawasaki creation in the best possible way. But when a client told Tommy his daily W was a little dull, it was all the incentive he needed to create his finest example. ?The guy owns a driving school, and is a racetrack instructor, so I think the W was a bit boring for him in the standard version. He wanted something special, with more performance, and something different, compared to my usually slimmer builds,? explains Tommy.
It all started when the client, clearly a keen biker, decided to turn his BMW S1000RR into a full on race bike. He had purchased a set of Ohlins forks and had the standard set spare ?One of his question was: are you able to ...
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