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BMW R100GS ?Baja-California? by Cafemoto Forty years ago this month, the BMW GS changed the face of motorcycling. The R80 G/S and its successors reshaped the image of BMW over the decades, moving it away from a slightly staid, luxury niche into a brand popular with the overlanding crowd and weekend warriors.
This R100 GS ?Baja-California? captures that vibe perfectly, although it?s probably a little more suited to rough off-roading than most modern GS machines.

It comes from Georg Godde and Holger Maninger of Cafemoto, a custom BMW specialist based in Gelsenkirchen. It?s been a daily rider for years, and constantly tweaked and refined by the shop owners. ?The idea was to sharpen up an early Paralever R100GS,? they tell us. The inspiration came from the Joe Bar Team comics: ?We wanted to create a ?Joe Bar? style hard enduro, designed with a little more fun than the many serious HPN conversions.?
The front end has been adapted from an HP2 Enduro, including the forks, yokes, and brake system. (?Which was not easy.?) The rear frame has been slimmed down and rebuilt, to contrast with the Paris Dakar style tank. The rest of the vintage-MX plastics are from Jeroen Wijlens of the Dutch specialist UFO.

A fat 18-inch rear wheel conversion and a well-padded seat boost both comfort...