There are pros and cons to picking a K-Series BMW as a custom donor. On the up side, Ks are more readily available than their immensely popular boxer-powered stablemates, and cost less. But on the down side, they’re almost terminally ugly.
To turn a K75 into something truly attractive, you need to deal with a plethora of parts that are all visually awkward. From the fuel tank to the frame, the K75 has more angles than a geometry paper?and it takes a keen eye and crafty thinking to navigate around them.

Marco Matteucci of Montegranaro in Italy clearly has the edge. He has a background as a photographer and designer, so aesthetics rank high on his list. And he’s taken the gawky late-80s BMW K75 and turned it into a slick cafe racer with a molto fresco color scheme. Marco is a fan of the ‘less is more’ ethos, so he set out to totally transform the K while still leaving parts like the stock tank, radiator shrouds and wheels intact. He focused on the rear, with a radical reworking of the K75’s subframe.

The tailpiece you’re looking at was hand-shaped from aluminum, and tapered off to resemble the head of the snake. (Hence the bike’s nickname: ‘Daboia,’ which is a genus of venomous vipers.)
Marco took the concept further by embedding twin LED tail lights as ‘eyes.’ Then he set out to emphasize the look even more, with a pair of arrow-shaped LED turn signals, hand-formed from a block of acrylic material.

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