Building custom motorcycles for a living sounds like a dream. Who wouldn’t want to spend all day in the workshop?getting their hands dirty and letting their creativity run wild"
The reality is, it takes more than talent and a shed full of tools to create a sustainable business; you need a good head for business too. And despite their tender years, Tom Konecny and Pablo Steigleder of Munich’s Diamond Atelier are two of the most switched on dudes we’ve met.

We haven’t heard from Diamond in a while?but that’s only because the boys have been heads down on their latest project. And here it is: a limited production run of stunning BMW café racers called the Mark II Series.
Diamond’s bikes are always radical and aggressive (we once referred to them as ?more of a swift kick to the jaw than a breath of fresh air?), but a completely bespoke machine takes time to complete. The Mark II Series is a bid at capturing that same ethos, with an end product that’s a bit more accessible.
Naturally, each Mark II starts out as a classic R-series BMW. Diamond have turned screws on a number of Beemers already, so it makes sense to go with what they know. The engines vary according to each client’s specifications, but the frames are always from Monolever models, with their single-sided swingarm.
Each bike is given new bodywork and a host of other changes. This is where it gets interesting; rather than build everything from scratch for each...