Dirty 30: Bolt Motor Co.’s BMW street scrambler
We’d love to peak behind the curtain at Bolt Motor Co. Shop boss Adrián Campos is also the sporting director for Campos Racing, and Bolt is based out of the race team’s Valencia workshop. So there’s no shortage of engineering prowess or high-end equipment on hand.
Even though Campos Racing works with competitive and modern race machines, Bolt Motor Co.’s deal is older bikes. But each bike that rolls out of their workshop is tastefully executed, well-specced and clean enough to eat your tapas off.
For their 30th build, Bolt have taken a humdrum early 80s BMW R100 RT, and turned it into an edgy street scrambler. It’s a trifecta of sharp lines, perfect stance and tasty upgrades?with a little parts bin digging sprinkled in for good measure. The goodness starts up front, with the upside down forks and triple trees from an MV Agusta Brutale. Bolt stripped the paint off the fork legs and refinished them in silver, then added a small plate with their logo to the bottom yoke.
But that was a cakewalk compared to the work that went on out back. This classic boxer now sends power to the rear hoop via the more beefy final drive from a newer R1200R.
Matching a newer shaft to an older motor has been done before, but it’s a laborious task that involves clever splicing of components.
As if that wasn’t enough work, the R1200R swing arm is single sided and set up for a mono-shock. So Bolt removed the R100’s entire subframe, then weld...
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