These days, any mention of a ‘scrambler’ usually sparks a fervent debate about what exactly the name means. But here’s something we can all agree on: vintage-style scramblers are seriously cool.
We’re talking about those machines that actually went off-piste; duking it out at the legendary International Six Days Trial, or blazing a trail across the Californian desert. Back then they were all about function?but today they’re just as much about nostalgic appeal.

Stephen Bentley of Dust Custom Motorcycles has captured the scrambler vibe perfectly with this latest build. And even though he’s used a BMW?rather than a British or Swedish donor?it wouldn’t look out of place next to a waxed cotton jacket, an open face helmet and some Barrufaldi goggles. Steve runs Dust as a solo operation out of a modest shack in Lancashire, England. And this isn’t the first time he’s applied this style to a classic boxer…

?The designer Klaus Nienkamper got in touch in early spring enquiring about my last BMW scrambler,? says Steve. ?After I explained that it?d gone, the conversation turned to ‘Could you build me one, based on the last, but taking what you have learned and improving on it"’?
?Conversations in my world don’t get much better than that?so I built him the Alpine Beemer.?

The donor bike is a 1982 BMW R100 RS. After some deliberation, Klaus and Steve decided to leave the engine stock: ?In reality, i...