Some custom shops have a knack for building motorcycles that are clean enough to pass for factory specials. But this BMW boxer from the Estonian powerhouse Renard Speed Shop takes things up a notch. Not only does it look like some sort of restored off-road racing prototype, but it was also pieced together from leftover parts.
Most of what you see here, including the 1979-model R80/7 donor, was dug out of Renard’s workshop, and modded to fit together. That’s right: this one’s a bitsa.

Despite how tidy it is, Renard built this scrambler as a practical ride for navigating the many forests around their ?hood. And if you’re picking up shades of the BMWs that participated in the International Six Days Trials, you’d be right?that’s where the inspiration came from. Renard first overhauled and cleaned the R80/7’s 42-year-old motor, then mated it to the four-speed gearbox from an older /5. It’s a robust build with the airbox still in play, but the stainless steel exhaust system is new. The crew fabricated it from scratch?from the two-into-one headers all the way to the one-off muffler.

Most of the scalped parts on this build come from a vintage CZ motocrosser of unspecified designation. Renard adapted the CZ triples to fit the BMW, then mashed up the CZ’s fork legs with the BMW’s fork stanchions and internals. Other CZ bits include the 21? front wheel, its drum brake, and its intriguing rear shocks.
Renard kept the BMW...