After looking for an appropriate donor for his BMW project for over a year, Marc from Haseth Motorcycles in Amsterdam finally found a 1967 R60/2 with a 1973 R90 engine conversion for sale in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The owner, an older gentleman who had owned the bike for over 20 years, wasn?t riding it anymore and was ready to let it go. ?Keeping in mind that the bike still had a sidecar and was very far from being in pristine or original condition, I felt comfortable modding it,? says Marc ? he wanted to make sure he wasn?t partaking in any sacrilegious acts for the BMW purists amongst us.

Marc?s inspiration came from other beautiful custom Beemers based on the R50, R60 and R69 frames, but he was looking for a particular mix between contemporary and rugged. ?I aimed to stay true to its 50s-60s heritage, maintaining its authenticity, but adding modern technology to improve handling and clean up the appearance.?
?I wanted to very quickly move away from the ?grandpa? setup the bike had, so I started sketching up various designs to determine the best stance and what needed to be removed all together to make the bike as ?clean? as possible.?

The first thing to get a modern update were the old cantilever front forks, which were replaced with modern GSXR inverted front forks. Also up front, the bike was fitted with Tokico radial brake calipers. ?Finding a proper spoked hub that would fit and support dual discs proved to be an interesting challenge.? Marc happened to have ...