The BMW K100 used to be one of those ?awkward? bikes that are difficult to customize, but that reputation is rapidly disappearing. We?ve seen some brilliant K-series customs lately, and this machine from Germany is one of the best.
It?s owned by Murat Can of Beard Brothers, who enlisted the help of designer Ivan Lit for the build. The bodywork is especially striking; it?s inspired partly by the shape of moths, and partly by the angles of stealth jets such as the Lockheed F-117.

The tank is what grabs the attention first. It was created in 3D, and the pieces were then cut out of DC01 cold rolled steel by water jet. Ace welder Fred Flitzefuß joined it all together, and it looks absolutely stunning after paint from Dieter Bals of Big Chief.
The rest of the 1986-spec K100 was pieced together by Crooked Motorcycles of Memmingen, an ancient town in Bavaria. Builders Jakob and Dominikus have done an amazing job of translating the concept into metal, with additional fabrication and fettling to get the BMW road-worthy.
The longitudinal inline four motor is tough, but K-series bikes are also getting on in years now. So Crooked took out the motor and sent it to SW Motorradtechnik, one of the top specialists in the field, for a teardown and complete overhaul using OEM parts.
It now looks good on the outside too, thanks to a deep coat of black powder from Buschkönig Powdering?who also refinished a multitude of smaller parts on the BMW.

Once back in the shop, the fresh motor w...