Written by Martin Hodgson
The one thing you know about receiving an email from Titan Motorcycle Co. is you have no idea just what kind of custom bike you’ll find inside. The awarding-winning team headed up by Michael Siebenhofer and Tom Possod relish in their role of turning up to a show and delivering a bike that nobody was expecting. From their new workshop in Graz, Austria, they now have the space and technology to turn bikes out at an incredible pace, while still maintaining their exacting standards. Their latest email was opened to reveal Titan No. 2 affectionally known as ‘The Shark’, a BMW R that’s ready to take a large chunk out of the competition.

Even in the earliest days at their old workshop, Michael and Tom were never afraid to go against the grain. Happily reversing cylinder heads, fitting off-road rubber to big power street bikes and using designs and colours that set them out from the crowd. A cookie cutter operation this is not, but they also have an absolute commitment to quality and every bike that rolls out of the workshop operates exactly as you would expect a motorcycle to do, even if it looks crazy doing it.
For the shark build they dived into their enormous collection of mainly ’70s and ’80s bike parts and came away with enough from a BMW R45 and R75 to piece together the basics of one functional motorcycle. The fundamentals of the design they call a ‘stealth fighter’ and it all works around the fram...