Old BMW airheads have always been easy targets for customization. The motors are simple and easy to work on, the bodywork is modular, and there?s a solid two-decade production run of interchangeable parts to pull from. One might even say they’re the easiest bikes to build?though we’d dare anyone to call this custom BMW R69 from Möbius Garage easy.
According to builder Sébastien Beaupère, this project has been in the works for over a decade. Design started back in 2012, and the bike has slowly been taking shape ever since, in his garage in the south of France. Ten years may sound like a long time for a single project, but once you get into the details, there?s no question about where the time went.

Dubbed ‘Izarra 700,’ this BMW is a testament to what?s on offer along the road less traveled. Its recent first place win at this year?s Wheels and Waves festival in Biarritz was just as hard-earned as it was well-deserved, and the work that went into each exacting detail begs for a closer look. Take Izarra?s engine, for example. You?d be forgiven for thinking this was just another early-model boxer motor that?s been polished up for display?but what you?re actually seeing here is a bonafide singularity.

The block should be familiar to BMW connoisseurs of a certain distinction, as Sébastien sourced it from a 1955 R69. The rest of the motor, however, isn?t from a motorcycle at all?it?s from a 1964 BMW 700 automobile, which Sébastien painstakingly gr...