We thought we were tired of seeing classic BMW boxers with skinny seats, but as it turns out, we were wrong. Bolt Motor Co. have just delivered an ultra-sharp bobber-cafe hybrid?and even though it treads familiar ground, it operates at a higher level than most bikes of this style.
It’s the sort of quality we’ve come to expect from Bolt. If you’ve followed their career up until now, you’ll know that they’re related to the Campos Racing team?Adrián Campos is the race director and also runs the custom shop, and the companies share a workshop. And the skills applied in the racecar division clearly bleed into their classic custom bike builds.

Stylistically, this airhead is one hundred percent what Bolt’s client ordered. ?The owner wanted a very low cafe racer, with a bobber style seat,? Adrián tells us. ?Classic but with a modern touch.? ?He had really clear ideas, and all the examples he sent us were boxer BMWs.?

Bolt managed to source a 1977 BMW R100 RT in tiptop shape, which meant there was very little restoration work to do. After a service with a new set of gaskets and seals, plus a fresh coat of engine paint, they got cracking on the fun stuff.
A big part of getting the look right involved massaging the stance of the custom BMW. So Bolt installed a set of K100 forks, shortening them by 100 mm in the process. Then they fitted custom-built Hagon shocks out back.

A pair of 16? rims were laced up to the OEM BMW hubs, and wrapped in...