SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED: BMW K100RS by Tossa R
Written by Tim Huber.
Unlike most creative mediums, custom motorcycle building isn?t taught in classrooms, and is instead of a mishmash of semi-related skills, often acquired over many years in other careers before being applied to one-off two-wheelers. For Tossa R?s owner, Tudor Dunev, that training and preparation came in the form of an illustrious four-wheeled motorsport career of building ? and piloting ? championship-winning drift and rally cars.
The Bulgarian racer?s accolades include a VW Lupo Cup championship, five consecutive Bulgarian Touring Car championship titles, and the title of 2010 European Drift King, among many others, the most recent of which being the 2019 Bulgarian Eco Rally which Dunev also took first in. So, after spending years churning out highly-competitive race cars engineered to take on extended abuse in some of the world?s toughest environments, Tudor has applied his skill-sets to running a successful customs shop with a proven history of quality and craftsmanship.
Tudor?s operations are split into two separate divisions: there?s Top Drift Services which repairs, tunes, and preps drift and race cars; and Tossa R, which focuses exclusively on custom motorcycles. Since the shop?s inception, it?s completed a variety of BMW-based bikes, all of which bare a similar theme but are each distinctly different. And Tossa?s latest Bavarian-based build is this lovely K100RS.
Though the donor bike looked to be a fairly decent shape, its age and extensive m...
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