Shock Of The New: This BMW is Hookie’s First Modern Build
Any garage accustomed to working on older motorcycles has to shift their thinking when customizing a modern machine. With a brand new bike, there’s zero restoration work to be done?but there’s also a whole whack of modern gadgetry to work around.
Our friends at Hookie Co. in Dresden, Germany tackled that learning curve recently. A Swiss customer handed them a BMW R nineT?their first modern donor?and asked them to give it a more classic look.
?The only input from the client was inspiration,? says head wrench, Nico. ?It was the Brough Superior SS100, which has a very specific design. I was really hooked on this idea, and looked forward to customizing my first R Nine T.?
Like any other Hookie Co. project, the build kicked off with a full tear down. But when the guys saw the masses of wires and mysterious electronic boxes stashed under the tank, they knew their work was cut out for them.
They quickly decided to leave the ABS, fuel pump and airbox right where they found them. And they picked an off-the-shelf Arrow exhaust?a muffler with a connecting pipe?so that the R nineT would run (and sound) great without any additional fettling.
The client was also pretty chuffed with the stock brakes and suspension, so that left Hookie free to focus on design, ergonomics and the finer details. So Nico decided to challenge himself: this is the first project where he’s worked with aluminum, and the first where he’s built his own fuel tank.
?It was my personal ...
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