Kingston?s classic BMWs are elegant customs that take our breath away, time after time. But there’s something we haven’t seen Dirk Oehlerking do yet; serve up one of his signature airheads with a little something on the side.
This showstopping R80 from the Gelsenkirchen workshop is the sidecar rig we didn’t know we wanted, until now. It?s not just another cool Kingston boxer?there?s just as much style in the sidecar itself.

Dirk is based in western Germany, but this commission came from Austria. The owner of the Iron Heart store in Vienna, a ten-hour drive from Dirk?s home, already has a BMW café racer from Kingston?and he now wanted a BMW sidecar in his garage.
Dirk managed to source a BMW R80/7 that already had a Ural sidecar attached. It seemed like the perfect platform to start with?but in the end, most of it ended up in the bin.
?I could not use much of it in my design,? he says, ?so I switched to the frame from a [later model] BMW R80 RT. Then I could start on the design.?
?It needed to be similar to the Kingston BMW café racer and bobber. And it had to work not only as a sidecar combo, but also as a beach cruiser?with the perfect mount for a surfboard.?

Since Dirk’s built several of his signature Beemers, he’s about to start selling the seat, subframe and fuel tank you see here. The subframe bolts right on to the R80 with zero drilling or welding. It can accommodate any of the seat styles Dirk will be offering, but here he̵...