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Slick Brick: TooHard re-engineers the BMW K75



You never know what to expect from TooHard Motor Co. A few months ago, the Spanish garage wowed us with a stunning Gixxer restomod; before that, we saw a Triumph Trophy bobber and an R9T café racer.
This time, they?ve turned up with a K75 that looks nothing like the machine BMW launched in the mid 80s. But after checking out the spec sheet, this build will certainly handle much, much better.

The K75 series was a mainstay of the BMW range for just over ten years. With a three-cylinder engine, Bosch fuel injection and 75 horsepower on tap, it was a pretty good middleweight bike?but it never really took off in Germany.
Spain was one of the biggest markets for the K75, and there are plenty of secondhand examples around the Iberian peninsula.
The most obvious mod that builders Jose and Bea have made is the tank: the bulbous, oddly-shaped stock item has been switched out for a classic R80GS unit, which had to be modified internally to get it to fit.
The real engineering is in the suspension department, though. TooHard have installed GSX-R forks, with a custom-designed and CNC-machined top yoke to hold everything together.

At the back, the swingarm, shaft drive and linkages from a K1100 have been cleverly grafted on. It?s a much beefier and more sophisticated setup, with a new Öhlins shock providing much-improved damping.
The looks remain distinctly retro though, helped by spoked R1150GS wheels front and back. At F19/R17, they?ve gone up a size at the front and down a si...
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