Back in the 90s, if you wanted a big touring motorcycle, the BMW K1100LT was probably on your shortlist. It was the first Beemer to displace more than a liter, with a fuel-injected engine and low-maintenance shaft drive.
Compared to the behemoths from Harley and Honda, the K1100 was a technological tour de force. And despite weighing around 580 pounds dry, it was agreeably spritely on the road.

A lot of the weight of the K1100LT came from the bodywork?which included a huge fairing, panniers and a top box. Drop that lot, and you?ve got the makings of a much more nimble bike. First gear wheelies become even more of a breeze.
So we reckon this fresh-looking K (with a hint of Dakar in the graphics) will be a blast to ride. It?s the work of Jacek Mulak, who runs Cardsharper in Lublin, Poland, and the paint finish grabbed us right away.
If the name Cardsharper sounds familiar to you, it?s probably because we featured Jacek?s lovely CB550 café racer a couple of years ago. But this time, Jacek resisted the temptation to join the café crowd.
?Our client likes to ride on country tracks,? says Jacek, ?and he wanted to be able to put on (small) panniers. There are quite a lot of cafe racers using the ?K? base, so we decided to make a scrambler.?

?Also, the frame is modified so that if you want a cafe racer, you can remove everything,? Jacek adds. ?It’s easy to change the style of this bike.?
The scrambler transformation works surprisingly well. Granted, you wouldn?t wa...