It doesn’t take just a sharp eye or a deft pair of hands to build a great custom motorcycle?it takes both. The best custom motorcycle builders are either multi-talented folk, or they run teams that cover all the bases.
Jacek Mulak of Cardsharper Customs in Lublin, Poland is the whole package; brains and brawn. But he recently decided to level up, by collaborating with a multi-disciplinary designer to build custom bikes under a new banner. This dishy BMW café racer is their first build, and it’s a strong debut.

Jacek’s partner in this endeavor is Micha? ?wiek, the multidisciplinary designer behind MOCNO Studio in Lublin. The two are collaborating as Morfen; Micha? acts as lead designer and handles paint and finishes, while Jacek is Morfen’s mechanic and fabricator. For their opening salvo, the duo treated Micha?’s 1985 BMW R80RT to a serious glow-up. Dubbed ‘The Archer,’ the build sports a sharper silhouette, an array of one-off parts, and a timeless livery. And if you take the time to examine it closely, you’ll uncover a handful of unique details that put it a cut above your garden variety BMW café racer.

Jacek tells us that he and Micha? wanted to play with traditional café racer elements, but combine them in a way that would create something modern and aggressive. A big part of that was getting the stance inch-perfect?which the guys achieved by fettling a bunch of little details to create a big impact.
First, team M...