Some builders search far and wide to find the perfect donor. But, sometimes, the right bike literally rolls through the door.
This BMW belonged to a 75-year-old Swiss gentleman who had just decided to hang up his helmet. So he took his R75/7 to his local dealer and asked them to sell it for him. That dealer just happened to be Stucki 2Rad?and the Beemer just happened to be perfekt for their VTR Customs division.

Shop boss Dani Weidmann had been itching to build a flat track-inspired airhead?and the BMW fit the bill perfectly. ?I hope the gentleman doesn’t read the custom magazines, though,? he says devilishly, ?because we promised him we’d treat his lady with respect!?
Dani quickly drew up a to-do list for his idea of a super-clean tracker: ?A very small and ultra-slim gas tank, number plates and flat track handelbars. And everything which was not absolutely necessary stripped away.?
VTR Customs got the ball rolling with a beat-up old Kawasaki KH125 gas tank, found on eBay. They repaired it, reworked it to fit the BMW’s frame, and then built in a cute little fuel gauge at the back end. Then they added a flush, pop-up gas cap (originally intended for a Harley) to finish it off.
The subframe’s been drastically reworked and capped off with a hand-made alloy tail section, complete with a tidy LED tail light embedded out back. There’s a modest seat up top, upholstered by Yves Knobel in a stunning mix of leather and perforated suede.

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