VTR have a rep for building some of the wildest BMW customs. There’s a regular stream of Bavarian metal rolling through their workshop, and it?s only natural: VTR is the custom arm of the Swiss BMW dealer Stucki2Rad.
They’ve turned screws on everything from classic boxers to the R nineT?and even the R1200R. But they’ve only ever built one S-series BMW. Maybe it’s because the 1,000 cc four-cylinder platform doesn’t really lend itself to run-of-the-mill customization. Or maybe it’s because the first ‘S’ build from VTR ended up breaking the collarbone of shop boss Dani Weidmann.

But the VTR crew recently started itching to build another S-series BMW. So they scanned the Stucki2Rad demo fleet, and picked out two low-mileage 2017 models: an S1000RR and an S1000XR. If you’re not familiar with them, the S1000RR is a 199 hp thoroughbred superbike. The S1000XR is best described as a ‘tall rounder’: a tourer with the same motor as the RR, but detuned to 160 hp. Both are total beasts.

BMW S1000XR ?STR10? VTR decided to tear into the S1000XR first (above). Dani had a mish-mash of ideas in mind; part supermoto, part street tracker and just a little hint of street fighter.
The XR has multiple layers of fairing and bodywork to contend with?so the original idea was just to trim the OEM parts down. But the more VTR cracked on, the more they ended up cutting away. Eventually they committed to a full-on race vibe, with no...