Bobby Haas left a giant hole in the custom scene when he passed away unexpectedly last year. As the owner and curator of the Haas Moto Museum, he was a bonafide patron of the art of motorcycle customization. And in that role, he formed deep personal relationships with the custom builders that helped to fill his museum’s halls.
With three of his builds already in the Haas Museum, Dirk Oehlerking of Kingston Custom had become a close friend of Bobby’s. So this impossibly elegant BMW R100 is particularly dear to him. Not only is it the longest custom boxer we’ve ever seen, but it was the last Kingston build that Bobby commissioned.

?I discussed a new project with Bobby and Stacey [Mayfield], his life partner and museum director, in July 2021,? Dirk tells us. ?At that time, I didn’t know what it would become?all that was clear was that it was going to be the longest BMW R100, and it was going to be Kingston’s fourth motorcycle in the Haas Museum.? ?A Kingston family; related, but each member individualistic. That was my assignment from Bobby and Stacey.?

Dirk started the project the same way he usually does?by furiously sketching out the countless designs that were milling around in his head. Then he stripped the bike down, and set up big cardboard sheets against the chassis, to sketch everything out at a 1:1 scale.
Next, Dirk fleshed out his ideas with construction foam. Inspiration came from the 1930s, ?when high speed, aerodynamics and ele...