Written by Andrew Jones
Think you love custom bikes" Then consider the work of Poland’s Jacek Mulak. After spending most of 2017 considering whether or not to close his business and ?get a real job,? he went the crowdfunding route to try to raise some capital so he could continue working. As Europe descended into one of its harshest winters in years, Jacek began to realise that the crowdfunding project was, as he put it, ?A disaster.? His solution" He put everything aside and did what he loves best; he braved the cold and the despair and built a cafe’d BMW K100 that’s arguably Cardsharper’s best custom yet.

?Let’s skip the part about my shop,? says Jacek, half jokingly, half serious. ?You know how things are with me. This may well be the last motorcycle I will ever build.? For those not in the know, Jacek?s shop, Cardsharper Customs, is located in Lublin, in Poland’s east on the Bystrzyca River. The city?s average January temperature" A balmy -1°C/30°F. ?And the shop’s crew is just me.?
And if you’re thinking that there’s something a little different about this particular flying brick, it’s probably because it was a hybrid of sorts even before Jacek got his cold little hands on it. ?Basically, it’s a BMW K100 LT from 1990, but the gas tank is from a K75 which was the way the client originally bought it. I like the lines of the K100 tank, but the K75" Not so much. I realised that on...