Marcus Walz lower his tooth within the chopper scene, however lately his title is synonymous with high-class BMW boxer customs. Round 80 % of the bikes leaving his WalzWerk Motorcycles workshop are traditional R-series builds—lots of them a part of the made-to-order Schizzo sequence.
WalzWerk’s newest construct carries that trademark model into new territory, utilizing a up to date donor: the BMW R 12 nineT. Offered as a café racer idea, it channels the spirit of the Schizzo line whereas adapting it to the fashionable platform, to dramatic impact.
WalzWerk’s R 12 café racer strikes a steadiness between amplifying the donor bike’s greatest bits and weaving in {custom} particulars. The German workshop cleverly ordered the R 12 nineT with a few manufacturing unit choices to make their lives simpler. Laced tubeless wheels change the bottom mannequin’s alloy hoops, whereas a compact digital dashboard takes the place of the sizable traditional twin clocks.
With these particulars taken care of, WalzWerk began tweaking the R 12 nineT’s stance. The forks have been lowered internally and upgraded with progressive springs, earlier than being anodized black and reassembled. The rear shock was swapped out for a height-adjustable prototype from Touratech’s Black-T suspension line.
Subsequent, WalzWerk fabricated a brand new subframe for the R 12, utilizing the identical stepped design as their Schizzo bikes. Not like its predecessor, the brand new R 12’s rear body is a real bolt-on unit—so swapping it out for a {custom} half was a doddle. “It’s totally simple—virtually just like the previous air-cooled R-series,” provides Marcus.
The clear and easy strains of the brand new subframe belie simply how a lot work went into it. WalzWerk wished to make sure that it will not solely look good, but in addition work effectively with the inventory airbox and facet covers. They now provide two variations of it as plug-and-play choices—one which accommodates the airbox, and one that features an airbox delete equipment—with numerous seats to match.
The saddle on this explicit construct makes use of one other design from WalzWerk’s Schizzo catalog. Referred to as the GT, it employs perforated leather-based and grommets to echo the upholstery on traditional Ford GT40 race seats. Lengthy-time readers would possibly acknowledge it, and the R 12’s fetching Porsche gray paint, from WalzWerk’s 1000th build.
Chikos Pinstriping dealt with the tasteful tank graphics, earlier than WalzWerk completed it off with monochrome roundels. The tank sports activities the one lick of coloration on the bike—the remainder of the onerous components have been completed in black.
The entrance fairing is a BMW catalog half, however WalzWerk modified it to higher go well with their R 12 café racer. Behind it are custom-made clip-ons from the German components specialists Wunderkind Customized, fitted with the OEM switchblocks and upgraded levers.
Slim LED flip indicators sit at each ends of the bike, mounted to the radiator shrouds up entrance and tabs on the subframe out again. A tiny LED taillight is embedded within the body’s rear loop, whereas the license plate sits decrease down, on a swingarm-mounted bracket.
Finer particulars embody a tidy redesign of the highest yoke (to take away the handlebar clamps), and a smattering of WalzWerk-branded components. The burly exhaust system is a prototype half from Dr. Jekill & Mr. Hyde within the Netherlands, and consists of an inside flap that controls its loudness.
WalzWerk’s modifications not solely go well with the R 12 to a tee, however additionally they do not intrude with its usability. To drive that time residence, the bike is fitted with ultra-sporty Metzeler Racetec RR K3 tires to encourage spirited driving.
In true WalzWerk vogue, this BMW R 12 café racer is not greater than only a lone prototype. The workshop has opened pre-orders for a restricted run of 12 bikes per yr, every of which will be tailor-made to its proprietor.
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