This BMW R100 Bobber “BLUE” has been a motorcycle transformed in our custom motorcycle workshop and cafe racer in Spain. A custom BMW motorcycle by Lord Drake Kustoms for a very very special customer.
A 1993 BMW R100
The basis is a 1993 BMW R100 customized from start to finish by Fran Manén’s team (owner of LDK), which has become one of the best BMW transformation companies in the world.
The BMW R100 and R80transformations are very much in vogue when it comes to turning these classic boxers into cafe racer, bobber or scrambler bikes.
The hanging seat bracket, two fenders and license plate bracket are handcrafted on this bobber scrambler. The entire subframe has been removed and some elements of the chassis have been modified.
Hanging seat
A few Continental TKC80 scrambler tires, a bobber style taillight and the license plate holder, have been installed on the side, since this bike is going to the United States, where it is allowed to place the side license plate.
Continental TKC80 scrambler tires
Rear turn signals
Rear indicators led under the seat, replacement of the ignition key or heat tape for exhausts, are some of the details of this custom motorcycle.
Motogadget Tiny odometer
In addition, the front suspension has been lowered, a Biltwell tracker handlebar has been installed, accompanied by turn signals on the grips. A cafe racer led headlight, the motogadget tiny odometer and other little details like the rubber bellows have completed the front end of thiscustom bobber scrambler-styleBMW R100 from start to finish.
Its owner Fran Manen (also owner of Lord Drake Kustoms in Miami and Spain) found this jewel on two wheels… A 2007 Softail Springer Classic (the last year that Harley Davidson marketed this mythical model of the custom motorcycle brand par excellence)
The original “Olive Green” color is so exclusive and the model so mythical that Fran Manen decided to respect the original paint and only polished it to give it a new life and of course not to make a radical Harley transformation, but rather a restyling or beautify it.
The entire collection of accessories and parts of the Battistini USA brand in chrome that could be installed has been used in this Springer Custom: Platforms, Advanced Controls, Grips, Horn Covers, Air Filter, etc…
Chrome details
On the wheels the first thing was to install a fat spoke rim with a 21″ inch front and Avon whitewall tires to give a touch to this Harley Davidson Springer Olivegangster or low rider; along with a softailrear lowering kit to lower the rear end by a few centimeters.
Tires and exhaust detail
A Hollywood style handlebar or beach bar with chrome wiring and spectacular Bassani exhaust pipes are other details to highlight in this beautiful customization made on a Harley with history.
For the rest small details and above all a lot of simplicity in the work done; and above all making it clear that sometimes when it comes to customizing a Harley, it is better less … than more; and proof of this is the result of this Harley Davidson Softail customized by Lord Drake Kustoms in Miami and called “Springer Olive”.
Lord Drake Kustoms has collaborated with the Olivares Foundation to create a unique motorcycle that will be raffled off to raise funds for this foundation.
The Olivares Foundation is dedicated to helping children with cancer and their families, working to improve their lives through an assistance program of professionals with a big heart.
If you want to collaborate in this beautiful project and win a unique and unrepeatable custom motorcycle, you can participate in the contest through the following link:
Everything that cannot be seen with the eyes … is seen with the heart.
!Thank you very much for participating!
NOTE: Lord Drake Kustoms is not responsible for or responsible for the management of the raffle and / or fundraising for this campaign. All the funds collected will be allocated entirely to the Olivares Foundation and will be managed by said Foundation, which is responsible for the raffle.
If you have any type of doubt, query or claim regarding the raffle, fundraising or raffle platform, you should contact the Olivares Foundation through:
This morning, Francisco Alí Manén (owner of Lord Drake Kustoms) presented a fully customizedHarley Davidson for the Olivares Foundation and its new campaign “SOBRE RUEDAS”. This custom bike it will be raffled to raise funds so that the foundation can continue helping children with cancer and other chronic diseases.
This motorcycle customizedby Lord Drake Kustoms is a Harley Davidson, Sportster 1200model that has been transformed over several months to become a unique and exclusive motorcycle with a lot of Soul, Magic and Heart.
The presentation ceremony was held in the gardens of the La Noria building (Next to the Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga), where the Foundation has its headquarters and, of course, there were members of the foundation, volunteers and friends who accompanied the event.Andrés Olivares (president of Fundación Olivares) and Francisco Alí Manén (owner of Lord Drake Kustoms company dedicated to customizing motorcycles worldwide)
According to the president of the Olivares Foundation, Andrés Olivares, the ambitious economic goal of this Malaga entity is € 200,000 for which they will have to sell 20,000 tickets online at € 10 each. Ballots can be purchased through the following link https://www.kukumiku.com/sorteos/harley-davidson-custom/
The campaign receives the support of Fundación La Caixa, in the event represented by the director of institutions, Joaquín Ramírezand the Malaga Provincial Council. The digital marketing strategy to meet the objective of the campaign has been designed by the Malaga company WindUp. As always, the Malaga City Council has also shown its support for this solidarity campaign, and has been represented in the presentation by Laura Robles, the City Council’s social rights advisor.
The entire proceeds obtained from the sale of the virtual ballots will be used to fulfill the social objective of the Olivares Foundation, which several years ago opened its services to complex chronic pediatric patients and which intends to triple the number of families served in the next three years.
This is not the first motorcycle that Francisco made for a charitable cause, but it is the first one he makes in his native land, Malaga … The previous ones have been made in Miami where he has his headquarters and where he has customized and donated motorcycles for the Antonio Banderas charity gala in Miami where they raise funds for the children’s hospital“Nicklaus Children’s Hospital” and the “Fundación Lágrimas y Favores” … or also for the Festivals Of Speed event where they raise funds to help children’s hospitals such as the “Arnold Palmer Hospital ”(Orlando).
For some time this DUCATI 848 BLACK BEAUTY is the other passion of Paco Ventura guitarist of the rock band Medina Azahara, that after the restyling that we have done in Lord Drake Kustoms has been beautiful and brutal.
A MOTORCYCLE FOR MEDINA AZAHARA
Paco Ventura (guitarist and composer) besides being passionate about the guitar, has another great passion and are custom motorcycles, exclusive or simply original; so when he is not touring with his band (the legendary Andalusian rock band Medina Azahara) usually enjoys riding one of his bikes among which were a white Ducati 848.
The story is somewhat curious because Paco Ventura knows Lord Drake Kustoms through the networks and begins to follow us because he becomes an admirer of our work with cafe racer motorcycles, scramber, bobber, etc.; But what the famous guitarist did not know is that Francisco Ali Manen (owner of Lord Drake Kustoms) is an unconditional fan of Medina Azahara and especially of the guitarist from Cordoba for decades.
The rest you can imagine… One day Paco Ventura makes some comments on some posts in our networks, Fran Manen answers him and invites him to know our motorcycle workshop in Malaga and the thing continues to evolve until one day he contacts us privately to tell us that he would like to give a new look to his road bike.
Fran Manen is amazed to have the opportunity to work on or customizethe bike of one of his main rock idols for years. They meet in Cordoba, he picks up his bike and the rest is a beautiful story that has resulted in the restyling of a Ducati 848 which we have named “Black Beauty” (Paco Ventura’s idea).
The idea was to keep the Racing aesthetics of the bike but to embellish it especially with a paint and upholstery work. So we proceeded to completely disassemble the bike piece by piece to be restored, treated or painted after being mechanically tuned or replaced.
Matte black, gray and candy red
Upholstered with red thread stitching
From the chassis to the engine, rims and of course all the fairings… Matte black with matte graphite gray, candy red details, front suspension bottles anodized in red, etc, etc… and seats upholstered in micro perforated leather with red thread stitching.
As we always say in Lord Drake Kustoms… “Less is More” and sometimes to give a new life to a custom bike you just need to change the dress and give it a new color, as is the case of this DUCATI 848 BLACK BEAUTY, which now rolls on the roads of Cordoba from the hands of a master of the six strings, an artist with capital letters and the composer of a whole soundtrack that has accompanied many of us for decades in our lives… the great Paco Ventura.
This is the BMW R100 Bobber Scrambler “PISTACHIO” customized in Lord Drake Kustomscafe racer workshop in Spain,transformed in Malaga, for a client who was looking for a very attractive and cheerful color.
A CLASSIC BMW CAFE RACER
This completely modified BMW R100 is another example of the work that Fran Manen and his brand LDKis currently doing in the BMW transformation sector and that is leading them to become a benchmark when it comes to transforming a BMW R motorcycle into a cafe racer, bobber or scrambler.
Lord Drake Kustoms not only has a cafe racer workshop in Spain for motorcycle customization, but also has a team of highly qualified specialized BMW R series mechanics, and K series. This allows them, in addition to creating beautiful customized BMWs , to leave them behind as new mechanically and even improve many of its features at the request of the customer who is looking for a classic BMW cafe racer but that is totally reliable despite its almost 40 years old.
On this BMW R100 bobber scrambler motorcycle, the Biltwell bobber hanging seat bracket, the two fenders and the license plate bracket have been handcrafted. The entire subframe has been removed and some elements of the chassis have been modified for the installation of new YSS top line shock absorbers for BMW R.
Seat and shock absorbers
Continental TKC80 scrambler tires, a taillight and led rear turn signals, replacement of the ignition key or heat tape for exhausts, are some of the details of this custom bike.
Motogadget M-Blaze grips and indicators
In addition, the front suspension has been lowered, a Biltwell tracker handlebar has been installed accompanied by Motgadget M-Blaze indicators on the grips, an LED headlight for BMW cafe racer, a Motogadget Tiny odometer and other small details such as the rubber bellows have completed the front end of this bobber scrambler styled BMW R100 customized from start to finish.
All black paint job on the engine, chassis, tires, etc. It has been made with electrostatic powder paint by the Metalcolors company and the BMW R100 fuel tank has been painted in pistachio green (“PISTACHIO” in English) accompanied by BMW emblems in black.
“MARTINI” is the name of this customized Sportster Scrambler in our Harley Davidson workshop in Malaga and it is the first unit of a limited series of the well-known SOULBREAKER models from Lord Drake Kustoms.
This scrambler motorcycle is not just any custom Harley Davidson, it is a completely transformed 883 Sportster that has resulted in a spectacular looking Harley scrambler.
Although we are not an official Harley Davidson dealer, at LDK we are lovers of the brand and they are Fran Manen’s favorite custom motorcycles (especially Sportster models) when it comes to making a transformation, especially when it comes to making a cafe racer motorcycle or scrambler.
This Harley transformed, we started it in our motorcycle modification workshop, installing a biltwell bmx type handlebar and we have continued, modifying all the front suspension that has been adjusted in measurements and preload and the appearance has been improved with some Lowbrow Customsfork shrouds.
In the rear suspension we have chosen to replace the original Harley Davidson shock absorbers with new ones scrambler shocks with air bottle. Subsequently we have cut the entire subframe, made the scrambler fendersin metal; We have kept the Sportster Penaut gas tank and made a custom scrambler seat.
To give it the finishing touch of the scrambler motorcycle we have installed BIG SPOKE wheels for Harley Davidson andContinental TKC 80 tires, which together with the handcrafted side number plates, the Vance and Hines Tracker 2:1 exhaust pipe and the Roland Sands Design air filter have created the brutal look of this Soulbreaker “Martini”
The name MARTINI, obviously comes from the theme of the paint, which is inspired by the graphics of the rally cars that carried the famous Italian brand of vermouth. This motorcycle paint job has been accompanied by black pieces painted with electrostatic powder paint and some details in red.
This BMW R100 springer cafe racer “SURVIVOR” that we present today is the first unit of a limited edition of 10 units that Lord Drake Kustoms has begun to manufacture in his cafe racer workshop and that has left the fans of the BMW cafe racer motorcycles without words.
The idea was to create a piece ofart on two wheelsand above all acustom BMW R that had not been seen to date. It is well known to all lovers of the world of custom motorcycles, that theBMW R100 seriesarepossibly the mostdemanded and customized cafe racer motorcycles in recent years, but if you look at the end, they all have the same patterns… and almost none of theseBMW Rhave aSpringer front end!
A VERY CAREFUL CUSTOMIZATION
After several months investigating Fran Manen started from the front end and the most radical way in a BMW R100 was to install a Springer fork (something that has practically not been seen to date in any BMW R cafe racer or scrambler) accompanied by a drum brake rim for a more classic touch.
Springer fork
The other great challenge and perhaps the most difficult thing in this cafe racer motorcycle with a very retro air, has been to create another rear suspenssion system and for this, the swingarm was modified, the subframe was eliminated and the chassis was modified so that they could be installed two shock absorbers under the seat.
Shock absorbers under the seat
The following is a clean handlebar without buttons with inverted levers, a Motogadget Speedometer and a very original and totally unique button panel. Another challenge has been to modify the cafe racer fuel tank to adapt it to the chassis and then create an electrical installation that is as hidden as possible.
Handlebar with inverted levers
The bobber-type leaf spring seatsupport for BMW R, the button panel located in front of the gas tank, the license plate holder, the battery box or the rear fender and their brackets have been handmade entirely.
Brown leather, white powder paint and chrome plating combined with antiqued brass plating parts have colored this impressive BMW R with springer fork.
LIMITED EDITION
This BMW R100 springer cafe racer was originally a project that Fran Manen (Lord Drake Kustoms owner in Miami and Spain) planned to build in his cafe racer workshop in Miami(USA).
Unfortunately, in 2020 the COVID 19 arrived and Fran Manen was in Spain at that time, so due to the impossibility of traveling to the United States for a while, he decided to develop the project in his motorcycle transformation workshop in Málaga (Spain); since he (like everyone else) he didn´t know how long this situation was going to last and how long it would take to be able to travel again to Miami, his other city of residence and where his LDK brand is headquartered..
This bike is the first unit built from a limited edition of 10 units that Lord Drake Kustoms has put on sale and has been sold to a customer in Brazil. Units 2 and 3 are already sold and under construction (for clients in Madrid and Dubai). But units 4 to 10 are still available to be ordered and shipped worldwide.
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LDK owner Fran Manen designed this Sportster bobber on a 2007 Harley Davidson Sportster Low that had been in an accident. Its owner wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to repair the damage and keep it original; turn it into a single-seater bobber bike.
A dragbar for Sportster, round mirrors at the ends of the Biltwell grips, rubber bellows and metal covers between the triple clamps for Harley, a new fender made of metal in Lord Drake Kustoms and led indicators stand out at the front.
Dragbar for Sportster
Another touch is the bobber-style air cleaner and Sportster exhausts with black heat strip; and of course, later, the remapping and diagnosis with DIAG4BIKE of this Harley Davidson has been carried out.
Exhausts for Sportster with anti-heat tape
Shorter shocks and handcrafted fenders
The Harleyrear shocks have been replaced with shorter ones, the subframe has been shortened, and a new bobber-style fender for the Sportster has been made of metal.
Wheel with Fat Daddy tires
A set of custom spoked wheels (Fat Daddy) keeping the original measurements, a Biltwell solo seat, a license plate bracket with side arm for Sportster manufactured in Lord Drake Kustoms.
The painting of the Sportster Bobber GLOSSBLACK is very simple, practically the entire bike has been painted in gloss black and some of the parts have been treated with baked electrostatic powder paint of the same gloss finish color by the Metal Colors company.
Other parts
The rest of the components have been supplied by the online store of parts and accessories for Harley “Customiza tu Moto”. ¡Don’t forget to visit it!
This time we present a very exclusive custom motorcycle: A VICTORY HAMMER 8 BALL; since there are very few units of this American brand on the market and even fewer that have been modified. And this time we have done it in our motorcycle customization workshop in Spain.
Lord Drake Kustoms does not usually say “NO” and this time we have shown it with the customization of this Victory Hammer 8 Ball that his client was about to sell because he thought that it could not be modified or transformed into something more attractive.
New 21” fat-spoked front rim, fender cutout, metal spoiler keel fabrication, fully handcrafted seat, custom-made metal rear fender to leave the 240 wheel visible, license plate holder, new dual headlight , exhausts and endless details give shape to this brutal customized Victory.
Finally Fran Manen (owner of LDK)opted for a military green paint with matte black graphics… all accompanied by parts and components with matte black baked powder paint made by Metal Colors.
The upholstery of the seats and grips in brown and all the turn signals and LED tail light give the final look to a job that seemed impossible on a custom bike as peculiar as this completely modified VICTORY.
Once the modification work of this transformedVictory Hammer motorcycle has been completed,the homologation of all the reforms carried out on a custom motorcycle have been carried out, which will undoubtedly very soon be rolling through the streets attracting the attention of everyone in its path.
