The transformation and motorcycle customization in Spain that Lord Drake Kustoms has carried out in his cafe racer workshop in Malaga in recent years, have a remarkable characteristic: they are all of different styles and brands.
In short, it is very easy: you can find the cafe racer of your dreams at Lord Drake Kustoms regardless of the brand, model or style of custom bike you want.
More and more custom bikes are coming directly from the Harley Davidson dealer to Lord Drake Kustoms’ workshop to receive a brutal modification or transformation for a cafe racer,bobber and even scrambler style.
The market is changing and Harley motorcycle owners are no longer satisfied with owning a Harley Davidson; now they want something more, they want a custom and unique Harley.
Each of these bikes, coming directly from the Harley Davidson dealer, adopt styles that can range from the most classic custom or chopper motorcycle to the most recent trends such as baggers…. And for the most daring, cafe raceror even scrambler modifications.
For all this, many lovers of the legendary American motorcycle brand, as soon as they buy their new motorcycle at an Official Harley Davidson Dealer, decide to bring it to some of our Harley customization workshops in Spain (Malaga)or the United States (Miami).
Especially in Miami, we do not stop collecting motorcycles at the Harley Davidon Peterson’s dealership or atAlligator Alley Harley in Sunrise; all of them from the Harley Davidson touring range (especially Road Glide and Street Glide models) to undergo a Bagger transformation.
However, in Europe, the new motorcycles that come to us from Harley Davidson dealers such as Siebla Málaga (Spain) or Capital Brussels (Belgium) are usually from the Sportster range, customers are looking for more cafe racer or bobber transformations and on rare occasions a scrambler.
This is mainly due to the fact that the culture of transformation and customization of motorcycles in Spain or other European countries is totally different from the American one.
In the end, it doesn’t matter if it’s a Harley Davidson cafe racer, a Sportster Bobber or a Road Glide Bagger… what matters is that they want unique custom bikes and for that they entrust their new bikes to Lord Drake Kustoms.
In this post you are going to know some of the Triumph modified and transformed by Lord Drake Kustoms in Spain and Miami. As there are many jobs we have done with these motorcycles, we have chosen only 5 models, all of them customized with Triumph BonnevilleT100 bases.
Triumphs modified by Lord Drake Kustoms
The first is a Triumph transformation made for a client who lives very close to Alicante (Spain). The name of this custom motorcycleis “MARDANIS” and it is the third custom bike in this series made with a 2007 Triumph Bonneville base and scrambler style with brat airs.
The second is a modification of the Triumph cafe racer made for Tom Kaulitz (guitarist of the world famous group Tokio Hotel). This motorcycle was transformed in our custom workshop in Miami and currently you could see this custom motorcycle in Hollywood or on other streets of Los Angeles (USA)where its famous owner temporarily resides.
The third is a beautiful Triumph Brat transformation made in our customization workshop in Spain, with many elements of a Triumph scrambler modification. Its owner (a girl from Madrid) is a lover of cafe racer motorcycles and it was very clear that a Bonneville was going to be hers.
The fourth is a custom motorcycle in our cafe racer workshop in Spain for an official Triumph dealer in Belgium. It is a Triumph Bonneville T100 with Scrambler modification and very radical airs and very daring colors.
And finally, we are left with the very elegant and classic style Triumph cafe racerwith Brat tints for an English customer. All black and small details in gold have made this modified Triumph one of our favorite works made with Bonneville T100.
Whatever your favorite is or if you have your own idea of a custom motorcycle, you already know where to transform and modify the Triumph cafe racer of your dreams: At Lord Drake Kustoms. And remember that no matter where you live, we ship cafe racer bikes all over the world!
Do you have doubts?… Not sure whether to choose a custom Triumph Bonnevillecafe racer, brat or scrambler motorcycle? The truth is that at Lord Drake Kustoms, we have it very clear: the one you like the most!
The transformation of Triumphcafe racermotorcycles is growing little by little, especially in countries like Spain. And at Lord Drake Kustoms, our favorite is the Triumph Bonneville, because for us it is one of the best bikes to customize.
To a Triumph Bonneville you can make a cafe racer, brat modification or go to the extreme and make a scrambler or flat track motorcycle transformation.
Fran Manen, owner of LDK, began by transforming Triumph motorcycles in Miami(where he currently has one of his cafe racer workshops) since many of his clients there are great lovers of the English brand’s motorcycles. However, in Spain the modification of Triumph has cost more work and it was not until a couple of years ago that it really began to be in great demand.
The transformation of Triumph into a cafe racerin Spain and the rest of the world is mainly possible, thanks to the Bonneville model, which due to its geometry and its chassis allows for customizations of motorcycles of almost all styles.
The customization workshops and the customers who love custom bikes themselves have gradually discovered the potential of the Triumph Bonneville when it comes to obtaining an authentic cafe racer motorcycle.
Thanks to the Bonneville, customizing a Cafe Racerstyle motorcycle in Spain is somewhat easier (compared to the BMW cafe racerfor example), since this motorcycle is easy to find in the second-hand motorcycle marketand they are also in a been very good and at very competitive prices.
In this post you will see some of the transformations and modifications ofTriumph Bonnevillethat Lord Drake Kustoms has carried out in Spain and the United Statesfor customers around the world; and you can see that it is a motorcycle that lends itself to almost everything.
The transformation and modification of BMW motorcyclesdoes not stop growing around the world, but sometimes achieving the cafer racer of your dreams with a BMW motorcycle of the R or even K series, begins to be more and more difficult due to the shortage of motorcycles BMW in good condition.
The amount of work in the modification of BMW cafe racer motorcycles carried out by motorcycle transformation workshops and even individuals has led to the second-hand market for these motorcycles becoming scarcer, expensive and of poorer quality.
Now Lord Drake Kustoms customers, don’t have to worry about searching BMW R100 or K75 motorcycles (for example) to be able to get the cafe racer of your dreams; as we take care of finding the base bike for you and also putting it fully ready before doing the customization work in the cafe racer or scrambler style.
The incorporation to our team of two mechanics specialized in BMW motorcycles and having our own motorcycle painting and sandblasting service allows us to completely disassemble a BMW to restore it thoroughly, both mechanically and aesthetically; before making the cafe racer modification that the customer wants.
This allows us to provide a specialized workshop service for BMW motorcycles, as well as cafe racer or scrambler modifications and transformations. And of course all this with their respective mechanical and cosmetic guarantees.
It doesn’t matter if a BMW R100 cafe racer or a BMW K100 scrambler. Now you just have to worry about ordering us the scrambler or cafe racer of your dreams regardless of the custom BMW motorcycle you want, because Lord Drake Kustoms takes care of everything: purchase of the motorcycle, set-up, transformation and modification, homologation and ITV, transfer and delivery to your home.
It is difficult to choose between the best BMW cafe racer customized by Lord Drake Kustoms; because the transformation and modification of BMW motorcycles in Spain that we have carried out in the last 5 years is very wide and varied.
The BMW cafe racer modification has many variants, starting with the bases to be used which can be BMW of the K series or BMW of the R Series. In our BMW preparation workshop in Spain we have carried out customization work on BMWR100 models. r80, r65, r45, r100r, r80r, r1100s, r1150, r850r and r1200s; and of course BMW K100 and K75.
In this post, we have tried to choose some of them as an example of how we can make the cafe racer of your dreams a reality with a BMW R or BMW K base, even mix different styles of motorcycle customizations such as the Brat, the Scrambler and the own Cafe Racer.
BMW Cafe Racer customized
In 2013, Lord Drake Kustoms opened a new cafe racer workshop in Malaga (his second headquarters, after the one he has in Miami); And this meant that Spanish and European customers could more easily access the modifications and cafe racer bikes that LDK used to make with BMW bases since its inception in the United States.
The increase in orders for cafe racer motorcycles was so great after the opening of the motorcycle customization workshop in Spain (and especially BMW and Triumph modifications), that we are currently preparing the opening in Madrid, of what will be our third transformation workshop of BMW motorcycles (along with that of Miami and Malaga).
Surely, you have seen one of our BMW cafe racer or the motorcycle of your dreams in magazines like Cafe Racer World or other internationally famous magazines; as some of the BMW café racer that we have modified in recent years have set trends and been very successful
And of course, if you visit our custom motorcycle section on our websiteyou can discover where to customize your Cafe Racerstyle motorcycle in Spain and order the cafe racer of your dreams with just one call.
Although for us, the important thing is not the size of a custom motorcyclecafe racer workshop. What is truly important is the quality of the motorcyclemodification and transformation work carried out and the quality of the service we offer to our customers.
It is true that due to the large number of custom motorcycle orders we have and to maintain a high level of quality in our cafe racer motorcycle modification work in Spain, we have had to expand our facilities. But that is just one of the many points that can influence when making good motorcycle customizations in Madrid, in Malagaor anywhere in the world.
In this post you can see numerous images of how our new cafe racer temple in Spain has been, specifically in Malaga: custom workshop area, cafe racer store, manufacturing and painting area and parts, exhibition of custom motorcycles of scrambler styles, brat, etc.
New cafe racer workshop in Madrid
We are currently working on remodeling the premises that will be our second cafe racer motorcycle workshop in Madrid, which we hope to open very soon and which will allow us to provide a better service to all lovers of custom motorcycles in Spain.
More advanced machinery and tools, more square meters of surface, but the most important thing in Lord Drake Kustoms, is the skilled workforce and the passion for this job: motorcycle transformations regardless of whether it is a simple modification ofBMWR100, a Triumph cafe racercustomization or a Harley Davison Bobbermakeover.
Currently, LDK has two motorcyclecustomization workshops located in Spain (Malaga) and in the United States (Miami, which was the brand’s first workshop and the one that has given it a boost worldwide).
The constant increase in orders and orders for BMW or Triumphcafe racer motorcyclesfor customers from the entire northern half of the country and especially from the capital, has led to the decision to open a third cafe racer workshop in Spain.
We are already working on the preparation of the facilities of what will be the new temple of the motor and the cafe racer in Madrid and that will have a modification and transformation workshop for BMW, Triumph, Harley Davidson and any other brand.
In this new motorcycle modification workshop in Madrid, we will work on all styles: Cafe Racer, Scrambler, Brat, Bobber, etc; and we will be specialized in the customization and modification of BMW R, Triumph Bonneville or Harley Davidson Sportster models.
And of course we will have a place where all lovers of the world of custom motorcycles and motorcycles in general can meet, have a coffee and talk about what we like the most: motorcycles, cars and everything that has a gasoline engine!
Despite the fact that the current situation caused by COVID-19 has delayed the work of our new premises a bit, we continue to advance little by little and we hope very soon to invite you to visit the new temple of cafe racerin Spain that we are preparing with great enthusiasm.
The customization of cafe racer bikes with Harley Davidson bases is not very common, however Lord Drake Kustoms has been one of the pioneer companies in the transformation of Harley into a cafe racer.
In 2009, the owner of Lord Drake Kustoms (Francisco Alí Manén) wanted to customize a motorcycle with a Harley Davidson base that would not turn out to be the typical bobber,chopper or custom motorcycle, which were made to date with the legendary bikes. American brand.
He wanted to show that Harleys could also be transformed into other, more current styles of custom bikes such as the cafe raceror the scrambler. And this idea by Fran Manen and without thinking, was the beginning of a new trend in the world of Harley Davidson transformations.
LDKbegan to take a turn in its motorcycle customization workshops, to start transforming Harley Davidson motorcycles into cafe racer style motorcycles that was something unthinkable until now; since the cafe racer was something typical of motorcycles of Japanese or English brands.
LDK Cafe Racer bikes
And the best way to start this turn and show the world that the transformation of Harley Davidsoninto cafe racer motorcycles was possible to do it with a Harley model that was not usual for this type of motorcycle modification: specifically we talked of the Dyna Low Rider model.
Dyna “Red Baron”
With this Dyna Low Rider (called “Red Baron”), Lord Drake Kustoms became one of the first motorcycle customizers in the world to carry out the cafe racer transformation of a Harley Davidson with a Big Twin engine.
And proof of this is that this custom motorcyclein its first public appearance, which was at the prestigious Custom Bike Show Rat’s Hole in Daytona Bike Week in 2013, caused such a furor that it was the winner of the world-renowned bike show in the cafe racer category where it competed. with numerous cafe racer motorcycles of English and Japanese brands .
Fran Manen presenting the Red Baron at Daytona Bike Week 2013
Then this Harley Davidson cafe racer won in all the custom bike shows in the United States in which it was presented, including another edition of Rat’s Hole held in Leesbug (Florida) where it was once again chosen the best cafe racer motorcycle.
The “Harley Red Baron Cafe Racer” ended up on the cover of the prestigious Iron Works Magazine (USA) and was covered or appeared in other magazines such as Biker Zone Magazine (Spain), Dream Machines (Germany) or American V magazine (U.K)
Red Baron was featured on the international magazine Iron Works
From that moment on, Lord Drake Kustoms began to stand out worldwide for his work on transforming Harley Davidson motorcycles into cafe racerand there have been many Harleys that have been modified to this day in their motorcycle modifications and transformations workshops in Spain(Malaga and Madrid) and the United States (Miami).
And of course we cannot forget the impressive Sportster cafe racer “Speedster”, with which Fran Manen was proclaimed Runner-up of the Harley Davidson World Customization Championshipin 2018, at the AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building that was held in Cologne (Germany ).
Speedster
The cafe racer modifications and transformations on Harley Davidson that Fran Manen has carried out have set a precedent in the world of motorcycle customizers in Spain, the United States and many other countries and have made Lord Drake Kustoms one of the best cafe modification workshops. racer around the world.
In this post we present you thebest custom bikes and cafe racer 2020 that Lord Drake Kustoms has customized in his motorcycle transformation workshop in Spain and Miami.
For this we have made a selection from among all the motorcycles modified during a year that has been marked by the COVID-19pandemic throughout the world.
There have been more than 35 jobs and transformed motorcycles that have passed through our custom workshops in Spain and the USA in 2020 and among all of them we have chosen 15 units that we present in this post.
Among the custom bikeswe have chosen there are several cafe racer, scrambler, bobber and custom transformationsmade with Harley Davidson and BMW motorcycles mainly. Although we have also highlighted a Triumph Bonneville cafe racer with aires Brat, a Royal Enfield and a scrambler-styleYamaha XT and a legendary Suzuki GS750.
The custom bikes and cafe racer of 2020
We started the year presenting a spectacular BMW R100 cafe racer with scramblertires.
We continue with a Suzuki GS750cafe racer modified in a millimeter way to respect the essence of this style. And a Yamaha XT 600scrambler with a total transformation with flat track airs and street tracker.
And we continue with one of the star projects of the year, a spectacular BMW K1 with its own style and that has nothing to do with the typical BMW k100 cafe racer seen to date.
Very soon we were invaded by the work of modification and transformation of BMW R motorcycles, from which three precious things came out: A BMW R100 color “British Racing Green”, a mixture of cafe racer with scrambler and bobber, a full-rule BMW R65 cafe racer en in a matt blue color and one BMW R100R scrambler.
Another of the star projects of the year has been the transformation of a Harley Davidson Vrod, to which in addition to an inverted fork and a spectacular bodywork, we added a spectacular 360 rear wheel kit for Vrod.
TwoSportster bobbers continue on the list of custom Harley Davidsons. The first a totally black Sportster 883 lowwith custom tires. And the second a Sportster Forty Eight elegantly transformed with a light gray tank.
We finish this list of the best cafe racer and custom motorcycles of 2020 by Lord Drake Kustoms, with the motorcycle customization work carried out on 4 totally different brands and with a result of also uneven styles: A Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 scrambler, a Harley Davidson Softail Bobber, a Triumph Bonneville Brat and a BMW R100 cafe racer.
Unlike other motorcycle customization and transformation workshops in Spain, it is clear that in LDK’scafe racer and custom workshops, there are no limits when transforming or modifying a motorcycle, whatever the brand or style that is desired.
