The owner commissioned Fran (Owner of LDK) two units: a BMW R cafe racer and another BMW R scrambler with the air of a retro motorcycle.
To make the scrambler motorcycle, a 1978 BMW R100 RS has been used, which arrived at the LDK motorcycle transformation workshop in Spain, coming from a motorcycle collector from whom Fran Manen bought almost twenty motorcycles ago.
Transforming this BMW R100 Scrambler
The entire original subframe has been removed and the shock absorber grip has been modified and a new Hagon shock absorber has been replaced. Later, a support was made for the floating seat, as well as the seat itself, which has been hand-upholstered in brown poly leather.
The front fork of this transformed BMW R has been kept original, although it has been lowered in height and an off-road handlebar has been installed. The original rims have been fitted with new Continental TCK80 tires.
The BMW R fuel tank has been preserved, but has been restored and an interior treatment applied before being painted and finished with the Monza fuel cap.
Previously, Lord Drake Kustoms, had customized two motorcycles of this style and very similar, but with black and gray colors. So on this occasion Fran opted to use the British Racing Green color to use as a finish on this motorcycle transformed from start to finish.
All this work has been accompanied by a Motogadget Pro digital odometer, a new front headlight, front turn signals for Motogadget grips and led turn signals at the rear, are other details to highlight from all the endless modifications that this custom motorcycle has.
It is not the typical BMW cafe racer, it is a unique customized BMW in which no detail has been left behind… A brutal and elegant BMW scrambler at the same time.
This motorcycle has been approved in Spain, thanks to our own Homologation and ITV service for converted motorcycles, which we have at our custom motorcycle company.
Data Sheet
MOTORCYCLE: BMW R100
YEAR: 1978
DISPLAY: 1000 cc
FORK: Original modified
REAR SUSPENSION: Hagon
DEPOSIT: Original restored and treated
SUBCHASSIS: Handcrafted
SEAT: Manufactured and upholstered by hand
EXHAUST: Modified manifold and tail
FRONT WHEEL: Original with knobby tires
REAR WHEEL: Original with knobby tires
LIGHTING: Headlight with bracket, indicators and taillight
SPEEDOMETER: Digital Motogadget
OTHER WORKS: painting, powder painting, grips, footrest modification, etc.
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Previously, it was a 2007 Harley Davidson 1200 Custom with a 21-inch front wheel and a 16-inch rear wheel with a 150 tire. Francisco Alí Manén decided to give it an air of Sportster 48 Bobber but with an improvement … more width at the rear with a 200 wheel for Sportster.
This bobber motorcycle has been transformed with a base that was in very good condition, coming from an Official Harley Davidson Dealer and which went directly to Lord Drake Kustoms custom workshop in Spain.
At the front, we highlight the modification of the entire original Sportster suspension, including the installation of wider seatposts for Harley to accommodate a new 16-inch, 130-wide front wheel (just like the Sportster Forty Eight models).
It has been accompanied by a 1-inch Harley drag handlebar with Biltwell grips and mirrors at its ends, the odometer has been repositioned on the side and the Sportster Penaut fuel tank has been raised.
On this Bobber-style custom Sportster Bobber Fat, we’ve fitted a Rough Crafts air cleaner, Santee L.A.F exhausts, and a matching brown-upholstered Biltwell Harley single-seater seat with the same color of the grips.
At the rear, we cut the subframe, installed 10.5-inch shocks for Harley by Burly brand, made a metal rear fender and license plate bracket. But the biggest change has been the installation of a wide wheel kit for the Sportster, which houses a 200tire.
All the accessories and custom parts for this transformed Harley Davidson have been supplied by the Customiza tu Moto store.
Being the Sportster 1200 Custom model, this Harley engine had chrome finishes, so everything has been disassembled to paint it with black electrostatic powder paint (work done by metalcolors.com), like the rest of the parts of this custom bike, with the exception of the gas tank that has been painted in pearl graphite gray.
All the work and reforms carried out (with the exception of the exhaust pipes) have been legalized through our Homologation of Reforms in Motorcycles service before being delivered to our client in Spain.
It started as a project for a cafe racer motorcycle and ended up being a very sporty and racing BMW. This is the new BMW K1 just finished in Lord Drake Kustoms’ motorcycle customization workshop.
Fran Manen (owner of LDK), has decided on this occasion to use a very special motorcycle: a BMW K1 to do what he has called one of the most impressive motorcycle transformations on a BMW K model that have been made until the date.
It is not the typical converted BMW K100, it is a unique custom motorcycle transformed from start to finish; in which no detail has been left behind… A brutal and unique BMW.
The modification process of this BMW K1
The first idea was to make a BMW cafe racer, but quickly Fran decided to change the concept and make something less seen and very radical. To do this, as soon as they arrived at their custom motorcycle workshop, the first thing they did was strip and completely disassemble this K1 that they had bought from a collector.
Work began with the installation of an inverted fork, BMW spoke rims with road tires, discs and brake calipers. Afterwards, the semi-handlebars were installed and then the entire subframe was removed and part of the chassis was cut and modified to begin to shape what would be the new rear of this spectacular transformed BMW.
The fuel tank, which is the same as that of the BMW K100 models, had to be modified a bit to achieve the radical line of the motorcycle. A new air bottle rear shock was installed, the entire rear tail and seat were installed with custom upholstery.
All this work has been accompanied by a Motogadget digital odometer, Motogadget motorcycle keyless M-Lock starting system and buttons from the same brand. Retarded foot controls for BMW K and a paint job inspired by BMW “M” series graphics.
The modified and handmade exhaust with the Spark tail gives it a Moto GP sound, a V-Rod type headlight, front indicators for Motogadget grips and Kellerman indicators at the rear, are other details to highlight from all the endless modifications. that this custom bike has.
Data Sheet
MOTORCYCLE: BMW K1
YEAR: 1991
DISPLAY: 1000 cc
FORK: Inverted
REAR SUSPENSION: WP Shock
DEPOSIT: Original modified
SUBCHASSIS: Handcrafted
SEAT: Manufactured and upholstered by hand
EXHAUST: Modified manifold and tail
FRONT WHEEL: Spokes
REAR WHEEL: Spokes
LIGHTING: Headlight with bracket, indicators and taillight
SPEEDOMETER: Relocation of speedometer and witness box.
OTHER WORKS: painting, powder painting, graphics, grips, footrest modification, etc.
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“Customize your motorcycle even if it is an old dismantled Yamaha Virago 535” … this was what they told the owner of this Yamaha Virago Bobber recently transformed by Lord Drake Kustoms in his cafe racer workshop in Spain (Malaga).
Indeed, this custom motorcycle from the early 90s arrived at our motorcycle modification workshop, completely disassembled in several boxes and incomplete because it was missing many parts; and others were in poor condition or useless.
When you come to customize your motorcycle, you must take into account something very important: Make sure that the base motorcycle to be transformed is in good mechanical condition and that it is a reliable base; and not an old motorcycle with mechanical problems and failures all over the place; Well, customizing a motorcycle in poor mechanical or electrical condition is like starting a house from the roof and throwing money away.
Having said all this, we can tell you that in addition to the motorcycle modification work, we have had to invest a number of hours in our motorcycle workshop in Malaga, to solve all the mechanical and electrical problems that this custom motorcycle presented due to having numerous components in bad condition. state or included does not exist.
What have we modified in this Yamaha Virago
Once the mechanics part of this Virago XV Bobber has been solved, we focus on the transformation and modification work of this custom motorcycle. The first thing was to lower the front fork to the maximum and put some rear cafe racer shocks, as well as change the diameter of the rear wheel, going from 15 to 16 inches.
Some parts used on this bobber bikehave been bought at the “Customiza tu moto” shop: the cafe racer handlebar, headlight with yellow optics, Biltwell grips, Motogadget mini odometers and custom exhausts.
We have manufactured the license plate bracket and the two fenders, we have modified the subframe and made and upholstered the handmade motorcycle seat.
Finally, the motorcycle has been completely disassembled to be stripped and blasted to later be painted with electrostatic powder paint or black powdercoating and the tank has been stripped and polished to later be lacquered in matte. This work has been carried out by the Metal Colors company (www.metalcolors.com).
Thanks to our motorcycle homologation service we have legalized all the reforms carried out on this beautifulYamaha Virago XV Bobberwith the air of a cafe racer.
We have called this custom bikeTriumph Scrambler “Thruxton”, because the transformation or modification of this Triumph bike has not been done with a Bonneville or Scrambler base … A Triumph Thruxton has been customized.
It is true that the result of this scrambler modification can be achieved with the Triumph Bonneville; but on that occasion Fran Manen (owner of Lord Drake Kustoms) has chosen a model that originally is the opposite: a cafe racer since it leaves the factory…. a 2006 Thruxton 900 carburetion.
LDK has carried out the transformation of motorcycles like this on numerous occasions in its Triumph modification and customization workshop in Spain and especially in Miami. This scrambler in particular, it has been modified in our cafe racer workshop in Malaga.
Customizing the Triumph Scrambler “Thruxton”
The first thing was to disassemble this cafe racer bike to start modifying the subframe, giving it more height and adding some scrambler-style tires. Note that the front wheel has been changed to a 19-inch model to give it a more Street Tracker look.
After finishing with the subframe and seat, a Biltwell handlebar has been installed and a Motogadget Tiny odometer has been installed, accompanied by adjustable levers, biltwell grips and other details up front.
The original manifolds have been protected with anti-heat tape for exhausts, an aluminum skid plate for Triumph has been installed and a license plate holder with side arm has been manufactured.
The painting of this Triumph scrambler has been very simple, since the whole bike has been painted in matt black, except for the fuel tank that has been painted in dark pearl blue.
The seat, which has been manufactured at Lord Drake Kustoms, has been upholstered with brown leather and the wheels and other parts have been treated with electrostatic oven powder paintby the metalcolors company.
Finally, all the reforms carried out in this motorcycle customization work have been legalized with our own Homologation for motorcycles.
“Japanese also have the right to be transformed… I mean motorcycles!”. That was one of the phrases of Francisco Alí Manén (owner of LDK) when he saw the result of this customization work done on the base of a Yamaha Drag Star XVS 650.
Many people think that to have a nice bobber or custom bike you have to make them on a Harley base; but we forget about some models of Japanese custom bikes that have a softail type chassis very similar to the “big twin” family of the American brand and that if they work well can result in spectacular custom bikes at much more economical prices.
On this “Yamaha XVS Drag Star Bobber” the process has been the same as on other bobber bikes they have customized at Lord Drake Kustoms… Disassembly of the entire rear and front, fabrication of rear fender and bobber seat for Yamaha, along with matching license plate bracket and front fender.
Handcrafted seat
Handmade mudguards
Handlebar Tracker
Modification of suspensions, installation of tracker type handlebars, lighting and turn signals, modification of exhaust pipes with universal tails and anti-heat tape, mirrors, grips, seat upholstered in perforated leather with rhombuses, etc.
Finally an impressive paint that combines matte black with gloss black and separated by lines in gold color throughout the bodywork. And gloss black powder coating for other structural elements such as rims, footrests, front forks, etc.
HOMOLOGATION
And once finished this “Yamaha XVS Drag Star Bobber”, we have proceeded to carry out the legalization of the reforms of a bobber bike like this one for the territory of Spain, in our department of homologations of transformed motorcycles.
Now let’s talk about a Harley Davidson Sportster 883 R that we converted into a Scrambler Street Tracker style motorcycle, a Sportster Scrambler.
After doing more than 15 or 20 units of Harley Davidson converted to Scrambler, there came a time when we were a little swamped and I wanted to make a bike a little more peculiar, which differed a little from the first units, and above all, do something for two seats.
This time I wanted to give it a little more urban style, reminding a beach style, for riding along a Californian promenade, something cooler, and that’s where the idea of the Urbantracker came from.
The process of building this Sportster Scrambler
It’s a bike that has been completely modified, from front to back, it is a spectacular work, we’ve put inverted fork, radio wheels, a handcrafted tail made entirely of metal. We’ve modified the subframe, we’ve made a mask to integrate the headlights, along with the numbers it carries, 69, also a very “hot” number, and we’ve modified the tank. All this we’ve combined with not a “vintage” paint, for the cream color it has, and we’ve given some summer touches, surfers, perhaps a little ethnics with the graphics that is in shades of turquoise blue.
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It is a bike that we have transformed into an hybrid, it is neither a Cafe Racer, nor a Bobber, nor a “retro” bike.
Due to some characteristics such as the semi handlebars, the height of the bike and the general aesthetics, we could say that it is a Cafe Racer, however, that spring seat that we have put in, has more airs of a Bobber or a “retro” bike.
The main feature of this bike is that we have incorporated, apart from modifying the whole subframe, a 200 wide wheel. A fairly considerable wheel for the sportster, which gives the bike more body and more wingspan especially when you see it from behind.
The tank and all the bodywork, we have practically left it without paint, in polished metal, we have stripped it all, we have polished it, we have given it a matt lacquer.
We’ve lowered the front suspension. We have placed a very short rear fender, to show all the wide wheel we have put it on. Exhaust, filters, short front fender.
A lot of details that have given rise to a slightly different bike with a not very defined style.
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We would say that this time, more than a complete Harley Davidson customization, it has been a restyling, since we have kept many original parts of this 2019 Iron 883, such as the wheels or the gas tank and its beautiful candy red paint.
This transformation of Harley Davidson has turned out to be one of the simplest custom motorcycle modifications that we have made and yet it has attracted a lot of attention among our customers and followers … As we sometimes say: “less is more”.
We have trimmed the subframe to turn this Harley into a single seater and we have manufactured a new very short rear fender, which we have accompanied with another trimmed front fender.
We have installed a Biltwell seat and manufactured a new side arm license plate holder for this Sportster Iron 883. Front led indicators integrated into the handlebar cones, a drag bar handlebar, metal covers for the fork bars between the triple clamps.
Biltwell grips, a Rough Craftsy air filter, exhaust tails with the original manifolds, along with other small details such as the elevation of the fuel tank; have shaped this beautiful Harley SPORTSTER IRON RED.
Regarding the paint, we have decided to keep the original color and graphics of the penaut fuel tank … a beautiful candy red. We have painted the side covers and the two fenders in matt black powder together with other parts of the bike (this electrostaticpowder painting job has been carried out by the metalcolors company)
Finally, we haveremapped this Harley Davidson with DIAG4BIKE and we have legalized all custom motorcycle modifications made by homologating the reforms made to this Sportster Iron Red.
On this occasion, we have achieved a brutal, strong and tough looking BMW Scrambler. All this, despite the fact that the R1150R models and their little sister the R850R, are perhaps somewhat complicated motorcycles to use as a basis for a good motorcycle transformation, (due to their fuel tank and front suspension system).
MODIFICATIONS
The removal of the entire fairing has been essential to start this project, as Fran Manen himself (owner of Lord Drake Kustoms) told us. Cutting of the subframe to convert the bike into a single-seater was another essential point and of course a pair of very radical tires such as the Continental TKC80.
Continental TKC80 tires
Tracker handlebar with mirrors and turn signals on the grips and minidigital odometer (all Motogadget brand) make up the part of the manual controls.
Motogadget Mini digital odometer
LED headlight
On the other hand, the oven-baked powder-coated bottles in gold, a LED headlight and a new minimalist fender give the front of this BMW R115R Scrambler a new look.
Handmade seat
A custom made seat, like the license plate support, heat tape on the manifolds and a small and more radical exhaust tail together with all the led lighting and other small details have given this imposing scrambler motorcycle look to a BMW R1150R somewhat complicated to customize (aesthetically speaking).
Other works
At Lord Drake Kustoms (as always and for all custom motorcycles for clients in Spain), we have carried out the homologation of all the reforms carried out on a scrambler motorcycle such as the BMW R115R Scrambler.
