BMW R80GS M-E 49
BMW R80GS M-E 49
BMW R100/80GS 170KG
“This was an adventure motorcycle that would do the daily adventure through the city traffic, the weekend adventure out to a national park with a bit of off the beaten track thrown in, and the expedition from Cairo to the Cape.”
www.bikebound.com/2018/12/20/bmw-r80gs-enduro
This was no idle marketing — a year after the bike’s introduction, legendary racer Hubert Auriol won the Paris-Dakar rally on an R80G/S, and the G/S would win again in 1983-1985.
Enter Antoine Meister who built this 1991 BMW R80GS for the 2018 Swiss MOTO Show. Inspired by old trials bikes, their concept was simple:
What’s more, Switzerland is very strict with regulations on custom motorcycles, barring nearly any frame modification. However, Antoine Meister has his specialty in custom rear subframes for vintage BMW bikes — the only ones certified in the entire country. In this case, a chromed subframe stands out beautifully over the single-sided swing arm and Wilbers rear suspension.
Here are the specifications of the modification:
The Aluminium Mudguards
The tank
The seat: designed specially for the bike
The frame: treatment chrome, special rear subframe that are our specialty in Switzerland because we are the only one who certified on the road our bike (very hard to do here).
Engine:
flat black powder coated
brushed heaters top
camshaft 336
camshaft Sport Follower
cylinder kit siebenrock
lighter flywheel
Special stainlessteel exhaust
Brembo front brakes and pump
320mm disc
Trial handlebar
The rear shock: Wilbers