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