It's been a while since I've showed project Townsmoker on Bubble Visor. Follow me on instagram if you can't wait for these updates, ha!
After Dirtquake the GR650 went back to my brother Martin's studio in Eindhoven. We swapped the wheels with my other GR650 so I could use them on the road while working on this project. Here some progress pictures of the gastank and the seatpan that I made from some old alu piece.
80 years ago, BMW presented the R 5 to the international public - an exciting new technological development that was to influence motorcycle construction right through to the 1950s. Inspired by the factory racing machine, it was one of the groundbreaking sports motorbikes of the late 1930s. To mark the 80th anniversary of the BMW R 5, BMW Motorrad is honouring this icon at the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este 2016 with a special model: the BMW R 5 Hommage.
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