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Remember the article we ran one week ago, where we promised to bring you a bevy of high-resolution photos of the 4 BMW R nineT Project Japan Custom bikes which were introduced at the BMW Motorrad Days Japan at the Hakuba 47 Mountain Sports Park? Well, we promised, and we deliver: prepare to feast your eyes on the finest works from four select customizers in the land of the Rising Sun.
Kaichiro Kurosu, Go Takamine, Hideya Togashi and Shiro Nakajima have been selected to build four different R nineT machines and the results are spectacular to say the least. Go Takamine delivered the “Cyclone” brat-style R nineT, truly retro build which involved old Ceriani front end components, old Magura hardware, a drum front brake, and plenty of chrome details.
Kaichiro Kurosu introduced his Highway Fighter, a reinterpretation of the old R7 concept from 1937, with modern lines and a huge dose of aggressiveness to it. Fully faired and looking compact and menacing, Kaichiro’s machine also has something post-apocalyptic about it, with an authentic Mad Max spirit, though filtered through a most elegant lens.
Shiro Nakajima went for a “Clubman Racer” approach and the result is a bike which is both intriguing and spectacular. Lightweight, somehow minimalist, but never failing to be as rich and luxurious as a custom R nineT is expected to be, the café-racer is a real race-focused machine. Shiro himself says that shaving off as much weight as possible was one of the main goals, together with the aesthetically-pleasing endeavor.
Finally, Hideya Togashi presented his Boxer, a creative and alluring variation on an ageless theme. Streamlined, pure 70’s styling blends in seamlessly with the modern character of the bike’s components, while the compact, low-swung silencer integrated in the belly pan speaks of the present-day racing bikes similar solutions, linking the machines made 4 decades ago with the modern times.
Now, that we have taken a good look at all these 4 jewels, it hard to decide whether the Highway Fighter or the Clubman Racer wins our hearts.
Kaichiro Kurosu introduced his Highway Fighter, a reinterpretation of the old R7 concept from 1937, with modern lines and a huge dose of aggressiveness to it. Fully faired and looking compact and menacing, Kaichiro’s machine also has something post-apocalyptic about it, with an authentic Mad Max spirit, though filtered through a most elegant lens.
Shiro Nakajima went for a “Clubman Racer” approach and the result is a bike which is both intriguing and spectacular. Lightweight, somehow minimalist, but never failing to be as rich and luxurious as a custom R nineT is expected to be, the café-racer is a real race-focused machine. Shiro himself says that shaving off as much weight as possible was one of the main goals, together with the aesthetically-pleasing endeavor.
Finally, Hideya Togashi presented his Boxer, a creative and alluring variation on an ageless theme. Streamlined, pure 70’s styling blends in seamlessly with the modern character of the bike’s components, while the compact, low-swung silencer integrated in the belly pan speaks of the present-day racing bikes similar solutions, linking the machines made 4 decades ago with the modern times.
Now, that we have taken a good look at all these 4 jewels, it hard to decide whether the Highway Fighter or the Clubman Racer wins our hearts.
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