Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The infirmary has raged

Frenchman Ludovic Infirmary has once again created a masterpiece of customizing. This time, on the basis of the Bavarian Naked BMW R1200R.



Projects Louis Infirmary - customizers from around the world - are rarely without public attention, sometimes settling in the garages of very rich people or celebrities. For example, a passionate admirer of Monsieur Infirmary is our compatriot actor Gerard Depardieu has a whole collection of motorcycles. By request of another wealthy client from France, who wished to remain anonymous, create a new custom-bike BMW R1200R. Definitely not possible to classify a new project: a motorcycle stuck somewhere on the border between the scrambler and a cafe racer.



In the course of global modernization Louis Infirmary and his colleagues from the donor BMW R1200R left only boxer engine of 1170 cc. cm and rear suspension Paralever, which is a single-cast aluminum alloy swingarm and shock absorber with progressive damping character. Other details of the project - it's the ideas embodied members of the famous French studio. So on a BMW R1200R «settled» new frame, suspension BMW Motorrad Telelever gave way to the front fork of the classic sportbike Yamaha YZF-R6, and a large seat was replaced with a single, made in the style of cafe racers.



Bulky standard BMW exhaust system was replaced by a Spanish company products IXIL, topped with a short aluminum silencer. Stock dashboard also went to the back shelves, and in its place hoisted a small digital speedometer. In addition, a motorcycle appeared a direct drive, small mirrors and lots of subtle accessories. At the end of the image of the neo-retro scrambler on the order transfigured BMW R1200R set toothy rubber Continental Twinduro.

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