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The BMW R100 Shed Custom Built Trike

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This years Bike Shed Show exhibited the first shed built trike, a creation which spanned 7 years by model maker Tim. Begun after seeing the Morgan three wheeler and inspired by pre-war race cars, Tim wanted a bigger scale project and to try his hand at aluminium bodywork.

source/image(PrtSc): Bike Shed Motorcycle Club

Based on a BMW R100, this is definitely one of the more unique airhead custom jobs we’ve seen in a while! Watch the video from Bike Shed Motorcycle Club for more info:

BMW R 100, with variant models designated by T, S, CS, RS, RS Classic, RT, RT Classic, TIC, R and GS is a BMW motorcycle series, using a two-cylinder four-stroke boxer engine of 980 cc capacity.

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Model production began in 1976, with a premature shutdown and subsequent restart in 1985, and final completion of the series in 1996.The last of the “airheads,” this article also discusses the different /7 models of smaller displacements (R 60, R 75, R 80).

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