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    84 BMW HORNET

    Oct 12, 2016 6 minutes
    WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL HUTCHISON
    “IT ALL WENT WELL UNTIL MY MATE KEV LOST THE FRONT UNDER BRAKES AND WROTE IT OFF”

    LIKE many bikers, I had the idea of one day doing a project bike. Every bike I’ve owned has been modified to my personal taste and I had talked about wanting to do a proper build for some time. My very supportive, beautiful wife asked me, what was I waiting for?

    On the BIKE EXIF blog, I stumbled on a custom BMW K100 built by Marc Robrock in Germany. Marc couldn’t see the challenge in taking a nice bike and rebuilding it; instead, he had chosen the ugliest bike he could think of! I was blown away how a K100 could look so good!

    I found a 1984 K100RS in Adelaide, advertised on Gumtree as an unregistered trade-in. Dad and I did a quick 1500km round trip from Melbourne with a trailer and the real journey began. The fairing and seat were

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