SALT SHAKER
IT’S fair to say that most clubman race bikes are built to do a job rather than win trophies in a concours, and land speed racers are no different. While there are enough exceptions to prove the rule, many race bikes pass the 50m test but present as cobbled-together dogs’ breakfasts when you get up close and personal.
Adrian Braun is not your average motorcycle racer, any more than his BMW is your average land speed bike. Constructed over an initial two-year build period in the inner-city Melbourne workshop he shares with Ross Osborne — whose 149mph 2008 Triumph Bonneville salt racer was #19 in 2015 — his stylish R80-based cafe racer wouldn’t look out of place in a custom bike show.
