BMW Cafe Racer
BMW Cafe Racer The Shed
Airhead Cafe Racer
FlatRacer Cafe Racer top view
BMW R100RS Cafe Racer
Cafe Racer side rear view
BMW Airhead side view
BMW Cafe Racer front side view
BMW Cafe Racer side view
FlatRacer R100RS side
BMW Caff side view
The Shed Cafe Racer slim figure
FlatRacer Caff LH view
BMW cafe Racer RH view
BMW Cafe Racer R100RS 1980
BMW Cafe Racer top
BMW Cafe Racer top rear
BMW Airhead R100RS Cafe Racer
FlatRacer hybrid Ducati / R90S fairing
Cafe Racer BMW soft filter
BMW Cafe Racer LH
FlatRacer The Shed front RH view
BMW Cafe Racer short megaphone silencers
Cafe Racer side
Ducati BMW R90S hybrid top fairing
FlatRacer Cafe Racer
The Shed Cafe Racer
BMW Airhead Caff
BMW side view
Front view of The Shed
Side view
Crop top fairing detail
Side details on R100RS Cafe Racer
BMW Cafe Racer The Shed side details
The Shed top rear view
FlatRacer hybrid fairing
FlatRacer Cafe Racer tail
Cafe Racer BMW seat
FlatRacer Cafe Racer seat
Cafe Racer tank and top fairing
BMW Cafe Racer tuned engine
FlatRacer fuel tank
FlatRacer Cafe Racer Knoscher inspired tail
BMW Cafe Racer R100RS oil cooler
The Shed without seat
The Shed by FlatRacer
The Shed, almost there!
The Shed side view, colour effect under sunshine
BMW Cafe Racer crop picture
The Shed rear detail
The Shed carbs with conical air filters
The Shed, BMW R100RS 1980
FlatRacer's The Shed
The Shed
The Shed's front
The Shed's derriere
The Shed, keeping company to my V-max and XF17 Famel Zundapp
The Shed diff 37/11 (original is 33/11)
The Shed under construction together with The Blaxer
The Shed with The Blaxer mid way restauration
The Shed without top fairing
Ready for some serious degreasing
Degreasing carbs
The Shed engine components kept seperated as all the others
Carb soaking
All carbs kept separated in individual containers
The Shed Bing CV 40mm being rebuilt with 273 Main jets
All frames, swing arms, rear frames, centre stands for sand blasting
The Shed, The Blaxer, The Copper frames etc back from sand blasting
Glass media blasting
All nice and clean
All nice and clean...
Shagged crank from The Shed
The Shed engine being assembled with 336 cam
The Shed engine. Ready for some serious work
Pistons. Which is which? Joking, all are marked according to engine and side.
Awaiting serious scrubbing and work
The Shed 336 cam from a R90S
Shagged crank on the left, very low mileage STD on the right as replacement, please note copper studs on LH crank weight, prone to wear after few thou miles.
It took much longer than I thought! Still, no blisters in my hand!
More lapping...
The Shed smoothed heads
The Shed engine head, cleaned and smoothed
Weight balancing Pistons, it only had 2gr difference from BMW!
The heavier piston, which I gently removed on the inner side, around pin casing most centre possible, by sanding those extra 2gr
The Shed lighter rod, 17gr lighter
The Shed heavier rod, 17gr heavier
After lightening, please note centre rod section untouched and enlarged big end oil passages
After lightening with new big end shells in place
Ligthned rod without shell, 551 gr, balance with opposite rod
Lightned rod 551 gr
Lightned rod with big end shell
Opposite lightned rod wih big end shells
The Shed con rods and its new big end bearings
Lightned pins ended not being used in favour of a new set (£40)
Lightned pin which was not used
The Shed, new STD RED crank main bearings
The Shed new reinforced clutch assembly and lighter flywheel
The Shed rebuilt wheel hubs
The Blaxer and The shed forks being rebuilt
All ready for Zinc Plating
Back from powder coating (epoxy paint)
On the bench
The Shed on the bench
The Shed Ignition and Charging system
Top view of The Shed engine
The Shed top view
The Shed engine front view
The Shed oil radiator with thermostatic sandwich plate
The Shed with BMW Sports seat (for sale @ £150)
The Shed under construction
The Shed, undergoing work
The Shed originally
So much speed, it broke the dial!!!
The Shed, literally!
As found
Photo taken by previous owner
FlatRacer Fuel tank (underneath)
FlatRacer tail section based on 70's Knoscher
FlatRacer top fairing based on Ducati Bevel and R90S bikini fairing
FlatRacer tank
FlatRacer front mudguard based on BMW original but shortned by 24cm
FlatRacer tank top view
FlatRacer tail top view
FlatRacer tank underneath
FlatRacer Cafe Racer partial kit
FlatRacer top fairing
FlatRacer side panels (BMW replica)
First three FlatRacer's Cafe Racers, TheShed, The Copper, The Blaxer, left to right, respectively.
