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Written by Rowan Horncastle
We don"t venture into the two-wheeled world of travel very often here at TG, but this is worth a mention.What you see above is a BMW motorcycle from ber cool custom motorcycle fabricators, Diamond Atelier. It"s called the Mark II" and we like it a lot.The Munich-based firm has taken a two-valve Monolever (produced between 1984 to 1995) and given it an exquisite overhaul into an aggressive, road-slung caf racer that makes us sweat beads of want.It"s been designed with the help of BMW"s two-wheeled doodlesmith Julian Weber and is available in three different specs depending on how much money you want to spend.First, you need to supply a donor bike. Or get the chaps at Diamond Ateilier to do it for you. Then, you have a choice of either an 800cc or 1000cc engine bigger is better in our opinion. Now you"re on to the expensive decision of speccing.Stage one offers a slightly modified 41mm BMW fork, with refurbished original rear shocks, powder coated original wheels, street tyres and 285mm BMW brake discs. The second option adds new wheels and semi-slick tyres. The third stage features a Supersport upside-down fork, CNC-machined triple clamps, Wilbers rear shocks and 320mm aftermarket brake discs.It all sounds rather juicy to us. Problem is, only ten Mark IIs will ever be made and starting at 16,500 (without a donor bike) with the possibility of going up to 21,000 (if you opt for Stage three), they"re rather pricey.Still, doesn"t it look timelessly cool? You know you want to
Date written: 16 May 2016
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ID: 3445
We don"t venture into the two-wheeled world of travel very often here at TG, but this is worth a mention.What you see above is a BMW motorcycle from ber cool custom motorcycle fabricators, Diamond Atelier. It"s called the Mark II" and we like it a lot.The Munich-based firm has taken a two-valve Monolever (produced between 1984 to 1995) and given it an exquisite overhaul into an aggressive, road-slung caf racer that makes us sweat beads of want.It"s been designed with the help of BMW"s two-wheeled doodlesmith Julian Weber and is available in three different specs depending on how much money you want to spend.First, you need to supply a donor bike. Or get the chaps at Diamond Ateilier to do it for you. Then, you have a choice of either an 800cc or 1000cc engine bigger is better in our opinion. Now you"re on to the expensive decision of speccing.Stage one offers a slightly modified 41mm BMW fork, with refurbished original rear shocks, powder coated original wheels, street tyres and 285mm BMW brake discs. The second option adds new wheels and semi-slick tyres. The third stage features a Supersport upside-down fork, CNC-machined triple clamps, Wilbers rear shocks and 320mm aftermarket brake discs.It all sounds rather juicy to us. Problem is, only ten Mark IIs will ever be made and starting at 16,500 (without a donor bike) with the possibility of going up to 21,000 (if you opt for Stage three), they"re rather pricey.Still, doesn"t it look timelessly cool? You know you want to
Date written: 16 May 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3445
