Christened the ‘Goodwood 12’, the latest bike from Swiss custom bike builder VTR Customs is a fabulous personification of elegance and anger. Beginning with the muscular BMW R1200R, VTR drastically altered the lines of the bike, creating a low profile with wide shoulders and a narrow tail. The resulting stance is aggressive, which contrasts beautifully with the elegant British Racing Green paintwork, brushed aluminium metalwork and brown accents. Featuring classic numbering and signwriting, this is retro-modern bike building at its very best.

“We wanted to keep the edgy, aggressive style of the R1200R, but with a very short, light and slim tail end.” says Daniel Weidmann, owner and General Manager of Stucki 2 Rad. “It was our goal to create an aggressive line leading down to the bikes nose from the rear. We wanted it’s wide shoulders and clip on bars to give it the look of a charging bull”. To meet Daniels lightweight requirements the new tail was constructed, by hand, from aluminium. Taking around 1.5 weeks to complete it was one of the most challenging aspects of the build and has been left with a raw, brushed finish to match the tank pad “gills”, front fender and bikini fairing.

With 125bhp on tap the 2016 R1200R engine internals remain untouched, but some extra horses have been released with the addition of an Akrapovic Titan 2-into-1 exhaust, Unit Garage muffler and K&N air filters, all of which meet Swiss legal requirements. With the intention of winning straight line races there’s also a quick shifter and custom lightweight Kineo wheels wearing grippy Michelin Powercup rubber. The USD forks have also been anodized black, LSL supplied the clip on bars, the levers are Magura and the fuel cap is from Rizoma.

Photos: VTR Customs

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