Tito Toivola from Finland is a man who just over a year ago had never heard of a cafe racer, but this did not prevent him from founding his custom workshop Dark Shadow Garage and creating this beautiful 1978 BMW R100/7.

It all started with the motorcycle fair in Helsinki in January 2020, Tito was inspired by the BMW R nineT, which was the impetus for studying everything that can be found on the Internet about the Caferacer style.Then Covid-19 hit, and like many others, he thought that the period of isolation would be the perfect time to start from theory to practice.

On the hunt for the BMW R, he discovered the unpleasant fact that all these motorcycles have damn soared in price, but still luck smiled on him and he found the 78 R100 at a fair price.

Project details:

• Rebuilt rear end.
• Rebuilt gearbox.
• Re-worked factory tank.
• Custom badging to the overhauled front forks, brake calipers, fenders and everything in between.
• The engine was treated to new slugs, rings, gaskets and just about everything you can possibly name, and then painted.
• The rebuilt carbs score a set of DNA pod filters and clear fuel bowls.
• Set of pipes, with small baffled mufflers.
• Custom tail unit
• Added front cowl
• Seat diamond stitched.
• M.Unit and utilising Bluetooth by Motogadget
• Custom rearsets
• Adjustable YSS shocks
• Painted in the style 2+1 :“Two main colours and one accent colour".
• Metzeler tyres

Not without problems but fortunately with the advice of a wise brother "Set a budget, and then multiply it by three, set a timetable and multiply that by two", Tito created this wonderful bike and joined the ranks of cafe racer owners.

[Dark Shadow Garage| Photography by Oscar Bystedt]

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