Kevils Speed Shop has been building BMW café racers from their base in Devon, England for more than a decade. Over the years they have shaped a reputation for turning old boxer twins into timeless custom motorcycles. Each build feels familiar, but none of them are the same. Their latest project, a 1992 BMW R100RS called OJO, carries that same spirit.
The donor was a tidy monolever BMW R100RS with just 21,000 miles on the clock. A strong starting point. But Kevils didn’t want to repeat the same formula they had used many times before.
In the early days their BMW café racers often came with hard seat pods, loud upswept megaphones, and stripped-down lines. It worked and it made sense, but OJO shows how their style has evolved. The bike feels calmer, more refined, and more confident in its own skin.
The rear of the BMW tells the story first. The big factory cowl is gone, replaced with a slim custom subframe and a step-up seat covered in dark tan leather. It changes the look completely.
The exhausts follow the same idea. Instead of traditional megaphones, OJO now runs a pair of neat black slash-cut silencers. Small choices like these give the motorcycle its quiet character.
At the front sits a Monza-style fairing. It adds a touch of racing history to the R100RS, with a retro yellow screen that stands out against the deep blue-grey paintwork. It’s the first thing you notice, and it gives OJO a face of its own.
Like all Kevils Speed Shop builds, this BMW was stripped down and rebuilt from the ground up. Nothing was left untouched. The wiring was replaced, the suspension was sorted, and every detail was thought through.
Among the features are Motone switchgear, a Kevils billet top yoke, lowered suspension, vintage-style tyres, LED bar-end indicators, and bar-end mirrors. And of course, that tan leather seat that invites you to ride.
OJO is simple on the surface, but it carries years of experience and craftsmanship. It doesn’t try to be loud, and that’s exactly why it stands out. This BMW R100RS café racer proves that sometimes refinement tells the story better than excess.
[ Built by Kevils Speed Shop in Devon, England ]
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