The Beast: Larry Romestant's custom BMW K100

Californian Larry Romestant is a man with a unique vision for custom motorcycles. In the BMW world he's known for his 'Special Ks'—restored and modified water-cooled K-series bikes. The bike shown above is ‘The Beast,’ and it's an apt moniker. Larry’s taken the frame from a 1986 BMW K100 and fitted a motor from the mighty K1200RS. The internals are stock, but aspiration is through 45mm velocity stacks and the exhaust is 4-into-2, a reproduction of the exquisite sounding Contis fitted to Ducati Desmo twins. To extract the very last ounce of power, a K1100 Motronic module is enhanced by...