BMW R75/7 by Clutch Custom

Building a custom motorcycle is about judgment: knowing what to change, what to leave alone, and when to stop. It’s about proportions, lines and shapes. The balance between color and leather, paint and metal, gloss and matte. It’s a fiendishly difficult mix to get right, and requires a keen eye as well as advanced mechanical skills. But Willie Knoll of Paris-based Clutch Custom Motorcycles has got that eye, and he’s used it to great effect on this BMW R75/7. Nico from the French site 4h10.com has seen the bike in the metal, and reports: “The idea was to build something...