Funktional: Tim Harney's no-frills BMW R75/6

Many custom motorcycle builders didn't start out as such. Tim Harney's one of them: in his past life, he worked as an industrial designer for architecture, furniture and lighting design firms. Tim's since focussed his keen sense of aesthetics onto customizing bikes. This 1976 BMW R75/6 is his latest work—and we're smitten with its functional yet charming vibe. “The client was really straightforward: 'I want a bike that I'll never have to worry about, or do anything to',” says Tim. “That spells out airhead to me.” A suitable R75 donor was picked out, and wheeled into Tim's Brooklyn, New York...