roland sands design DARK KUSTOM https://darkkustom.com/tag/roland-sands-design/ The best motorcycles in the world Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:31:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://darkkustom.com/content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-512x512logo-dark-kustom-black-32x32.png roland sands design DARK KUSTOM https://darkkustom.com/tag/roland-sands-design/ 32 32 BMW R NineT ‘Vintage’ by Roland Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/bmw-r-ninet-vintage-by-roland-sands-design/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:18:09 +0000 https://darkkustom.com/?p=36984 Roland Sands Design [email protected] Geolocation Long Beach COUNTRY UNITED STATES MODEL BMW R NINE T STYLE BOBBER As a builder is always fun to have a customer that likes what you like. It’s even more fun when that customer has the same sense of humor as was the case on this Vintage inspired BMW. While the… Read More »BMW R NineT ‘Vintage’ by Roland Sands Design

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Roland Sands Design

[email protected]

Geolocation Long Beach

COUNTRY UNITED STATES

MODEL BMW R NINE T

STYLE BOBBER

As a builder is always fun to have a customer that likes what you like. It’s even more fun when that customer has the same sense of humor as was the case on this Vintage inspired BMW. While the bike did take longer than expected Mr. G was patient and enjoyed giving us shit at every possible turn which was welcomed. We’re a motorcycle shop after all and there’s not a lot here that’s sacred or off limits which is kind of how we approach bike builds in general.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9th4b_btBw

With this one we did manage to keep the main frame fairly stock outside of de tabbing the frame and a cleanup which was quite different from many of our re-bodied bmw customs. We really worked to keep this one short and sporty. The Streettracker set up, 19” RSD traction flat track wheels with Dunlop DTX tires front and rear cast an unmistakable silhouette and one which we can’t seem to get away from. That stance combined with a little inspiration from the BMW R5 pulls the future and past together in a tight clean package that functions every bit as good as it looks.

Body work and fenders including stainless mounts were all shaped in house as well as the frame covers above the intake. We opted for a standard pagussa seat to keep things historical. Stock shaft drive was maintained. Stopping is taking care of by Brembo radial forged monoblocks up front and a 2 pot billet stopper on the rear. RSD radial masters do the plunging and proto RSD foot controls take the place of the stocker units.

RSD covers in our Black Ops finish are on the valve covers, breast plate, gauge and headlight bezel. Carbon fiber KN filters replace the stock airbox improving airflow through to now in production RSD Slant Slip on exhaust. Headlight rock guard was an experiment. The Bone white paint was sprayed by Chris Wood at Airtrix to match the lightly modified powder coated frame.

The paint color was chosen by Mr. G after much deliberation and back and forth bargaining including a request for pipe wrap. After the fork modifications and black out courtesy of GP suspension and powder coating everything else black, the white started to make a lot of sense. As much as we gave Mr. G shit about it, we were all stoked on the outcome and we avoided the pipe wrap!!

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Harley Davidson V Rod Cafe Racer by Roland Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/harley-davidson-v-rod-cafe-racer-roland-sands-design/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:19:25 +0000 https://darkkustom.com/?p=18100 Builder Roland Sands Design Country United States Model Harley VRod Style Muscle 1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Builder Roland Sands Design

Country United States

Model Harley VRod

Style Muscle

1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Harley Davidson Night Rod Muscle by Ronald Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/harley-davidson-night-rod-muscle-ronald-sands-design/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 20:52:47 +0000 https://darkkustom.com/?p=18071 Builder Roland Sands Design Country United States Model Harley VRod Style Muscle 1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Builder Roland Sands Design

Country United States

Model Harley VRod

Style Muscle

1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Harley Davidson Muscle Vrod Special by Ronald Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/harley-davidson-muscle-vrod-special-ronald-sands-design/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:10:41 +0000 https://darkkustom.com/?p=18059 Builder Roland Sands Design Country United States Model Harley VRod Style Muscle 1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Builder Roland Sands Design

Country United States

Model Harley VRod

Style Muscle

1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Ducati Diavel ‘KH9’ by Roland Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/ducati-diavel-kh9-rsd/ https://darkkustom.com/ducati-diavel-kh9-rsd/#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:59:26 +0000 http://darkkustom.com/?p=146 Roland Sands Design United States Ducati Diavel Racer 1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Roland Sands Design

United States

Ducati Diavel

Racer

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1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Victory Hammer Motorcycles ‘HammerHead’ by Roland Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/victory-hammer-hammerhead-rsd/ https://darkkustom.com/victory-hammer-hammerhead-rsd/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:35:11 +0000 http://darkkustom.com/?p=177 < BACK TO ROLAND SANDS DESIGN Roland Sands Design United States Victory Hammer Racer 1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Victory Hammer

Racer

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1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Victory Hammer ‘The Road to 200’ by Roland Sands Design https://darkkustom.com/victory-racing-road-to-200-rsd/ https://darkkustom.com/victory-racing-road-to-200-rsd/#respond Mon, 14 Mar 2016 07:29:35 +0000 http://darkkustom.com/?p=178 < BACK TO ROLAND SANDS DESIGN Roland Sands Design United States Victory Hammer S Racer 1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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Victory Hammer S

Racer

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1365 Obispo Ave Long Beach, CA 90804

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