How one craftsman restores and customized BMW touring bikes

You’re already going to stand out from the crowd when you drive a new BMW. Switch it up for a classic car and you’ll be catching everyone’s eye. But invest in a customized, vintage motorcycle and you’ll be looking so fresh, so sophisticated, so distinctive that you might never go back to store-bought factory models again. Because as craftsman/mechanic extraordinaire Franco Augello describes it to Petrolicious, “Just like a tailored suit that has a sartorial quality, it’s made for you, based on your physique.” And you just can’t beat the feeling of wearing a perfectly tailored suit, right?

Augello loves the BMW touring bikes of the past, so he takes old parts, restores them and creates a truly customized, vintage motorcycle that’s unique to each of his customers. It’s more luxury than you’d imagine could even fit on two wheels. His whole approach to custom, retro motorbikes is epitomized in the” Inge 09,” a classic bike based on the BMW R65.

Witness his passion and skill behind these restorations in the Petrolicious video below:

Interested in being the next owner of a beautiful BMW that was cared for and pampered the way you’d want it to be treated? We invite you to browse the Certified Pre-owned BMW inventory, here at BMW of Devon in Devon, PA, for the precise model that is tailored to meet your precise needs.

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