Photo: Alex Hampton via Pipeburn
Rory and Stu of Pier City Custom (PCC) know the R nineT platform from BMW Motorrad like the back of their hands, as the vast majority of their work is based around it. They’ve been at it in the customization game since 2015, operating out of a quaint little village in West Sussex, England. Pictured above is a bike they refer to as the Spartan 117, and it started out as an R nineT Scrambler from the model-year 2019.
The build was commissioned by a returning customer named James, who’d briefed PCC on the broad details but still gave them a ton of creative freedom. Rory and Stu kicked things off by deleting the OEM fuel tank, then they installed a stylish off-the-shelf part in its stead. Hailing from Unit Garage, this item closely resembles the tanks you’d find on BMW’s classic boxers.
Right behind it lies a brown leather saddle that looks like a million bucks, together with an oval side panel on the right. A new rear fender from BAAK is attached to the subframe’s underside, carrying a Bates-style LED taillight close to its rearmost tip. The license plate will henceforth live low down on a swingarm-mounted bracket, and rear-end suspension duties are now assigned to a Wilbers monoshock.
At the front, we notice two separate fenders preventing road debris from going where it shouldn’t - one up high and the other located down low. Aftermarket crash bars have been installed around the cylinder blocks further back, and the right one is topped with a yellow-tinted auxiliary fog lamp. On the other hand, the main headlight is a potent LED module sourced from Denali’s range.
It fronts an updated cockpit which is now occupied by a taller Unit Garage handlebar, with Motogadget bar-end mirrors present left and right. Before it was handed over to PCC for the full custom treatment, the Beemer had already been fitted with an array of snazzy aftermarket bits, including fresh valve covers and billet aluminum foot pegs.
These were obviously kept, and our protagonists also fitted an SW-Motech luggage rack on the left side of the saddle. The wheels gained fresh spokes and dual-purpose Dunlop rubber on both ends, while the lighting package was finished off with a set of Kellermann turn signals. On the powertrain front, the only changes have to do with the intake and exhaust.
Air is now channeled in through a pair of DNA pod filters, and the exhaust gases exit via custom pipework dressed in black powder coating. Finally, there is the Spartan 117’s livery, which combines black and gold in the coolest possible way. Black is the primary color everywhere except for the wheels, accompanied by handsome gold detailing that gives this BMW scrambler a premium feel.
Right behind it lies a brown leather saddle that looks like a million bucks, together with an oval side panel on the right. A new rear fender from BAAK is attached to the subframe’s underside, carrying a Bates-style LED taillight close to its rearmost tip. The license plate will henceforth live low down on a swingarm-mounted bracket, and rear-end suspension duties are now assigned to a Wilbers monoshock.
At the front, we notice two separate fenders preventing road debris from going where it shouldn’t - one up high and the other located down low. Aftermarket crash bars have been installed around the cylinder blocks further back, and the right one is topped with a yellow-tinted auxiliary fog lamp. On the other hand, the main headlight is a potent LED module sourced from Denali’s range.
It fronts an updated cockpit which is now occupied by a taller Unit Garage handlebar, with Motogadget bar-end mirrors present left and right. Before it was handed over to PCC for the full custom treatment, the Beemer had already been fitted with an array of snazzy aftermarket bits, including fresh valve covers and billet aluminum foot pegs.
These were obviously kept, and our protagonists also fitted an SW-Motech luggage rack on the left side of the saddle. The wheels gained fresh spokes and dual-purpose Dunlop rubber on both ends, while the lighting package was finished off with a set of Kellermann turn signals. On the powertrain front, the only changes have to do with the intake and exhaust.
Air is now channeled in through a pair of DNA pod filters, and the exhaust gases exit via custom pipework dressed in black powder coating. Finally, there is the Spartan 117’s livery, which combines black and gold in the coolest possible way. Black is the primary color everywhere except for the wheels, accompanied by handsome gold detailing that gives this BMW scrambler a premium feel.
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