Kawasaki RMW 650
The donor machine is a ’01 Kawasaki W650 and we were commissioned by the Australian shoes brand RM Williams to update this “wise lady” into something different.
We obviously got inspired by the drovers’ daily work where they scramble around the Australian outback to herd cattle.
RM William’s craftsmanship was inserted into this project by asking them to take care of the seat, the handlebar’s grips and the bespoke harness mounted around the tank.
We obviously named this bike the RMW650.
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Photos: Blitz Motorcycles
- Fully re-worked Kawasaki W650;
- Frame shortened by 2 inches;
- bespoke battery box welded under the seat.
- Heidenau “knobbies” installed on both front and rear wheel to match with the “scrambler spirit” of this project;
- front wheel switched from 19 to 18 inches to keep matching with the global spirit.
- bespoke seat designed to match the shortened subframe;
- bespoke seat cover 100% hand made by RM Williams in crocodile skin.
- Blitz Motorcycles mini switches connected to the fully rebuilt electric wiring of the motorcycle;
- bespoke leather crocodile skin straps provided by RM Williams to be used as the handlebar grips.
Bespoke harness designed to fit the tank installed on the motorcycle and 100% hand made by RM Williams.
- front number plate mounted on the 1 inch lowered front fork
- “32” hand painted by Mahogany Paris as a reminder of the year of creation of RM Williams;
- a 12V 50W bulb has been inserted in this number plate to allow the bike to be legally ridden.
- vintage Honda tank mounted “as found”;
- mini speedometer by Moto Gadget.
- K&N air filters installed on ten carburetors;
- re-jetted carburetors to match with the air filters;
- ceramic dark grey painting of the exhaust pipes + mufflers to match with the mat dark grey powder coating of the frame, foot pegs, side stand.
