{"id":52627,"date":"2019-04-14T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T22:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/?p=52627"},"modified":"2019-04-14T08:18:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T22:18:40","slug":"revival-cycles-birdcage-bmw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/revival-cycles-birdcage-bmw\/","title":{"rendered":"Revival Cycles ‘Birdcage BMW’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Words by Justin Benson.<\/em><\/p>\n

Revival Cycles\u2019 latest build; \u201cThe Birdcage\u201d, at first glance – looks to be the work of a madman. Showcasing BMW\u2019s newest prototype boxer engine, the frame is entirely comprised of titanium (a first for the Revival team), made up of 150 separate pieces, taking a full 2 weeks, day and night, to finish welding. Almost every piece on the bike was fabricated in house, with great attention paid to design, function, and most importantly – weight. The asymmetrical frame of \u201cThe Birdcage\u201d weighs in at a mere 25 pounds, and thanks to the beautiful marriage of hexagonal carbon fiber suspension and CNC-machine aluminum parts, it\u2019s light as a feather. The only hint of color on the bike comes in the form of the frame and titanium exhaust system, which were anodized, adding a subtle peacock purple and green shade to the metal.<\/p>\n

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When asked what the driving force behind the build was, head designer Alan Stulberg stated; \u201cI was driven by people saying it wouldn\u2019t work\u201d. With visions of the original Maserati Tipo 61 \u201cbirdcage\u201d frame dancing in his head and a few fingers of scotch in his belly, the concept was put to paper and the team got to work.<\/p>\n

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The bike was initially mocked up using welding wire to get a feel for the geometry, and due to the strength and lightness of titanium, it was chosen for the frame. The details don\u2019t stop at the physique – the Revival team fabricated everything – from the hand shifter to the titanium axle fasteners.<\/p>\n

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The aero-shaped handlebars, aluminium wheel cover and rear wheel (including custom brake caliper, brake carrier, hub and hub spacer) were all made in house, and serve as a double nod to the Hennes\u2019 1928 BMW Landspeeder and Revivals 2016\u2019s homage to it.<\/p>\n

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Although head scratching moments were certainly not limited in the 5 month time build process, the tires presented a whole new challenge. Finding 23\u2019\u2019 tires that fit the project intention was no easy feat, but after a well placed call to the good people over Dunlop, a set of prototype slicks were on the doorstep faster than you can say Amazon Prime.<\/p>\n

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Fork lowers were carefully chosen from a BMW R 1150GS, and the front shock was originally an Ohlins mountain bike shock which the team sanded and powder coated black.<\/p>\n

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Swing your leg over the 1800cc (rumoured) boxer engine, which aluminum covers were fabricated for, and your tattered 501\u2019s will be resting their pockets on a custom hexagonal carbon fibre seat. When we paid a visit to Revival HQ the morning of the Handbuilt show, the seat had just finished curing \u2013 the birdcage was literally down to the wire.<\/p>\n

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What Alan and the Revival team have finessed here is the exact type of forward thinking that pushes the industry forward – while showing respect and tribute to the past. We can\u2019t wait to see how BMW incorporates this into their production line moving forward.<\/p>\n

If this is what you call crazy<\/em> – throw me in the loony bin.<\/p>\n

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Words by Justin Benson.<\/em><\/p>\n

Revival Cycles\u2019 latest build; \u201cThe Birdcage\u201d, at first glance – looks to be the work of a madman. Showcasing BMW\u2019s newest prototype boxer engine, the frame is entirely comprised of titanium (a first for the Revival team), made up of 150 separate pieces, taking a full 2 weeks, day and night, to finish welding. Almost every piece on the bike was fabricated in house, with great attention paid to design, function, and most importantly – weight. The asymmetrical frame of \u201cThe Birdcage\u201d weighs in at a mere 25 pounds, and thanks to the beautiful marriage of hexagonal carbon fiber suspension and CNC-machine aluminum parts, it\u2019s light as a feather. The only hint of color on the bike comes in the form of the frame and titanium exhaust system, which were anodized, adding a subtle peacock purple and green shade to the metal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,85],"tags":[79,1926,1925,485],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52627"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52695,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52627\/revisions\/52695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pipeburn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}