It sounds like a TIE fighter, on purpose.
When I did a non-sportbike track day on my Honda PC800, Kate told me that I sounded like a TIE fighter from Star Wars as I screamed down the front straightaway. This custom BMW,
however, was designed specifically to sound like a TIE fighter. In
fact, that was the only creative direction the owner gave to customizer Blitz Motorcycles.
Star Wars was not the only influence on this motorcycle, though. The green-tinted triangular headlight comes straight out of Gattica,
where all of the vehicles had such headlights. Green LEDs in strategic
locations continue this theme throughout the bike, including under the
shortened rear hoop and seat. The build goes more than skin-deep, as
well. Blitz rebuilt the original BMW flat-twin engine, as well as
rejetting the carburetors and adding a custom exhaust. The rear monoshock was upgraded to a fully adjustable unit, naturally including a black spring to match the rest of the bike.
The
end result, names the Black Dot Mark One, looks great and stands on its
own even if you don't get the science fiction references incorporated
into it. It's not done yet, however. Blitz is already working on the
second version of this bike. Will it be called the Black Dot Mark Two?
