With there not having been an AMD World Championship of Custom Bike Building in 2020 , our 2018 Champion , Dmitry Golubchikov ( Zillers Garage , Moscow ,) remains the reigning AMD World Champion until such time that some semblance of normality returns . He hasn ' t been resting , however . Late last year , his BMW R nineT conversion was one of the most widely publicised customs seen during the pandemic , and earlier this year PIPEBURN featured the conversion kit that he is selling . It is our pleasure to recognize the work of Eastern Europe ' s first AMD World Champion …
It was impossible to miss ! The aviation-inspired , full body , hydraulic suspension-equipped BMW R nineT in matte grey that was plastered all over the internet and social media last year , built by Zillers Custom Garage in Moscow , was one of the true highlights of 2020 in a year that will always be remembered for entirely less satisfactory reasons ! Head honcho Dmitry Golubchikov is a hell of a builder , and his attention to detail on high-end machines has taken him to the top . But to bring his incredible designs to the masses , he had to take a new direction , introducing the Zillers Garage BMW conversion package , a body kit and accessories to take the R nineT from standard bore to high-end score ! The original R nineT that shook things up last year might have been the first time many had seen the work of Dmitry , but the truth is , the young builder had been making waves for a few years already . Prior to his modern masterpiece , he had conquered the globe at the AMD World Championship , taking out the Freestyle class with a supercharged Yamaha SR400 . He had also built one of the most incredible customs you ' re ever likely to see , based around a 1,200 cc Vincent Lightning replica engine built by the English company JMC Classics . But it was the wild , modern machine that got the world talking , and while it took
www . AMDchampionship . com every ounce of his design and building skills to pull it off , producing the conversion kit would offer up a whole new set of challenges . Providing the parts so that the average handyman can turn a nineT into a monocoque-bodied beauty is no easy task , especially when dealing with new bikes that barely like any part removed before they stop working . The main component of the kit is , of course , that single body piece , and in producing it , Dmitry also created a full cutaway version so that everything that sat beneath it could be inspected before the final version was signed off on . This was a vital part of the process , with that one piece covering everything from the battery and electronics to the fuel tank at the center , the headlight at the front and needing to still provide ample clearance to the front forks so that they didn ' t rub or bind . The lines of the finished piece are simply stunning , an homage to the original , but with its own unique flavor , every curve flowing into the next for an unbroken aesthetic from front to back . In its raw form you can start to appreciate just how many hours , how many molds and how many frustrating moments there must have been to make one piece so perfect . Included in the kit are the mounts that bolt to the stock bike ' s infrastructure and secure the single piece to the owners nineT . Underneath , an all-new fuel cell is also provided - it too is designed to bolt-in and each angle of the cell allows for
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