BMW R90 Interceptor - The Last RAD Bike

For the past week or so I have been stooped over in a depression, because after hearing the news that Radical Ducati would be shutting its doors after 15 years of incredible custom motorcycle building, I am just not sure if life is worth living. That’s a bit of hyperbole of course, but we are, like many, selfishly saddened to see that Pepo and Reyes will be moving onto bigger and better things.

So, it is with some irony that we bring you the last motorcycle to come from Radical Ducati — ironic because the machine is not one of RAD’s mix-matched Ducati’s, which has given the small Spanish firm such notoriety, but instead the motorcycle is a BMW, with the same unique style and flare. Dubbed the BMW R90 Interceptor, the machine is a joint project between Radical Ducati and MaxBOXER.

Noticeable right away is one of Radical Ducati’s signature tail pieces, and upon closer inspection one will see that the Interceptor sports Ducati pieces for its front-end, so not is all wrong with the world. Full of go as well as show, MaxBOXER has given the R100 motor a thorough going over, and the overall package looks quite the air-cooled business.

A bit different from the v-twins we are used to seeing from Radical Ducati, the Interceptor’s boxer engine and cafe race lines somehow still fit with the firm’s overall aesthetic. As Chris Hunter from BikeEXIF penned, the machine is a fitting swansong for Radical Ducati. We can’t agree more.

BMW R90 Interceptor Build List:

Modified BMW R80 ST frame with reinforced tubes
Monolever swing arm and R100RS Monolever bevel box
Paralever modified (17 inches) rear wheel
Ducati Monster yokes
Ducati Sport Classic fork
Tomaselli clip-ons
Ducati Sport Classic spoked front wheel (17 inches)
Ducati Monster 900 rotors
Ducati Sport Classic Discacciati calipers kit.
Ducati Monster 900 brake pump.
RAD, foldable and adjustabble CNC machined levers.
Tomaselli quick open gas throtle
Suzuki GSXR 600, clutch lever
Carbon Fiber RAD front mudguard
Pantahstica front fairing
Custom made front bracket
Modified Laverda fuel tank
Modified carbon fiber RAD 02 Montjuich solo seat
Derbi GPR 50 footlevers support
Tarrozi foot levers
SuperMario 2 in 1 exhaust system
BMW S1000RR silencer
Dell’Orto PHM 40 carburetors
MWR airfilter pods
R100 MaxBOXER Powered Engine :
Crankcase reduced to minumum
Upper positioned on frame for more ground clearance
Blueprinted motor
Head cylinders worked and gasflowed heads with bigger intakes, big valves,
Head cylinder cover with rapid oil filling hole
High-compression and lightened pistons
Racing light clutch
Oil pan intermediate crankcase, external oil filter
Ducati Paso oil radiator with external hoses
Revised and updated gearbox with racing adjustments
Electrics : Racing wire, LIPO battery, Silent Hetkit electronic front crankshaft ignition with 16 mappings, electronic regulator