With roughly 2.7 million people living in Brooklyn, New York, the serendipitous tale of this BMW R100R café racer stands out as something truly extraordinary. It all began when Tobias van Schneider—a German multi-disciplinary designer living in Brooklyn—spotted a custom BMW R80 on the street. Enamored, he nabbed a photo of it and sent it to a friend.
That friend happened to be the founder of Myth Motor, Matias Corea. Matias immediately recognized the bike and knew its creator—Argentine-born Sebastian ‘Seba’ Achaval, who works under the moniker ‘oneYedeer.’ Matias connected Tobias and Seba, and the idea of ‘The Escape Machine’ was born.
Initially working with a running 1984 BMW R80ST, Tobias and Seba started hashing out ideas. “Anyone familiar with me knows I’m passionate about my work,” says Tobias.…