Skip to content
Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
Login
Cart
Search
Home Shop Locations Membership Community Show Moto Sales Barbershop Tattoo
Your Basket

$
Quantity
-
+
Remove { item.title }

Your cart is currently empty.

Subtotal
Subtotal { cart.total_price | money Currency.currentCurrency }
Continue Shopping
Check Out
Shop Our Newest Gear & Apparel Free Delivery on orders over £75
Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
  • Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
  • Shop
    • Clothing
    • Accessories
    • Gear
    • Featured
    • T-Shirts
    • Headwear
    • Denim
    • New Arrivals
    • Sweatshirts & Hoodies
    • Tubes & Scarfs
    • Outerwear
    • BSMC x Bell Moto III
    • Jackets & Shirts
    • Leather Goods
    • Boots
    • Garage Collection
    • Womens Fit
    • Patches & Pins
    • Helmets
    • Gift Cards
    • View All
    • View All
    • View All
    • Outlet
  • Locations

    Los Angeles

    London

    Tattoo

    Barbershop

  • Community

    Journal

    Moto Sales

    Instagram

    Youtube

  • Membership

    Membership Home

    Join Us

    Calendar

    Adventures

  • SHOW
We've sent you an email with a link to update your password.

Login

Create account
Forgot your password?

Reset your password

We will send you an email to reset your password.

Access Denied
IMPORTANT! If you’re a store owner, please make sure you have Customer accounts enabled in your Store Admin, as you have customer based locks set up with EasyLockdown app. Enable Customer Accounts

Kevils El Toro

By Gareth Charlton - 22 Dec 14

  • Category_Bikes
Kevils El Toro
Kevils El Toro 1 THUMB Kevils. It is a word so synonymous with classy BMW builds that you can forget that it derived from a man's name. Kevin Hill - Kev Hill - Kevils. That old linguistic technique of Portmanteau - the blending of two words to create a new one, like brunch or sexcapade. Now as is our netiquette I should get back to his latest bodacious machine named "El Toro" which was built for a Spanish aerospace worker named Alex. Kevils El Toro 2 "When Alex paid us a visit in Devon he knew exactly what he wanted." Explains Kev, "Jota bars on a street tracker with twin megaphone silencers, Led hidden rear lights and indicators, distressed leather diamond stitched seating for two, a small bates headlamp, and definitely a silver tank." But such is the automotive pornocopia that Kevin has created down in Devon that Alex's carefully conceived design changed. As his eyes wandered they happened upon Kevin's trusty rusty smart car "That's what I want" he said. Thankfully they happened to have enough of the rust effect paint left over to satisfice. Kevils El Toro 3 A fairly craptacular 1982 BMW R80 was sourced as a starting point and work began. If you are a regular reader you will know by now that the team in Paignton do not spend a lot of time chillaxing under Kevin's watch, anything fugly was instantly binned and soon enough the donor had received the customary Kevil's ground up restoration rebuild in which all components are either replaced or upgraded until the bike is as new. Kevils El Toro 4 There are various swapportunities within the Kevil's build programme and Alex opted for a flat subframe with a rear loop and a short rear mudguard. The frame received graphite powder coating whilst the fork sliders were blacked out along with the spoked wheels. A two into one low level exhaust with twin raw steel megaphones was another swaption that will, in time, end up the same colour as the tank. This is a bike that will develop with age. Kevils El Toro 5The Kevil's Speed shop knowledgebase of the BMW is second to none, you will find no imagineering or guesstimation in this or any of their builds, just immaculate detailing. The Jota bars and small bates light are present just as requested along with the distressed diamond stitched seat. At the front of the seat is what Kev refers to as a "posing pouch" in which Alex can stash either change or his aviators, but for the purpose of this article I prefer to refer to it as a frocket (front pocket) and imagine it concealing a small croissandwich. Kevils El Toro 6 Alex's work sees his time split between Manchester during the summer and Valencia during the winter, unsurprisingly it is Valencia where he is sending El Toro, just in time for Christmas, well which would you choose for a staycation? Kevin reports that Alex is Spanish through and through, however his Spanish Manchester (Spanglish) accent "is about as Spanish as straw donkeys and sombrero hats?" Kevils El Toro 7 It is yet another brilliant build to add to the Kevils Speed Shop fanzine page. It is their fourteenth build to feature on the Bikeshed in 2014, the only question that remains is whether they can go one better in 2015 and reach 15? We certainly look forward to finding out. Apologies for all of the Portmanteau words - Goodbye! (god be with you).
Share
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Pin on Pinterest
Invalid password
Enter
Menu
Book a Table
Barber
Tattoo
Calendar
About Us
Contact & Find Us
Venue Hire
Delivery & Returns
384 Old St, Hackney, London EC1V 9LT United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7729 8114
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Payment methods accepted
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Diners Club
  • Discover
  • Google Pay
  • Maestro
  • Mastercard
  • PayPal
  • Shop Pay
  • Union Pay
  • Visa
Copyright © 2023, Bike Shed Motorcycle Club
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website, including personalised ads. By clicking 'Accept' you agree to our Privacy/Cookie Policy