“Combining a racing aesthetic and function with a custom style,” Roland Sands explains, “this is what we are probably best known for. We like to make stock machines perform better.” A builder of over 200 custom motorcycles, Sands has directed his attention to the new BMW R 18. The result is the BMW R 18 Dragster by Roland Sands Design.

Roland Sands’ father Perry was both a drag racer and a custom motorcycle builder, so the idea of a custom drag bike is inarguably in the younger Sands’ blood. In 2012, Roland Sands built his Harley-Davidson KH-9 V-Rod Night Rod Special—a custom dragster powered by a turbocharged V-Rod powerplant. So, perhaps, this latest exercise in stylish performance, boosted by nitrous oxide, was as inevitable as genetics.
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