The company isn’t a household name and builds just a handful of bikes each year. The force behind Arch Motorcycle involves two motorcycle fanatics. If you haven’t heard of Arch Motorcycles before, I can’t blame you. The Arch 1s is a sport cruiser hand-built to order featuring a 2,032cc V-twin making 121.77 lb-ft torque. For a select few, though, a bespoke V-twin that looks like something out of a William Gibson novel will offer an experience unique enough to warrant the price.Yesterday, Arch Motorcycles, a venture created by actor Keanu Reeves and motorcycle builder Gard Hollinger, released its second boutique motorcycle. You could start a pretty killer collection of classic and performance bikes with that kind of dough. The price for all this bespoke construction doesn't come cheap. The effect is like something out of The Matrix or Cyberpunk 2077, just to name a couple of properties one of the co-founders has appeared in. It opens upward and back revealing the filler to the carbon fiber tank that also integrates the air intake. An adaptive LED headlamp with dazzling starting animation illuminates the road ahead, while a slim, integrated LED taillight accentuates the tail as it comes to a point at the rear.Ī trick piece comes in the form of the fuel door, which opens upon twisting the "A" in the Arch logo. Rather than traditional gauges a digital display informs the rider. The suspension is designed with Öhlins fork and shocks, while a Bosch ABS system with a six-pot caliper on the front wheel brings 17-inch carbon fiber wheels to a standstill. Thanks to the composite, dry weight comes in at only 563 pounds. The effect is one where the engine almost seems like it's on a pedestal for display, with the rest of the bike draped around it.
The 1s features a unique billet aluminum backbone and side plates, with thin carbon fiber supports comprising the rest of the frame. A lower front and quicker steering should make the bike more agile than the KRGT-1, and the rider sits at a more leaned-forward position to make the most of it.
The chassis geometry is completely different, utilizing a shorter wheelbase and single-sided swingarm. Though the KRGT-1 and 1s share a common visual language, the two are decidedly different bikes. It's what a Harley would be if it wasn't stuck catering to a baby boomer past and allowed to evolve. But in both cases, surrounding the rumbling V-twin heart is loads of carbon fiber, billet aluminum and a thoroughly modern design. That one was more of a cruiser, inspired by Reeves' custom Harley-Davidson built by Hollinger, the bike that put the duo on the path to establishing Arch. It's a version of same motor that underpins Arch's first bike, the KRGT-1. The S&S downdraft fuel-injected motor built to Arch specs is a whopping 2.0 liters and churns out 122 pound-feet of torque at the rear wheel (The company did not disclose brake horsepower figures).
There are elements that are unabashedly American, like a monster V-twin.
As Hollinger says, you sit on it, not in it. The hand-built bikes are tailored to the preferences of each rider and have been likened by Jay Leno to a Pagani in two-wheeled form.Īrch describes the 1s as a performance cruiser, but it leans a bit more heavily on the performance side. Whoa.Ĭalifornia-based Arch Motorcycles, founded by Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger, has launched its second model, the 1s. Keanu Reeves' Arch Motorcycles launches sportier 1s With a 2.0-liter V-twin.
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