![]() The company was founded in 2011 by actor Keanu Reeves and bike designer Gard Hollinger. ![]() Arch Motorcycle is a luxury American motorcycle manufacturer based in Hawthorne, California. Custom 5-spoke carbon wheels from BST further amplifies Arch’s tailor-made characteristics. Profile: Arch Motorcycle & the Performance Cruiser. The brakes are a combination of Magura master cylinder and auxiliary controls with ISR calipers alongside Bosch ABS electronics. You get custom Ohlin shocks front and rear along with their heavy-duty forks. Hollinger has heavily worked upon the Dyna chassis with handling in mind. For starters, the swingarm has seen a major redesign, which is now machined from a single block of billet aluminum. ![]() A lot of the changes have been incorporated into the bodywork seamlessly. As you go around the bike, changes seem minimal yet Arch claims there are over 20 major changes with 150 newly designed parts. The 2020 Arch KRGT-1 has seen multiple upgrades to be Euro-4 compliant. Unlike most power cruisers, the KRGT-1 employs air ducts around the headlights channeling air down to bespoke K&N filter housing that feeds the V-twin oil burner. In the three years it took Keanu and Gard to bring their design to production, Arch Motorcycle Companys philosophy took shape: “Connecting the art and the ride.”įor more information and to order a motorcycle, visit of the unique aspects of the KRGT-1 is the absence of huge air filters that sticks out on the side. They’re never fun, but I’ve been fortunate enough to be OK, for the most part.” I’ve been very lucky, though, in the mishaps. “I crashed the Norton, had to have some surgery burst my spleen, then I had another crash on Sunset, lost a tooth, cracked it in half, broke an ankle. Have you ever been in an accident I ask? “Yeah,” Keanu replies. And I was out of town working so it was nice to come home and to have that bike there.” Somehow it didn’t really start out that way, because it took a couple years, but I got it around that time. One of the many motorcycles Keanu has owned was this one from West Coast Choppers: “It was part of my turning 40. “We made a go of it, but you know, classic twins and stuff we got into this situation where we were not big enough to make it. “So we had the shop for about eight or nine years,” he says. In the early 90s he bought into an existing shop in Los Angeles after walking into it for the first time to get one of his Nortons worked on. Arch Motorcycle Company is not Keanus first time owning a motorcycle business. If ordered now, the current delivery schedule of getting a KRGT-1, shown here in black, is approximately 90 days from receipt of your $12,000 deposit.Įxclusive to Women Riders Now: quotes that didn’t make it into the American Iron article. For inquiries, please visit: More information on the new ARCH. More on the KGRT-1: The KRGT-1 is available in silver (shown here) and black. Orders for the new ARCH 1s are now available for riders nationwide at the price of 128,000 per build. I spoke with Keanu by Skype, as he was in China filming 47 Ronin, a movie released in 2013.ĭownload my exclusive interview with Keanu Reeves here. I was the only journalist at the time given access to the actor to discuss his newly formed company and his passion for motorcycling. I had the opportunity to talk with Keanu Reeves in an exclusive interview for an article I wrote for American Iron magazine. Keanu Reeves (left) and Gard Hollinger with the rideable prototype of the KRGT-1, the inspiration behind the forming of Arch Motorcycle Company. Quick specs include: 27.8-inch seat height, 538 pounds, 5 gallon fuel capacity 2032cc engine, and 6-speed transmission. The KRGT-1 is a brand new production motorcycle with most components proprietary. Production is limited making ownership a coveted experience. The KRGT-1 is more than two years in the making and will be built to order with an initial offering price of $78,000. This week, actor Keanu Reeves, and his business partner, Gard Hollinger, are introducing a custom production motorcycle from Arch Motorcycle Company, the business they formed together.
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