2020 Arch KRGT-1 | First Ride Review
The author flogging a 2020 Arch KRGT-1 along the Angeles Forest Highway. Photos by Alessio Barbanti/Arnaud Puig/ARCH Motorcycle.
I?m going to be brutally honest. I showed up in Pasadena, where Rider Magazine was being given the opportunity to ride the new Arch KRGT-1, with low expectations. That?s probably not fair, but it?s the truth. I?m jaded and cynical. I?ve ridden a lot of bikes, sat through a lot of technical presentations and talked to a lot of engineers and designers. There?s so much that goes into building a motorcycle from the ground up — one that not only looks good but functions well — that frankly I didn?t expect what I saw as a movie star?s pet project would amount to much of anything. (Keanu Reeves is a co-founder of Arch Motorcycle, along with designer and builder Gard Hollinger.)
Well, I was wrong.
Arch invited us to ride its KRGT-1 for a reason: they wanted it to get the regular treatment, a complete shakedown from a respected industry magazine. Still, Arch is a small company that hand-builds each machine to order, so I?d be surprised if Gard, Keanu and the rest of the crew didn?t harbor at least a little emotional attachment to the bike and our opinion of it. After all, they?ve invested years of blood, sweat, tears and time — in Gard and Keanu?s case, more than a decade — into the KRGT-1. And a couple of skeptical moto-journalists were getting ready to thrash two of the precious machines on one of the most famous (and loc...
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