Written by Martin Hodgson
When you are given the chance to be the first you only have one shot, so you better make it count. With the launch of the all new Royal Enfield twin, the builders chosen to produce a custom for the company had a chance to produce the bike in their chosen style for the very first time. Keen to avoid the well-worn path and not follow trends, Tony Prust of Chicago?s Analog Motorcycles had an idea he knew would be different in the best possible way. Nicknamed ?Grasshopper?, it’s a Supermoto with the precision agility to destroy the streets and look damn fly doing it.

Having received the invite to build a stand out custom for Royal Enfield, Tony had to come up with a plan of attack. ?In the initial conversation we discussed current and future trends. The scramblers have been the hot custom variant the last few years. But putting off-road tyres on street bikes does not make them scramblers really. The reality of dual sport or off-road tyres on these ?scramblers? is aesthetically kind of cool looking but performance wise not that functional.? explains the Chicago outfits head honcho.
It’s not that Tony doesn’t still love a scrambler, it’s just that with an all new bike to play with and a historic development in Enfield’s engine lineup, he wanted to be able to ring the bike’s neck at every possible chance. ?So why not take an unassuming cafe racer style OEM bike and turn it into a city shredding Supermoto. The Grassho...