Speed Read, October 30, 2022 - motorcycles

Speed Read, October 30, 2022



Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts takes a quick break from building menacing Harleys to design a wild Husqvarna supermoto. We also look at KTM’s bonkers new RC 8C superbike, a Harley Sportster with vintage flat track style, a Moto Guzzi V65 wrapped in aluminum, and a custom Volcon Grunt electric bike.

Husqvarna FE501 by Rough Crafts Scrolling through Instagram, our thumbs froze as we came across a lean, lithe and murdered-out Husqvarna supermoto. Standing in front of it was none other than Winston Yeh of Rough Crafts in Taiwan.
We’ve ridden the FE501’s KTM counterpart (most Huskies are just rebadged KTMs), and it’s an impressive machine out the box. It’s basically a 500 cc motocross bike with lights and a license plate?and if we had one in the garage, we probably wouldn’t do much to it.
That’s the direction Winston’s taken. He’s kept the mods minimal and tasteful, adding a hefty dose of Rough Crafts style while injecting some road manners.
Up front, the factory WP Suspension forks have been replaced with Öhlins RFX48S units and STM Supermoto fork legs. In place of the 21F/18R wheels are a pair of 17? Marchesini M10RR Kompe Motard wheels, fitted with Pirelli Rosso Corsa II tires. Braking forces are supplied by Beringer, with a four-piston caliper and 310 mm disc up front, and a two-piston caliper squeezing a 230 mm disc in the rear.

Rough Crafts installed a carbon fuel tank and frame guards from CMT, and had the frame ...
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