Trickster: A stunt-inspired TVS Apache RTR 310 by Smoked Garage
With new motorcycles getting bigger each year?and, by extension, progressively more expensive?it might just be up to small-capacity bikes to save the industry. But while Western manufacturers like Triumph and Harley-Davidson have only just started dipping their toes into these waters, companies in the East have made small bikes their bread and butter.
TVS Motor Company doesn’t produce a single bike over 312 cc. But they’re India’s third-largest motorcycle manufacturer, sell around three million units annually, and own Norton. They also helped develop the BMW 310 R and 310 GS?and then put that same motor in the TVS Apache RTR 310.
A sibling to the fully-faired RR 310 sportbike, the TVS Apache RTR 310 is a naked roadster with frenetic streetfighter styling. Its 312 cc single-cylinder mill makes 35 hp and 27.8 Nm, and it features a six-speed transmission, a slipper clutch, ABS, multiple rider modes, and a 5? TFT display. Optional extras include everything from fully adjustable suspension and tire pressure monitors to a full array of IMU-controlled electronic rider aids. Aesthetically, the TVS Apache RTR 310 is pitched squarely at the young street culture crowd. So when Smoked Garage was commissioned to customize an RTR 310, they leaned into that concept, heavily.
Taking inspiration from stunt motorcycles, the Indonesian custom shop redesigned the RTR with an insectoid look that would make KTM’s designers blush, and nicknamed it the ‘Trickste...
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