Custom motorcycles are a form of visual and mechanical art. But this remixed KTM 250 Duke tells a musical story too.
It’s the work of Thrive Motorcycle, one of the shining stars of the booming Indonesian custom scene. And it inspired its owner, electronic music producer Kimo Rizky, to create a unique track.

Kimo originally just wanted a ?toy to play with at the weekend,? Thrive’s Putra Agung tells us. ?But then he found the sounds in the workshop interesting.?
?An idea popped into his head: ?How about I record every sound during the build of my bike, and turn it into music"’?

So Thrive decided to collaborate on a vision of a custom build and music together, giving the project the name ‘The Sight.’ Next it was time to settle on a direction for the Duke. It needed the versatility of a street-legal scrambler, but Thrive also picked up hints of 80s endurance racers in the KTM’s trellis frame.

?Luckily, Kimo was a pretty fun person to work with,? says Putra, ?as long as we didn’t go way too deep inside his pocket! So he cut us loose with the design direction.?
The 250 Duke comes well specc?d out the box, and this one was literally factory fresh?delivered straight to Thrive’s workshop. So the team opted not to mess with the rolling chassis too much.

The stock bodywork didn’t fare as well though. Thrive traded plastic for metal, hand-shaping a new aluminum fuel tank, tail section, side panels and front fender. Th...