Written by Andrew Jones
In case you haven’t already figured it out, they buy a lot of bikes in India and South East Asia. 2 billion odd people will tend to do good things to your sales curve. Most manufacturers are falling over themselves to get a piece of this exotic pie; even the likes of Harley, Triumph and Norton have their fingers in there. And now BMW have teamed up with Indian maker TVS to produce the 313cc, single cylinder, 33hp G310R naked. It’s the first ever BMW bike not to be made in Europe, and one of the first we’ve ever seen customised. Here’s how Bali’s Smoked Garage see it as a scrambler. And we like what we see.

?At Smoked Garage, we are all about the future and pushing boundaries,? says the shop’s Ricardo Agostino. ?We leave but learn from the past and always look for ways to define and revolutionise the unknown. Being based in Bali, Indonesia, the opportunity for creativity is truly endless and the abundant means to execute those ideas is what allows Smoked Garage to thrive and excite.?
More and more, Smoked is seeing an influx of people coming into the shop from all around the world. ?They have an interest in motorcycles – some big and some small. It’s similar to the ?Ace Cafe?, but in the southern hemisphere.? The main attraction, of course, are the bikes. ?They are such a recognisable form and we wanted to recreate that feeling with our next project.? Enter their BMW G310. ?Our first thought was tha...