You hear plenty of stories about what a stand-up guy Keanu Reeves is when the cameras aren't rolling – and now it makes sense. Turns out he's a madly passionate motorcyclist, which in my books makes him a superior human being. Reeves isn't short of a dollar, so together with chopper whiz Gard Hollinger he's built the bike of his dreams, and started a company manufacturing them. Arch Motorcycle Company has just released its first bike, the KRGT-1, a US$78,000 chopper-inspired sports naked with a giant 2-litre S&S v-twin engine and a body that's basically all hewn from billet aluminum. No word on whether it explodes if you go less than 50 miles an hour, best keep the throttle open just to be safe.
The bike's design is a bit of a mishmash. It's clearly got the heart of a cruiser, with its whopping big 124 cubic inch v-twin engine. That's 2,032cc in metric, and it rides a gigantic 122 foot-pound wave of torque up to a 122 horsepower peak. Those are rear wheel figures, apparently, not 'at the crank' figures like you get from most manufacturers, so add in a healthy 10-15 percent to give yourself a good mental comparison
And the entire thing is essentially billet aluminum, weighing 538 pounds.
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