ARCH Motorcycle Company, the American V-twin motorcycle manufacturer co-founded by Gard Hollinger and Keanu Reeves, has announced that its first production model, the KRGT-1, has been certified emissions-compliant by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Environmental Protection Agency and is legal in all fifty of the United States.
“CARB certification was always our goal,” says Hollinger. “We were committed to that from day one. It was a grueling process and important for us to achieve in order to deliver on our promise of a production-quality, custom performance cruiser.”
ARCH held the official media launch for the KRGT-1 in March of 2015 and received high marks from every motorcycle media representative who rode it. The KRGT-1 was also chosen as one of the ten fantasy gifts for the legendary Neiman Marcus Christmas Book for 2015.
“Arch tasked us with building a powerful-yet-rideable powertrain. That part was easy for S&S,” says S&S VP of Sales Paul Devine. “But they also asked for 50-state compliance. That wasn’t easy, but, in the end, we developed an engine that pairs brute V-twin power with emissions compliance.”
The KRGT-1 represents the culmination of years of R&D focused on producing a category-defying American motorcycle with real-world rideability to match its craftsmanship. ARCH designed its streamlined, retro-modern styling to bring the contours of the past into the present. The bike showcases over 200 parts created at the ARCH production facility, each bike requiring 300-plus machine hours using state-of-the-art CNC and water-jet machinery. Dozens of other proprietary parts are supplied by premium vendor partners who share the same standards.
For more information about the company, visit archmotorcycle.com.
About ARCH Motorcycle Company: In November of 2011, seasoned bike builder Gard Hollinger and motorcycle enthusiast Keanu Reeves founded ARCH Motorcycle Company. The two-wheel addicts originally connected based on a shared concept of the “ideal riding machine,” co-creating what evolved into a ground-up, purpose-built prototype. The success of the prototype inspired the desire to build a production model. After years of exhaustive research and development, the first production KRGT-1 was completed in September of 2014. Today, ARCH Motorcycle Company manufactures the ultimate performance-oriented American luxury motorcycle. Each bike is meticulously hand assembled at their production facility in Los Angeles, California. ARCH KRGT-1s are available directly from the factory and can be shipped anywhere in the world.
