Arch’s 1s is a $128,000 V-twin Sport Cruiser. Is It Worth It?

From: Cycle World Sunday Best - Sunday Oct 23,2022 03:31 pm
Arch Motorcycle 1s First Ride Review
Cycle World

10/23/22

Arch calls its motorcycles “bespoke production”: machines that are not custom built but rather tailored to each owner. Founded in 2011 by designer Gard Hollinger and American actor Keanu Reeves, the company has a high-end take on V-twin-powered cruisers and sport-cruisers. Now the Arch 1s, the company’s latest model, has arrived. What’s it like to ride a 124ci S&S-powered 1s? Cycle World Senior Editor Morgan Gales got an invite to find out.

You could spend an entire day just pouring over the billet aluminum, carbon fiber, and titanium parts that make up the 1s. But what good is all of that $128,000 trickness if it doesn’t perform? Gales spent the day carving the canyons above Arch’s Malibu headquarters with Hollinger and Reeves and found that the Arch 1s is much more than just a showpiece to be displayed in a ultra-tidy garage next to other fuel-burning collector items. It belongs out on the road—enjoyed, not pampered. Read Gales’ full review here.

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