“Driving these kinds of motorcycle to tap the charming of motorcycle traditional culture and driving fun of era of personalized.”
actually marketed by the Austria-based KSR Group GmbH, which is also a European distributor for CFMoto, Royal Enfield and Benelli. It also produces Kiska (KTM) designed motorcycles and scooters under its own name, although there’s no mention where they’re actually manufactured. The Brixton engines, we’re told, are powered by Japanesedeveloped 125-cc air-cooled engine, although not where they’re actually built. My guess is neither Japan nor Austria. The opening pitch on the sales brochure is curious too:
Hmm. Still, the marketing ploy makes sense, even if the English doesn’t. The best scramblers and café racers are stripped and modified bikes from the 1960s and ’70s, so the very basic commuters manufactured in the developing markets are ripe for these applications. Suddenly, your low-tech basic transport becomes a desirable image-maker, and with double the sticker price. Low handlebars and a bum-stop turn it into a café racer, while knobby tyres and a high-mounted silencer get you an instant scrambler. Just to confuse the issue, there were a few café racers with knobby tyres, which had clearly lost something in translation. Maybe, the builder thought that fusing elements of both directions would make it twice as good. Either way, I wonder how many