Naked Bikes
April, 2001
Naked. Bikes. If ever two words belonged together, lost sight of the obvious. In the dim past, all motorcycles were performance machines--there was not a forced choice between these do. The phrase captures the exposed muscle, the evident arousal, the cruiser and rocket racer, between Harley and high tech, between curb appeal and competitive performance. And yet, over bare-ass challenge of hard metal. In the past few years, designers have the years the bike market evolved into two camps, each wit...
