Actor Keanu Reeves is getting into the motorcycle business, starting up the Arch Motorcycle Company with Gard Hollinger of L.A. County Choprods. The new company will build motorcycles based on the KR GT-1 prototype pictured above, with production set to begin in 2013.

The partnership first began after Reeves approached Hollinger about producing a custom motorcycle. The motorcycle enthusiast and the builder hit it off and project changed from a one-off custom to a potential mass production model. The KR GT-1 prototype was completed in the fall of 2011

“We have a common vision,” says Hollinger. “We started with the idea of a performance-based modern machine. Once the bike was complete, it looked like a production motorcycle but unlike anything we had ever seen. It’s unique and we can’t wait to introduce it to the world.” Continue Reading »