Retrorides By Lourenço is well-known in custom BMW K-series circles. The Brazilian workshop has built some of the sharpest K-series café racers around, and even written a literal book on how to do it. Now, they’re looking to establish themselves in a whole new niche.
After 30 years of customizing petrol-powered motorcycles, Retrorides By Lourenço is launching its own small production electric motorcycle company. And their first offering looks pretty damn good.
Based in a town a couple of hours away from São Paulo, Retrorides is run by Gustavo and Rodrigo Lourenço, and their father José. “We always had the dream of having our own brand of motorcycles,” says Gustavo.
“But with internal combustion engines this was not possible for a small company like ours, due to the complexity of the parts and mainly due to the cost of building a combustion engine.…