It’s become common practice for major OEMs to launch new bikes by showing off custom versions of them. And we’re here for it—especially when those companies pick the right workshops, and the results turn out this good.
You’re looking at a custom TVS Ronin—a brand new 225 cc modern retro, customized to great effect by our friends Smoked Garage in Indonesia. If you don’t know the TVS Motor Company, you really should. They’re India’s third-largest manufacturer, sell three million units a year and own Norton.
To celebrate the release of the Ronin, they handed four bikes over to some of the world’s best custom shops. Smoked made the cut—and responded with a custom beach scrambler as sharp as a katana.…