Here’s why ergonomics is everything for a rider. Imagine building the most wicked high-performance American V-twin bagger imaginable. It’s souped up with a crate engine with ripping horsepower, top-shelf suspension components, and a serious amount of carbon composite. Unfortunately, if your bike still lacks proper control and handling, those performance gains become more of a hindrance than an improvement. The easy fix? Finding an optimal riding position that balances control, leverage, …

WHY AN INVERTED FRONT FORK SUSPENSION IS SUPERIOR TO A CONVENTIONAL (TUBE & SLIDER) FRONT SUSPENSION Front forks on a motorcycle need to be as rigid as possible, to function as effective suspension parts. They also need to be as light as possible. An inherent advantage of inverted forks is their weight, they're lighter than conventional front ends. A steel fork tube is the heaviest part of a traditional fork assembly. By design, inverted forks have shorter and thinner walled fork tu …

The Museum of Craft and Design's doors are now open! We are thrilled to announce that the MCD is now open to the public! Experience MOTO MMXX, a show-stopping custom motorcycle exhibition guest curated by co-founder and director of Untitled Motorcycles, Hugo Eccles. MOTO MMXX is a cutting-edge motorcycle exhibition that challenges the audience’s perception of the traditional motorcycle and highlights possible directions that the industry is going, can go, or should go. The exhibition showcas …

Igniting the Performance V-Twin Movement “I look around, I look around, and I see lots of new faces…” Tyler Durden, Fight Club Here at Kraus Motor Co. we take a lot of pride in what we do. Each individual in our company has a role in bringing you the finest Original American Precision Manufactured parts we can produce.Original. We take pride in knowing that the parts we create are Original. We have spent thousands of hours in research and development to engineer parts that, from the very …

Performance Touring is a major focus of Kraus Motor Company. We invented the concept of American Performance Touring, We coined the term. As of late, others have picked up on the concept and we are OK with that, after all Kraus is an innovation company, we expect to be followed when we share a good idea.What is Performance Touring and why should you bother learning about it. Why is it a good idea?Performance Touring came out of our Founder Satya Kraus’s head after spending some time on, what we …