For all the bike models in 2022 that strive for a modern-retro aesthetic, they roll on a very fine line. If they’re too modern, then they may not be seen as charming enough. Go too far in the other direction, though, and prospective owners might question why they should pay 2022 prices for 1972 technology. In all things, there must be balance. Triumph’s gotten pretty good at toeing this line. Heck, Honda and Vespa practically invented this line.
That makes it more of a challenge for newcomers to compete. Take GPX, a Thai company that started in 2007. Compared to all three of the previously-mentioned OEMs, that’s practically the blink of an eye. Now, it doesn’t have the global reach of any of those historic OEMs at this point—but you’ll find its bikes all over Thailand. It also distributes elsewhere in Asia, and has been making inroads in Japan in recent time.
