Most of the time, it can be easy to tell what a motorcycle is just by looking at it. You’ve got your aggressive and fully faired sportbikes, your laid-back cruisers, and your retro sporty cafe racers. But once every now and then, a bike that blurs the lines between these segments comes along.
I’m talking about the likes of the Harley XR1200, Buell Super Cruiser, and maybe even the Indian FTR 1200. What these bikes have in common is that they’re built with cruiser DNA, but come with features and styling cues you’d expect to find in sportier machines—sort of like a cross between a cruiser and a cafe racer or scrambler.
