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Lucky THIRTEEN

KYLE Vara is a young self-taught fabrication wizard, engine builder and proprietor of Thirteen and Company, a custom motorcycle workshop in downtown Los Angeles, USA, who first came to international prominence in 2016 with a Honda CB550 café racer dubbed Amber.

“THERE’S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR STYLE, STANCE AND DOING THE SIMPLE THINGS WELL”

“The goal with Amber was to design a motorcycle that was approachable to any rider,” Kyle told well-regarded Aussie custom bike blog on its release. “We typically like to build edgy race-inspired bikes. But this time we broke that mould, with something that displayed

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