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Thunder Motorcycles
Coffee and custom bikes
April 2026, by Guy
'Guido' Allen
Wander in for a coffee and walk out with a motorcycle
– it works for us
About a 20 minute
walk away from Tokyo's
Ueno district is Thunder
Motorcycles, located on a substantial
tourist street. It's as much a coffee shop as it
is a motorcycle outlet and one of a chain of 34
stores. The coffee, by the way, is very good.
Inside there are two V-twin custom-style machines branded as Thunder Motorcycles, though the ID plate on the frame says Ledian Motorcycles.
Power is provided by a fuel-injected 250 V-twin 250.
The relatively basic brake feature ABS.
Instrumentation is minimalist with a mixed analogue and
digital display.
They have some visual appeal and the build quality seems
tidy.
Pricing is around ¥950,000 (Au$8400, US$6000, GB£4500,
€5100).
See the Thunder
site for more on its range.
See more from our casual Japan tour
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