Tarform Luna & Vera: Design-Led Electric Motorcycles From Brooklyn
- Buck City Biker
- 9 hours ago
- 2 min read
Tarform have been on our radar for a while, not only because their bikes (the Luna and Vera), look properly interesting, but also because of what they’re trying to do.
Based out of New York City, Tarform was founded by Taras Kravtchouk. They’ve spent the last few years quietly refining their handbuilt vision. The result? Bikes that look like concept sketches, but crucially, they’re real, and they’re being made.
Tarform's Luna
Tarform’s first production model, Luna, is where things started. A mid-weight electric that sits somewhere between café racer and futuristic street tracker.
It comes in two flavours: road and scrambler. A format plenty of e-moto brands are leaning into right now.
You’re getting around 55 hp (41 kW), with 143 ft-lb (194 Nm) of instant torque delivery. Top speed sits just over 95 mph (152 km/h), and range is quoted up to 120 miles (193 km), though as always, that depends on how heavy your wrist is. Charging is straightforward: Level 2 (US) gets you from 0–80% in around 50 minutes. Not class-leading, but usable.
The Vera
Then there’s Vera, Tarform’s push toward something more usable, and crucially, more scalable. It’s lighter, simpler, and built with higher production in mind, while still carrying that signature design DNA.
The Vera offers a claimed ~100 miles (161km) of city range from an ~8 kWh pack, 0–60 mph (96.5km/h) in about 3.5 seconds, and a top speed around 90 mph (145 km/h).
Vera is pitched as a versatile machine that's equally at home filtering traffic or taking on light off-road work. As of 2026, the Vera remains in low-volume, pilot production, assembled out of Tarform’s Brooklyn base, with wider availability and full-scale rollout still not scheduled.
The Long Road to Production
First shown in 2018, the Luna missed its early delivery targets as Tarform leaned hard into complex materials and design-led engineering. After a reset around 2020, customer bikes finally started landing in 2022, marking the jump from concept to actual manufacturer.
Right now in 2026, the Luna is still low-volume and USA only. Europe is the next step and EEC homologation can take some work, so UK and EU riders are still on the side lines for now. This is where Tarform takes the real test: scaling.
BCB Take
Where Tarform stands apart is in its approach to materials. The Luna uses bio-based composites, recycled aluminium, and vegan alternatives to leather. We know what your thinking, but this isn’t just surface-level branding, it’s a rethink of how bikes are built.
That commitment to materials is also a big part of the lengthy road to production. What’s impressive is they haven’t wavered; they’re still sticking to the original mission, even when the easy route would’ve been to strip it back and ship sooner.
Two bikes, one philosophy. Luna is the boutique, design-led machine. Vera is the shot at something closer to real-world volume. Tarform might still be a small player, but they’ve got a clear identity. Now they just need to scale.
Ride safe, folks.
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