CUSTOM HONDA CUBS
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100 millionth Super Cub
being produced in Octo-
ber 2017, last year Honda
began producing an all-new
C125 version. This retains
the original's trademark
step-thru underbone for-
mat and styling, still with
the trademark plastic leg
guards, but with a larger,
more powerful fuel injected
engine, a front disc brake
with ABS, a digital dash,
LED lighting and a keyless
ignition.
But as well as being
the most-produced motor
vehicle yet conceived, the
Super Cub has now also
become the basis for an
improbable craze that's
exploding worldwide. The
cult for creating Custom
Cubs took off in Japan 10
years ago, and then spread
like wildfire around Asia.
Now it's hitting Europe—as
a chance conversation on a
Triumph press riding launch
with one of their test riders
led me to discover.
No, John Bloor hasn't
begun manufacturing a
step-thru Triumph—but it
transpires that two of his
high mileage test riders
have a secret passion for
Cub-stom Cubs—and the
fact they're married to one
another inevitably means
that Lee and Hayley Vigor
have His and Hers models
in their garage, so each
Triumph tester by day, Lee
Vigor has been bitten hard
by the Cub bug.
Supermoto wheels,
no front brake, deep
purple paint, what's
not to love?
