CUSTOM HONDA CUBS
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can chill out aboard something
completely different after a day
of clocking up further mileage
aboard whatever will soon be the
latest and greatest from Triumph.
"I do around 100,000 miles
a year, and Hayley probably
about 80,000 miles," says Lee,
47. "We both do at least 350
miles a day when we're out on
the road, and we ride together
whenever we can. But when we
come home we go out and ride
together again, but this time on
the Custom Cubs!"
So how did this hobby get
started out? "I was just brows-
ing on Facebook, and came
across a local guy named James
Gibson," says Lee. "He's the UK
guru for Custom Cubs, the man
who started the whole scene in
the UK, and he lives around the
corner from us. I went to look
at his bikes, and instantly got
addicted. Like lots of people, I
had a couple of Super Cubs in
my life—one I learned to ride on
as a child going round a field in
circles, and then another
one in my 20s, which I used
to get to work on. It was a
hand-painted C90, which
was just utterly dependable
cheap transportation. But
then I started working for
Triumph and totally forgot
about Super Cubs, until I
fell in love with them again.
Gibbo's taken them to a dif-
ferent level, but it's pure fun. Fun
to dream up ways to personalize
them, fun to do the work yourself
with pretty basic tools, and fun to
ride the result down to the pub or
out for a meal, and have people
looking at you with a smile on
their faces. Anytime you're riding
something with two wheels and
(Above) Cheap
Chinese motors offer
twice the power
of the regular Cub
150 motors and are
surprisingly sturdy.
My, how far
we've not
come! The OG
1961 Cub on
left and the
2018 model.
Hey, if it ain't
broke…
