TETSUOOOOOOO!!!!! >:o

[katachi_kun]

Ever since I was 16, I've wanted Kaneda's bike. A few years ago, i saw a japanese website where a guy welded together a steel frame took some cycle parts and basically built one from scratch. That's way too hard for me, but last night I found this:

A full body kit for a Japanese moped

Now being a wacky looking Japanese moped, I assumed they were

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[shade_of_white]

KAAAAAAANEDAAAAAAA~~~~ >:O

Are you serious right now?
Are you really serious?

Because. This is basically the coolest thing I've seen in a long time, and while the idea of practically lying face down on a motorcycle deathsled sounds like an invitation for disaster, this is so fucking awesome..

[katachi_kun]

I'm very serious. It's something I've daydreamed about every summer since 1994. However, I only saw about 3 pics of the "motorcycle replica" and I'm not skilled enough to build a goddamned future bike from the ground up, but I sure as fuck can take all those photos and reverse engineer bolt-on fiberglass body panels for an existing, readily available US moped.

[orochiyamazaki]

Sweet looking kit!

The Honda CN250 is really popular, offering very good performance while still maintaining good fuel-economy, and the comfort and style of a feet-forward ride. For a rider under 200 lbs., with a nice wind to your back, they can get upwards of 75MPH. At more-modest cruising speeds, they get 60 ~ 70 MPG.

The only wide-scale problem I've ever heard was on '04 models, with the cam chain tensioner failing and causing the chain to slip on a number of units. However, problems didn't manifest until after several years or several thousands of miles, and were easy to fix.

There was also an error in the '06 manuals, stating an impossible performance specification, but no defect on the bike itself. A lotta websites make it seem like the bikes themselves were recalled, but it was only the manual that was recalled.