Suzuki EN125

The Suzuki EN125 is a relatively unknown commuter bike thats only real benefit to most people is its great fuel economy. Definitely not the kind of bike you would imagine to be a decent donor bike – unless you are Douglas Paijo from Indonesia. After many years of owning the bike he had an unfortunate accident and thought his dreams of turning it into a ‘Brat Style’ custom were ruined. “I had a terrible accident on the bike last year” Douglas told us. “An old man with a Honda Supercub hit me from the left side at an intersection. It was almost midnight, and he had no lights. My bike was damaged badly, I lost my gas tank and the left side was completely broken. Fortunately, the frame was OK. My friends suggested I sell the bike, but i had so many beautiful memories with it. I have no car so when my wife gave birth to my first son, we rode the bike to the nearby hospital. It was unforgettable. So, i decide to customized it”.
Douglas enlisted the help of his good friend Andi who runs a small custom shop in Yogyakarta in Indonesia, and together they went about doing a complete makeover on the bike. “The Suzuki EN125 is a pure sport road bike, but i want a different look for the bike. I want a simple, clean bike with good handling and fun to ride. I stripped down the bike, chopped the rear end of the frame, made a new seat and put a Suzuki GP100 gas tank on. I like the bobber look, so i wanted a fat tire for the bike and found a 130/90 15″ tire but unfortinately it was too hard to find the suitable rim here”. Due to Indonesia being limited for motorcycle parts Douglas did what a lot of Indonesians have to do and become resourceful. “I ended up using a VW Beetle rim for the rear wheel and luckily had no problem finding the front one”. As time went by Douglas received more and more parts from his friends. “I had a 38mm front fork which taken from a chinese’s Loncin sparta trail 125cc bike and had to shorten it to get a nice look. Andi made the front and rear fender. More than 80% of the parts I took from OEM spare parts. I believe that the quality and durability of the parts will give me more rather than if I use after market parts”. Douglas also pulled a lot of parts from other bikes, like the headlight is from a Honda CB100, a rear stop lamp taken from a Suzuki RV90, and the Handle bars are from a Honda GL200. “I also picked up a series of signal lamps from Kawasaki KLX 150, a classic speedometer from an old Suzuki cub and Andi fitted an old Honda CB125 muffler”. The last thing they did was paint it. “I loved the gas tank and I wanted a suzuki classic colour on the tank and I found one. The skull cartoon is the choice of my son Guilermo who is 4 years now. We love to ride this bike in the afternoon, with the approriate safety gear, he sits on the gas tank in front of me. It’s not a fast ride if you want to know, of course i don’t want to put my son in danger. We usually ride in the country side at the weekend. I know that he will love to ride as his father.”
Now I’m wishing I took my pregnant wife to the hospital on my bike – maybe the next one. What a great story, and it says a lot about the differences in cultures around the world.

Old Model – DKW

Hi all!
I see you again in this new article. I’m sorry I have to admit it that this topic will be a lot of difference with my blog title. But I can’t let it go if I see a beautiful old model of bike such as this one. This old bike was manufactured in Germany. It’s called DKW and was built on 1950’s (I guess…). This bike belong to one of my father’s friend and he so proud of it because you can see in these pictures that this thing still in good shape. My rough guess, this old bike is the only one in my city of Purwokerto or it might be in my country which is Indonesia. Does anyone interested to buy this old DKW?

I took this picture around a year ago. Why is it so long? Because I was so busy at that time and as the time flew I just remember it today and I decided to upload this thing to my blog. I hope visitors who see my blog will satisfy with it.

You can see the owner of this old bike. He holds his bike. He told me he has more than one old model of bike at his house. I will try to photograph his other old model of bikes when he stops by at my shop.

Okay, this going to be a long-short story. You can watch these pictures till you satisfy.

I’ll see you again in my next story. Ciao…

Modification Honda GL Max – stycle Honda CB 100 Retro Picture

Modifikasi Honda GL Max Gaya Retro Extreme

Form of the legendary Honda motorcycle, according to Anwar, the owner will still be liked and not be timeless. Though younger than motor-based Honda GL-Max, even-looking re CB dirupa applications thanks to the tank, side cover and rear fender of the Honda CB 100 orsi.“For the pair had to cut back the tip of the framework in order to obtain the appropriate dimensions,” Roby said the modifier. Sector body felt was appropriate heart, turn the legs shall appear sturdy.
Airs next big Honda CBR 400 applications with a lathe as komstir to re-installation, TDR supported tread width of a rim holding Tromol Kawak variations in front and Tromol Ninja-style trail behind.
“Let me even more ferocious power of the engine, engine block header, karbu, transmissions, pistons installed Tiger belongs to the valve Honda Honda Cielo’ll be able to bloat his young brother on the street,” said modifier of specialist machines that also do not forget to put your headlights are another variation of HD ” ins “among CB-mania.
SPEK MODIF:
SOK DEPAN: Honda CBR 400, SOK BELAKANG: Honda Tiger, VELG: TDR 350/17-400/17, BAN: IRC 80/90/17-SWALLOW 100/80/17, TROMOL DEPAN: Variasi by Kumis, TROMOL BELAKANG: Trail Custom, KALIPER: Brembo. MODIFIKATOR: Robby Speed, Ngagel Rejo Gg.01/04 Surabaya (031-60622796)