For those who don’t know, Cub House is a subsidiary of Thai Honda that specializes in creating small limited editions of Honda’s extremely popular 125s. Although you could argue that, in general, it’s the paintwork and graphics that matter, isn’t that the first feature that catches your eye when you look at a bike? Aesthetics aren’t the only feature, of course, but they are important.
Anyway, as you may also have heard, the internationally beloved creator of the Dragon Ball saga and notable reducer Akira Toriyama died on March 1, 2024. He was 68 years old. Fans all over the world have been posting tributes to his creator and his undeniable influence on anime culture, and also far beyond these areas.
This build is a particularly striking example of how art inspires art, because it’s a real-life recreation of a Moto Guzzi V8 GP Racer that Akira Toriyama drew in his saga. So it went from being a real classic racing bike in the real world, was filtered through Toriyama’s brain and talent, and then was abstracted again by Ganesha Customs to become the real replica based on the Honda Monkey that you now see in front of you.
The text reads: “From the most popular anime of all time, through history, comes the Limited Edition pattern. Monkey x Dragon Ball will be a legend… forever. To Professor Toriyama Akira, the creator of Dragon Ball. Thank you for giving us special memories”.