Cargo Cub: A custom Honda Super Cub 110 from K-Speed
With over 100 million units produced to date, it’s impossible to overstate the Honda Super Cub’s popularity. And it’s been a massive hit over at K-Speed too. The Thai custom shop and parts manufacturer has racked up an impressive 70-plus custom Super Cub builds already, both for local and international customers.
Their latest custom Cub is also one of their cutest. It’s based on a brand new Super Cub 110i, which, if we’re honest, is good looking enough as is. But K-Speed has elevated this one with a bunch of small changes that make a big difference.
Dubbed the ‘Cargo Cub,’ the build takes its inspiration from shop founder Eak’s adorable Nissan S-Cargo. If you don’t know it, it’s a small delivery van that Nissan released in 1989?and yes, its name intentionally sounds like the French word for snail. Parked up next to each other, the van and scooter make the perfect little cargo fleet.
The changes start with the Honda’s wheels, where K-Speed re-laced the stock drum brake hubs to a new set of shouldered aluminum rims. They still measure 17? at both ends, but they’re now wrapped in chunky sawtooth treads from Vee Rubber.
The front suspension’s been lowered, and the front mudguard’s been replaced by a pair of fork covers, molded from ABS plastic. It’s had a radical effect on the Super Cub’s stance?even if the front tire clearance looks a little suspect.
Higher up, K-Speed compl...
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