People mover: A Honda Monkey sidecar rig with K-Speed style
K-Speed is quite possibly the world’s most prolific custom motorcycle workshop. The Thai outfit builds bikes at a blistering rate?and while they cover most motorcycle makes, models, and styles, they’re best known for their outrageous custom minibikes. Case in point, this sassy Honda Monkey sidecar rig.
K-Speed is also quick to clarify that they didn’t fabricate the sidecar that runs adjacent to this Honda Monkey bobber. But they did work their magic on the Monkey itself?and then treated the sidecar to an array of custom details to match.
The commission came from a gentleman who had seen K-Speed’s ‘Monkey Bomber’ build and wanted something similar?but with a unique twist. He requested that the shop customize a 2023-model Honda Monkey 125, which he would then take delivery of and have a sidecar fitted to by a third party. Given K-Speed’s stacked order book, the customer called them every month for four months before the shop’s enigmatic owner, Eak, agreed to take the job. With Monkey Bomber as a blueprint, and K-Speed’s extensive parts catalog to tap into, Eak and his team could have met the client’s request with their eyes closed. But where Monkey Bomber had raked forks, a stretched swingarm, and a wide open exhaust, this Honda Monkey needed a more practical vibe. So refinements had to be made.
Eak started by grabbing a set of forks and rear shocks from K-Speed’s Diabolus collection of Honda minibike-spe...
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