There’s something for everyone in this week’s edition of Speed Read. We’ve got a Yamaha Banshee-powered street tracker from the UK, an ISDT-inspired BMW R100GS from Italy, and an alluring 1950s Triumph Thunderbird chopper from the USA. But first, a wonderful redemption story of a stolen, recovered, and transformed Honda Cub.
Nasir Morni’s Honda ‘Africa Cub’ Based in Borneo, Malaysia, Nasir Morni knows how to make the best out of a bad situation. The custom Honda Cub you see here originally belonged to his father, who bought it way back in 1984 and commuted on it every day—until it was stolen in 2005.
As the years passed, Nasir thought they had seen the last of his dad’s Honda, until they received a call from the local police in 2020.…