Saturday 21 August 2010

It's Not What You Ride, But What Colour You Paint It

Ben Wilson zoomed by our Rye House practice session to say hello before going off to hospital to have some metal reinforcements taken out of his arm-elbow due to a skateboarding big air accident.
When his Honda Helix was still sporting it's original burgundy paint job, a kid came up to him in the street and rather than the usual come-on of "eh mate ow fast it go?" came the put-down "that looks like shite", so Ben decided there and then on a its new colour scheme. BP

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

def the weirdest thing ive seen in our paddock, ever!!!.

Motorcycho said...

I WANT ONE!

Mick P said...

Still see a a fair few of those around Rome, known over here as the CN250 Spazio. I think known as the Fusion in some countries. Captain Beaky, definitely.

Sideburn Magazine said...

you would get off lightly in England with the 'Spazio' tag would you?

Anders said...

Slick looking sewage truck

bevelheadgreg@gmail.com said...

Brown is the new black; definitely needs some Spazio stickers tho

Dan said...

Spazio! I smell a spazzed-out scat scoot subculture!

Suerte, DW

Julian Bond said...

The Helix is enormous fun, but also truly horrible. Here's mine from some long time ago.
http://www.bikeweb.com/node/334
http://www.bikeweb.com/node/340 mit lapcover.

Here's my current squeeze.
http://www.bikeweb.com/node/1428
What da ya think? Desert Camo colours?

Dan said...

It looks like a turd in tights. American tan tights, worn with rollers and blue mascara that's usually cried off before it's washed off. Aces.

CR250-powered spazzio race series looms, surely? Meanwhile, in googleville, the first SB Deathspray Tribute Spaz already lives...

http://panchinevilla.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/honda-spazio.jpg

Sssssuerte, Dan

Chris Saddler Sam said...

sooner or later, one of these japan-made lil spaceships will be mine!!!
:)))

Anonymous said...

It looks like shit... I mean, you were talking about the color, right? It's pretty shitty...