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Mar 21 2018 4 Comments

Tokyo suspicion and deterioration

Despite being known for their incredible reliability and long life span, this particular Honda Super Cub is sadly as dilapidated as its owner was suspicious.

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  1. Harry says

    3/21/2018 at 3:53 pm

    Kinda sad to see that Honda in such a bad state. 🙁 Maybe he wasn’t suspicious but embarrassed you were taking a snap of it………

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    • Lee says

      3/21/2018 at 9:00 pm

      Quite possibly! For me at least there was an odd beauty about the bike. It seemed to be slowly becoming a part of the street.

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  2. cdilla says

    3/22/2018 at 6:14 pm

    That’s one in a hundred million. I’m surprised the guy didn’t hop out and offer you a few yen to tow/carry it away 🙂
    It is wonderful how our creations can just melt away as the tide of nature sweeps over them. Pity someone wasn’t around when that bike made it’s final stop and set up a time-lapse camera.
    So many textures. That glass is rather nice, provides a sort of analogue pixilation of his face.

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    • Lee says

      3/22/2018 at 8:12 pm

      Yeah, that number is incredible, isn’t it? And still production goes on…

      A timelapse would be wonderful to see, wouldn’t it? Be nice to know what state it was in when it finally gave up the ghost. Pretty rough by then I would imagine.

      Initially I was disappointed that he hadn’t poked his full face round the door, but then seeing that pixilation made me change my mind.

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