The rather unique Bangkok Motorbike Festival
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The object in this designer's left hand is not a trophy from an alien war but a helmet, designed to go with one of the Zoomer-X designs in Honda's Mocye Idea Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The profession of spokesmodel or promotional model is high sought after in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Board Racer is both gorgeous and a prime axampel of the growing momentum of Thailands automotive and motorcycle design and fabrication community (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The recently released Honda MSX125 already had a display of accessory and customization options on display (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Zoomer scooter preceeded the Zoomer-X by a decade, but it is still a favourite of custom builders in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Moriwaki's interpretation of the Honda CB500F (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's original Zoomer has been a long-time favorite of customizers in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Moriwaki's interpretation of the Honda CB500F (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Mugen's interpretation of the Honda CB500R (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Moriwaki's interpretation of the Honda CB500F (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Mugen's interpretation of the Honda CBR250R (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's original Zoomer has been a long-time favorite of customizers in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's original Zoomer has been a long-time favorite of customizers in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda MSX Custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's massive forecourt exhibition included a rolling televised presentation, here promoting the new roadgoing, fuel-injected MSX125 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The standard Zoomer-X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Competitors in the Honda Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Competitors in the Honda Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Competitors in the Honda Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Competitors in the Honda Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Competitors in the Honda Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge. Pic: Husna Namirembe
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge saw the presentation of over 40 customized Zoomer-X scooters (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge saw the presentation of over 40 customized Zoomer-X scooters (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge saw the presentation of over 40 customized Zoomer-X scooters (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge saw the presentation of over 40 customized Zoomer-X scooters (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 featured the Zoomer-X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge. Pic: Husna Namirembe
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Zoomer custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Zoomer custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Zoomer custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge. Pic: Husna Namirembe
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge - a seatbelt on a motorcycle? No thanks! (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Motorcycle art on the Honda stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's recently released, fuel-injected, MSX125 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X customs from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X customs from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X customs from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Part of the multi-faceted Honda display was a female DJ competition (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Yet another part of the multi-faceted Honda display was an ongoing hosted stage presentation projected onto screens around the plaza (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Zoomer custom v
Honda Zoomer custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Zoomer custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's new MSX125 was only a month old, but had already been through the hands of a customiser (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's new MSX125 was only a month old (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's customized adventure CB500X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda CBR250R touring custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Zoomer-X custom from Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Design Challenge
Honda's Zoomer-X was released last March at the Thailand International Motor Show.
Honda's Zoomer-X was released last March at the Thailand International Motor Show
Honda's Zoomer has been around for a decade, is still one of the most practical machines around
Honda's Zoomer-X
Tasty Vance & Hines Harley (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Japanese Rikuo RQ750 Harley-Davidson (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Japanese Harley-Davidson - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Rikuo RQ 750 is an exact copy of a 45 cubic inch 1934 Harley Davidson (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Japanese Harley - the Rikuo RQ750 was the first mass-produced Japanese motorcycle, and was built under license from Harley-Davidson (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The official Bangkok Motorbike Festival mascot and friends (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's X-Bow (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's potent 1190 RC8 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The MV Agusta stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's X-Bow (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
BMW's C650GT Urban Mobility Vehicle was a favorite of the photographers (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
One Harley-Davidson with the lot (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
One man's discarded junk is another man's custom - and incredibly well done under close inspection (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Custom helmets, or standard helmets with custom paint were in abundance (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
BMW's C650GT superscooter (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Dr Leatt's neck brace might well save your life (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Safety is not high on the agenda of most Asian motorcyclists, but the latest gear from LeattLeatt is available (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
BMW's C650GT Urban Mobility Vehicle was a favourite of the photographers (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
If you're feeling like you missed something special in the Bangkok Motorbike Festival, and can't wait until next year, there's always the upcoming hardcore biker Phuket Bike Week (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki's Harley-Davidson look-alike, the Vulcan (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Suzuki's stand featured the Inazuma (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Suzuki's stand featured the Inazuma (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Suzuki's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Suzuki's Inazuma 250 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Suzuki's stand featured a rare beastie - a Yoshimura X-1 Hayabusa racebike - good luck with the tire bills (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Ducati custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Ducati custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Accessories for everything (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Accessories for everything (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Accessories for everything (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Custom exhausts at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph put on the most lavish new model unveiling at the Festival, bringing in a number of enthusiast celebrities and movie stars (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph put on the most lavish new model unveiling at the Festival, bringing in a number of enthusiast celebrities and movie stars (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Time trials through a very tight course were held in the forecourt (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley Custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Custom scooters everywhere (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Custom scooters everywhere (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Custom scooter (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
We found this crafted Triumph in the parking lot (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A very tasty Harley Custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Yamaha showed an R1 Jorge Lorenzo Replica (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Yamaha's R1 in Charcoal Grey - a very becoming color (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Yamaha showed an R1 Lorenzo Replica (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Between the upmarket boutiques, the Bangkok Motorbike Festival displayed every kind of accessory and custom part (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Between the upmarket boutiques, the Bangkok Motorbike Festival displayed every kind of accessory and custom part (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
One small part of one of three massive Honda displays (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
One small part of one of three massive Honda displays (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Suzuki stand at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Suzuki stand at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Suzuki snagged the stand directly in front of the walkway from the BTS (Sky-train) station, then stacked it with knowledgeable spokespersons (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's 990 Adventure (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
MV Agusta's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Official t-shirts for the festival sold like hotcakes. (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The parking lot at the festival was almost as worthwhile as the show (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The parking lot at the festival. You don't ride motorcycles, you wear them (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The parking lot at the festival was almost as worthwhile as the show - that's a 990 Adventure (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Customs were everywhere in the parking lot (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Customs were everywhere in the parking lot (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's 200 Duke was lightning fast through the gymkhana course (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Just when you think you've seen it all, Vaseline had a stand at the Festival - no kidding! They were even handing out samples (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Thailand's premier motorcycle magazine had an array of activities (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Thailand's premier motorcycle magazine, Fast Bikes, had an array of activities including this motorcycle race simulator (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Thailand's premier motorcycle magazine had an array of activities (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
MV Agusta's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's X-Bow (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
There was no shartage of choice of pimping gear for your Ducati, regardless of the model (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
There was no shartage of choice of pimping gear for your Ducati, regardless of the model (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Nicely customised Paul Smart Replica Ducati (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
MV Agusta's stand was never short of attention (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Go-fast goodies from K-Speed (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley dragster custom and custom trailer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Beemer accessorized to the max (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
BMW didn't have an official presence, but the marque's new superscoot was still a favorite (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Kawasaki Versys custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
MV Agusta's stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Victory had an extensive stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Victory had an extensive stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Victory had an extensive stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Victory had an extensive stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Victory had an extensive stand at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Harley custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Kawasaki custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Harley custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
One of Honda's many stands at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
One of Honda's many stands at the Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The location of the Festival in one of the world's largest shopping centers meant the exhibitors never had a spare moment (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Ducati custom on the RK Chain stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM's X-Bow street-racer attracted a lot of attention (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Bangkok Motorbike Festival 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A Yamaha SR500 custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki's stand at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki's stand at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival 2013 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Bangkok Motorbike Festival 2013 mascot (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
People love to have their pic taken on a Harley (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
More customs (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Boy Board Track Racer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Customization is everywhere, even amongst the pretties (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki was one of the few manufacturers to concentrate on the sausage, not the sizzle - instead of pretties, it allowed customers to actually get on the bikes (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The massive CentralWorld forecourt at the 2013 Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Professional pretties were everywhere (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The new Go Pro Hero 3 stereo featured prominently (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's attention to detail was obvious (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Zoomer Custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Zoomer Custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Customs come in all shapes and sizes in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley's stand at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki's stand at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Another Honda custom scooter (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A radically customised Honda Forza scooter from http://www.bigscootersociety.com/ (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Boy Board Track Racer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Boy Board Track Racer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A (vintage) Honda custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Boy Board Track Racer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Some of the accessories on display were fantastic - this is a face mask for use with an open face helmet (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival was supplemented with a range of MSX125 customs (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival was supplemented with a range of MSX125 customs (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival was supplemented with a range of MSX125 customs (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Thailand's Mo'cye Idea Challenge at the Bangkok Motorbike Festival was supplemented with a range of MSX125 customs (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki's Versys is built in Thailand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Yamaha custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
A radically customised Honda Forza scooter from http://www.bigscootersociety.com/ (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Boy Board Track Racer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The Pinto Boy Board Track Racer (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Another Harley custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
KTM stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The third largest shopping center in the wold provided a spectacular backdrop (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The third largest shopping center in the wold provided a spectacular backdrop (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Custom Yamaha SR500 (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
The third largest shopping center in the wold provided a spectacular backdrop (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Stallion's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda's accessory stand might well be much larger a year or two from now (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda Zoomer-X (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Triumph's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
CentralWorld played host to the Festival
Honda's intelligence gathering regime was impressive (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Honda MSX 125 custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Victory's stand (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley merchandise was everywhere (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Harley's mega-valuable logo (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
Kawasaki Vulcan custom (Photo: Husna Namirembe/Gizmag)
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Article Summary
The Bangkok Motorbike Festival is quite unlike any other motorcycle show on Earth. Held within one of the world's largest shopping centers, the festival spreads a motorcycle show among the upmarket boutiques and cafes. This year, Honda Thailand put the country's burgeoning customization services on display. If you're a motorcycle enthusiast, it's worth a look.
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