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I was recommended the mechanics round the corner from me. Way closer than the old school guys across town, and busy enough there’s a wait.
So far so good. Got them to fit the new tyres and forks. Work isn’t a bargain but they have itemised everything - they give it on a proper quote on paper and give invoices. Old school guys had paper notes and a little till receipt, so impossible to evidence what’s been done.
They warned about the rabbit hole on one or two things I asked about, and seemed concerned about me spending money wisely - happy to give advice and talk through options.
The old school guys are so busy and so old school you’re lucky to get a grunt between bare minimum communication. Still polite but not the same atmosphere for sure.
Local guys had a laugh about the little 125. They were amazed how light it was, since they’re used to big engines. They said the two of them lifted it by hand just because they could. Skinny tyres, light bike, they really are little flick machines.
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In Malaysia at the moment, so many fun small capacity bikes about. 110/135/150 are the three main categories. Loads of honda cub type bikes with a 4 or 5s semi, copies of by other Japanese brands. Very very few Chinese origin bikes (a good thing). Ktm duke 200 seems to be about the most spicy thing that the average person rides (20 to 25hp), really quite light and flick through traffic at huge lean angles all day long.
Also just like honda civics from the 90s, there is hardly and standard bikes, everything is modified in some way. Big trend for the half scoot /half bike 2s with a bigger bore kit on it, skinny chrome spoked wheels and pretty much bike tyres (2" width) on them. Super loud, super annoying, but imagine could be fun for a bit.