Sometimes, art imitates life—and sometimes, life imitates art imitating life. This is the Monkey Racer Replica, crafted by the combined customization talents of Japanese and Thai team Ganesha Custom, K-Win, and NOTE. It’s not a one-off custom, either; it’s the type you can buy, although presumably only in extremely limited quantities.
It is, naturally, meant to evoke the styling cues of the 1950s-era Moto Guzzi V8 grand prix racer. (You know, as you often do with a little 125cc monkey bike.) That legendary beast reportedly made a stonking 80 horsepower at the crank revving at just over 12,000 rpm. It also managed a record 178 mph speed at the 1957 Belgian Grand Prix. (It’s probably a safe bet that this Monkey isn’t quite that fast, although it certainly looks good.)
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