The importance of local culture in shaping a marketplace was never more conspicuous to this Western mind than at the Bangkok Motor Show when Honda showed two concept bikes that are so far from the ...

Here's one more in the realm of small-displacement motorcycles: Honda (thailand) has just announced a new 125cc-class bike, the MSX125, with the lettering standing for Mini Street Xtreme. Given the ...

Small-capacity motorcycles used to look the part: spindly frame, wimpy narrow spoked rims, tyres of a size now more common on pedal cycles, exhaust the diameter of a hosepipe. 'Scrawny' comes to mind.