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Sight: Super Cub - 'C70 vintage motorbike lovers gather in Bangli'
WORDS AND PHOTOS ANGGARA MAHENDRAThe Honda C70, famously known as the Super Cub, is one of the most loved and best-selling models ever produced by the Japanese motorcycle giant
WORDS AND PHOTOS ANGGARA MAHENDRA
The Honda C70, famously known as the Super Cub, is one of the most loved and best-selling models ever produced by the Japanese motorcycle giant. So iconic is the model that more than 50 years after the first C70 came off the assembly line, it still has a huge cultist following across the globe.
In Indonesia, the C70 enthusiasts, grouped in several associations and with a Facebook group boasting 70,000 members, fondly call the model by many monikers, ranging from seven ceblok (ceblok is the slank word for zero), cetul (an acronym for C tujuh puluh), to pitung (from the Javanese word for seven).
In Bali, the umbrella organization for C70 enthusiasts and owners is proudly called Bebek Lingsir Bali, literally 'Bali's Elderly Ducks', clearly inspired by the locals' old grouping of motorcycle models into motor muani for 'macho' sport and street motorcycles and motor bebek (duck) for the more feminine-looking C70 and all its variants and wanna-bes produced by other manufacturers.
Last Sunday, Bebek Lingsir Bali celebrated its first anniversary at a waterpark in Sidembunut, Bangli. It was a jolly affair that saw hundreds of local C70 lovers meet and swap stories with C70 riders from Lombok, Banyuwangi, Lamongan and Malang.
Being a motorcycle event, the highlight was obviously the pre- and post-gathering joint ride. Unlike a joint ride for sport or muscle bikes, in which speed is the key parameter, the C70 ride was all about leisure and enjoyment. The C70 is a small displacement motorcycle and was never designed to be a speed demon.
'It's never been about speed, we ride the C70 because we enjoy the comfort it provides and the opportunity it offers to enjoy the scenery,' one enthusiast said.
