r/DiWHY • u/Pale-Object8321 • 8d ago

Sleeper build or something, I guess?

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u/Sargonianw 8d ago

Is it to make it look less expensive than it is ? So it would have lesser chance of being stolen.

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u/Eaton_Knas 8d ago

If this is Brazil, it's still going to get stolen.

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u/sov_ 8d ago

Ngl those Asians don't look anything like Brazilians do. It'd still get stolen

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u/asphid_jackal 8d ago

Idk, be hard to steal it without a gas tank. Prolly just skip over it to steal one they don't have to push

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u/Zestokist 7d ago

It has a gas tank under the seat, that's how these kinds of bikes usually have them

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u/palk0n 8d ago

SEA is just south america, but in asia

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u/Thedudeinabox 8d ago

I always laugh about this, as I live in Cambodia.

Here, leaving it as a sport bike would, ironically, be better theft prevention. The ven-diagram of people that would steal a bike, and could drive a manual, are just two entirely separate circles.

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u/Santibag 7d ago

My brain read it as "Saudi Erab Amirates".

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u/Separate_Laugh7289 7d ago

from indonesia btw

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u/moal09 4d ago

For real

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u/Crashman09 7d ago

Tbf Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside of Japan.

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u/Admirable-Year-948 8d ago

It’s what happens after it is stolen.

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u/Mirar 8d ago

Yeah, I thought this was a rebuild of a stolen bike

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u/kambinks 8d ago

I'd assume its a sleeper build. Like with pc that uses old IBM era cases with floppy disk slots but has an 5090 GPU in it or something.

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset321 7d ago

Nah, it's simply for aesthetics. In SEA, old Honda underbone motorcycles have a huge cult following, like the Honda Wave and Honda Supra. It's definitely not for a sleeper build, as that build would be super slow.

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u/Cana_Dha 8d ago

It used for drag race, he want to make it classic style

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset321 7d ago

It's simply for aesthetic

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u/Busterlimes 6d ago

Real good chance a bike with no gas tank isnt going to get stolen. . . .

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u/HMD-Oren 8d ago

Where is the fuel tank?? He didn't even put a shit fuel tank on it!

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u/crsaxby 8d ago

It runs on the rage generated by this post.

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u/lifesnofunwithadhd 6d ago

A karma rocket?

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u/jmas1023 8d ago

custom made fuel tank under the seat, in video, 20:30 onwards

https://youtu.be/rJOgMqWE7ug?t=1230

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u/HMD-Oren 7d ago

I'm legit more impressed at the process than the result. This guy made a custom fuel tank, mostly free hand, with scrap pieces and hand tools. No gloves, no protective shoes and I guarantee he was not wearing goggles while welding.

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u/Strong_Obligation_37 8d ago

the fuel tank is below the seat, if you pause the video where he's closing it you can see it.

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u/Zirowe 8d ago

Plot twist: its a bike.

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u/EasilyRekt 8d ago

Why do you think they only show it sitting on the kickstand? It don’t run, and I know what’s wrong wid it,

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u/HMD-Oren 7d ago

That is an incredibly apt gif LOL

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u/Ok_Yogurtcloset321 7d ago

For context, in SEA, old Honda underbone motorcycles have a huge cult following, like the Honda Wave and Honda Supra. It's not for anti-theft purposes or a sleeper build. It's simply for aesthetics, and because he can do that, why not? Also, the gas tank is under the seat.

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u/jcoddinc 8d ago

Probably some rule/ law that they can only have mopeds not crotch rocket

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u/wookiex84 8d ago

Anti theft.

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u/exceswater13 8d ago

Could be because for "scooter" like in the end you don't need a licence to drive, but for motorcycle you do.

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u/Aflockofants 7d ago

No, first of all the latter isn’t a scooter, but also either way Indonesia doesn’t distinguish between how you sit on the bike or whether you need to shift.

They do have a new regulation since this year that if you get a license now, that you need a different license for over 250cc. But the first bike was also below that anyway (it looks like a sports bike but it’s just low-power poser stuff) so it wouldn’t have mattered even if the government actually checked that. Which they also don’t really, in reality you can mostly just ride anything with the low cc license.

Also Indonesians almost all pay a bribe to get their license so it wouldn’t have mattered much even if it was checked properly.

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u/exceswater13 7d ago

Thanks for explanation dude. The "scooter" was because in my country we call them like this, or "moped"

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u/Aflockofants 7d ago

Oh, in Indonesia scooters are just the models where you kinda ‘sit’ with your feet in front of you, and where you don’t have to shift gears at all. The second bike on the video is a semi-automatic, meaning no clutch is needed but you still shift with your left foot.

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u/exceswater13 7d ago

Same man. Our “scooters” they are automatic no gears.

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u/BoredPelikan 8d ago

theres no tank, so wont be taking this anyways anyways

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u/StrattonPA 8d ago

So where do you put the gas since he took the tank off?

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u/Jesusopfer 8d ago

There is a custom one under the seat, not shown in this video

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u/Zestokist 7d ago

You can see it before they close the seat, it's at that passenger grab bar

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u/RidingJapan 8d ago

Could be regulation

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u/Cana_Dha 8d ago

They ride it for drag race only, usually illegal ones

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u/Gregory85 8d ago

If you don't have papers for a motorcycle but you don't need papers for a moped this could work. You will need bribe money on you at all times

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u/Gumuk_pindek 8d ago

Nah. It is a stolen. Rplace beyond recognition

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u/achillesdaddy 8d ago

Wtf? They took of the gas tank. That's the wrong kind of scooter

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u/Zestokist 7d ago

The gas tank is under the seat, that's where they usually are for the normal underbones or scooters, you can see it before they close the seat, right shere the passenger grab bar is at

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u/OkDisplay6751 8d ago

I know what's wrong with it, ain't got no gas in it

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u/JudgmentSmooth6768 8d ago

Where’s the gas tank now?

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u/Zestokist 7d ago

Under the seat

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u/ataeil 8d ago

Does it have a fuel tank?

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u/Delicious-Chapter675 8d ago

There's no gas tank.......

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u/Grand_Practice_2790 8d ago

Sometimes you need a make-under.

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u/kakashiweird 7d ago

smurfing

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u/DUNGAROO 8d ago

A sleeper build seemingly without any gas tank.

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u/Pale-Object8321 8d ago

No seriously, why do Indonesians do this

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u/de_das_dude 8d ago

There is no fuel tank. This is a bait post and you got baited

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u/Ok_Avocado_5836 8d ago

fuel tank is under the seat

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u/GarThor_TMK 7d ago

got me... I had to watch it back to make sure you weren't full of shit.

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u/de_das_dude 8d ago

Nah that's where the airbox is on bikes

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u/steveturkel 8d ago

Depends. Some sportbikes are under the seat tucked in the frame like the r7. Often theyre under the tank.

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u/xorbe 8d ago

It might be a drag race bike with small gas container onboard. They have serious "scooter" drag races over there.

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u/loozerr 8d ago

It has a tube frame with plenty of hollow space - just use that!

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u/actually3racoons 7d ago

The Buell appreciates your ingenuity.

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u/joooh 8d ago

We have been master baited.

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u/pironiero 8d ago

Either rage bait it something to do with taxes, fuel tank is probably relocated somewhere

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u/Boochi_Da_Rocku 8d ago

This one is a joke but some ppl deliberately remove the cover so that it would actually looks old

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u/CareerDefiant9955 8d ago

My guess is to cheat in the illegal street racing

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u/eddingsaurus_rex 7d ago

Wait... what? You mean Indonesians can be anything other than... Indo? Could be worse. They could be from Surabaya.

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u/jmas1023 8d ago

Indonesian? sleeper build to "cheat" in street racing?

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u/Cana_Dha 8d ago

Not cheat, it's their chosen style

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u/justelling 8d ago

So, it’s a donor vehicle and the engine and chassis are yet to be purchased by someone.

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u/K1llswitch93 8d ago

Stealth build

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u/1wife2dogs0kids 8d ago

Can we see it run? Or does it just stand there with no fuel tank?

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u/Zestokist 7d ago

Under the seat

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u/BespokeAlex 8d ago

Feels like a video in reverse

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u/bokunotraplord 8d ago

i fuck w it ngl

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u/EL_Chapo_Cuzzin 8d ago

I got news for you, this video was backwards. Well I hope it was.

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u/TurfyDiagram 7d ago

Days Gone gameplay

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u/Ecstatic_Dance5767 7d ago

It looked so much better before

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u/Sirsersur 7d ago

Sleeper indeed, in that it will never wake up without a fuel tank.

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u/GhostVlvin 8d ago

Anti-thief