Give Me This Adorable Honda Super Cub Tokyo Limited '80s Edition Right Now

The dream of the '80s through a windscreen lovingly tinted the same yellow as vintage McDonald's ashtrays is too strong to ignore.

Photo by: Thai Honda

By: Janaki Jitchotvisut

Sep 14, at 7:02am ET

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Listen, I am decidedly a fan of modern safety features on both motorcycle gear and motorcycles. I appreciate that I had a crash a while back where, because I was wearing a full-face helmet, even though I was partly dragged on my visor, I was still able to get up and walk away (and even ride my bike home, which was only scraped and not seriously damaged either).

So I'm slightly torn about this Honda Super Cub Tokyo 80s Limited Edition package that Thai Honda has released. As you might guess from who's released it, this is another special edition (in a long line of special editions) that seems to only and exclusively be intended for the Thai market.

And as soon as I saw it, I wanted one. Even more so when I saw the matching jacket and helmet.The entire package is irresistibly stunning, and I appreciate both Thai Honda and Vespa for offering such inspired special edition packages.

Photos by: Thai Honda

Would I ever actually wear this jacket on a motorcycle? I mean, it doesn't look like it has armor in it (maybe I'm wrong; maybe there's a D3O situation where it's Ghosting so well, I can't even tell it's there), so maybe I'd just content myself with wearing it as casual apparel.

Nothing wrong with that, right? It'd just give me an excuse to find a suitable, actually protective retro jacket to fit the theme. Perhaps something like Motogirl's Hayley jacket in white, which would both fit the vibe and also be sufficiently protective (though admittedly not at all ideal for infamously hot and humid Thai weather)?

Still, A+ for effort, I feel. It goes to show how, although sometimes it might be tempting to be a little bit derisive about this or that brand slapping new paint and graphics and accessories on something and calling it 'new,' at the end of the day, it's those little aesthetic touches that call out to us. That give us a small little hit of joy we can rely on when we're having a tough time.

What do you think?

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If you're in Thailand, just 500 of these Super Cub Tokyo 80s Limited Edition packages are planned to be sold. You can order them through your local Thai Honda dealer, and the cost is ฿ 54,000, which works out to around US $1,631 at the time of writing. If you're located anywhere else on the globe, I'm afraid we'll all just have to sit and watch our favorite '80s anime and dream of riding a Super Cub somewhere in the background as we soak up those vibes.