Hello if you're new here my name's Paddy and recently a few months ago I just completed
a mammoth tour of Thailand on this little baby here this is a 1994 Honda Dream AKA 'Dreamy' and
we went to every single province in Thailand so that meant we went to 77 provinces and lots of
different Islands as well we saw it all and she's been happily in retirement for a while now in this
garage here in Bangkok my friend Jack's taking care of her and honestly seeing her now fills
me with so much love and so much joy obviously is the title of this video suggests it's time to
retire dreamy and replace her with something new and my dream bike let me introduce you to Zelda
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and here she is Zelda the few days and maybe a week that I've been driving this around Bangkok
I've gotten to know her and she's a her she's a girl and I didn't have a name for her at first
but then me and Miss P were thinking of cool names and obviously I love gaming Next Level
adventures and you know I play my Nintendo DS and all that and one of my favorite games is Zelda
and it just felt right to call her Zelda after the Princess Zelda in the game and as you can see
there are a lot of little Parts modifications so let's walk around the bike let me show you
all of the pieces some of them are just from Lazada and some of them are from k-speed based
in Bangkok so let's start with the cheapest parts and we'll work our way up to the most expensive
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Motorsports so let's start with the most unglamorous things the cheapest
thing so this is my water bottle holder very exciting but also very important I don't have
a front basket like I had on dreamy or super dreamy there is nothing at the front here
so you know when you're driving in a hot country and you're stopping at the traffic lights this
is how I'm going to be hydrating next up is this three liter I think it is extra fuel
tank that bolts onto the side and then you just twist this because let's face it when
I was traveling Vietnam and a few times here in Thailand just to have a little bit extra
on the side of the bike because it's going to give me that extra mileage and hopefully
save me if I ever get stranded somewhere miles away from a petrol station next up is
these hand guards now I'm not 100 sold on these have a look they are a little bit flimsy
not sure if I like them they they do match the bike the red and the black but let me know in
the comments if you think I should lose them I can tell you that in Bangkok they're really
unpractical because they always are hitting into the cars as I'm trying to weave through
traffic because I'm just not used to them I don't really get what they are but I thought they were
cool but I'm not sold on them but we'll keep them for now and we'll see what it's like when
we get out of Bangkok I'm really excited to get out of Bangkok and that's why we're going to be
going on a road trip but I'll explain more about that in a second on the handlebars themselves I
have two things that are important one's just a phone holder I definitely will upgrade this at
a different time so maybe one of those quad lock systems but for now I just have a 300 bar cheap
one and then this here is for my GoPro so that was where I have my front facing GoPro because
you know since Vietnam I have the chest Mount and then I have the one on The Handlebar facing me and
I can switch between the two angles and this is the last one from Lazada this is the back box here
I got it from I don't know actually the name of the brand but I'll put it in the description if
you want to buy it on Lazada they have a few different colors but the black ones always out
of stock so make sure you book ahead the cool part about it is it fits perfectly on the back
of this bike there's padding as well because if I have a passenger they can squeeze their
butt behind me and then they'll have some padding and then it does come with straps
as well so that you can easily pick it up bring it to your room um it comes off the
bike really easily and it's also good for if I have a tent or some something else I can jam it
underneath for now I do have this tripod but I'm just using some ties to hold that behind
um because when I'm driving obviously you know I like to put the camera down and drive past it and
get those um shots that we all love so they're all the cheap parts that you can get on Lazada
now let me show you some of the more expensive parts that I got from k-speed here in Bangkok so
the first one might split the crowd some people are not quite sure about this part I love it so
there you go it's called a tank cover it's made by Diablo and it's just meant to look like you
have a tank there is no fuel this is completely aesthetic although there is a slight practical
use this little toggle at the top you twist that and you can take this off and inside is a hidden
bag and you can hide documents in there maybe your passport or whatever it's not quick access it's
certainly not easy to just take that off and grab a wallet or your phone and I just think it gives
the whole bike a new look it separates it from all of the other CT 125s on the road it just gives it
a whole new silhouette and I love it so that's why I bought that the next one from k-speed is the
Diablo seat this is leather it's very very soft was quite expensive it was 3 000 Baht I believe
it definitely makes the ride a bit more softer and I think it looks cooler than this stock one
yeah the only bad news is the other day there was a cat sat on here clawing the crap out of
it so now there's a few scratches on my brand new seat but there you go if you live and alone
I also wanted new tires um so we took off the road tires that came with it and we installed
these big chunky tires but because they were so much bigger we had to remove the front fender
this thing is that a fender I think so so this is a completely new part and they you know because
normally it comes down to around about here um but because of the new thick bigger tires
we have to raise it up and I just think it looks so cool it makes it look similar more aggressive
and it gives it almost like a dirt bike kind of look so yeah I really really like that new
silhouette with the raised fender on the front wheel and obviously the back had enough room
already so we didn't have to do anything at the back there um but yeah the front we raised it
up with this new part from K speed and the sick tires again from caseby and the last part and the
most expensive I think this was uh I think this was nearly 8 000 Baht this is the Diablo it's a
beautiful exhaust it really matches the aesthetic of the red and the black and obviously it sounds
amazing so I'll show you how it sounds in a second I think that's pretty much all the parts
on Zelda there she is what do you think let me tell you what I think I think it's the best bike
ever I think it's my dream bike for people who've been watching me on the budgeteers and then on my
brand new Solo Channel for the last year and a half you would have heard me over the years
say how much I love the Honda ct125 and how much this bike was my dream bike you know it's not too
big it's not silly it's 125 CC and I just love the Tactical look and I like it's practicality
it's not the fastest bike it's not the most comfortable bike some of the parts might go and
I might replace them with others over time we'll see I haven't really had much time to test it out
properly other than being stuck in Bangkok traffic let me just quickly drive up and down a few
streets let you hear the engine let you hear the exhaust give you the new angles that we've got in
ready for you for the new series that's coming and uh after that I'll tell you where I'm taking her
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welcome to the first ride let's just say goodbye and thank you to jack
see you later Jack thanks for taking care of dreamy no worries
I'll be back soon SMS sakholm Motorsports just here on second bit if you ever need
anything to do with bikes uh Jack's your man and he's taking care of dreamy
and uh so yeah look this is the new setup have a look at the the tank cover you see I just I
just like having that tank there you know why because it makes me feel like I'm driving a
real motorbike because let's face it a Honda ct125 or a trail as they call it in America
you know it is a motorbike but it's not like a real proper motorbike I wasn't ready to step up
to a 350 or a 500 and even you know manual this is semi-automatic it's all controlled with the clutch
speaking of the engine have a listen
it's just enough you know it's not in your face
it's not ridiculously loud and it's going to wake people up and
you know I'm not one of those people but those loud crazy exhaust systems this is just enough
feel a bit more aggressive a bit more
you know a little bit more of a tension Seeker Zelda is a bit more of an attention seeker blesser
especially with all these new mods and you know what's great is when I'm in the traffic
lights I'm getting smiles and getting Thumbs Up by grab drivers and Thai motorcyclists
they hear it they turn they look and they see the shiny red and the black mods and
they they like it and they give me the thumbs up and that makes me feel great
you know this bike represents a lot it represents hard work sacrifice and to an extent
success because of those things this is the most expensive thing I've ever bought in my entire life
buying the bike with all of the mods you're talking about a hundred thousand Thai baht
is in this bike and I've never bought anything that expensive I bought cameras and a MacBook
before but nothing ever money and so I just feel really happy and proud
to have been working really really hard and producing content and
sacrificing a lot in order to you know buy my dream bike this is my dream bike I know it's not
a Honda Africa twin or a Harley-Davidson this is a Honda CT 125 this is my dream bike
and it makes me immensely happy to be able to drive it for you
so where are we taking her let's get onto the second bit Road and I'll tell you
okay then so as I mentioned I wanted to take this bike into Vietnam and I tried my best I even got
in contact with Honda but it was just not possible I was not able to take this bike into Vietnam no
matter what so I left her here and I decided to do plan B so plan B and where we will go next
internationally is Laos we're going to drive into Laos we're going to cross the border Chiang Rai
will drive up Northern Lao where there's lots of mountains we'll check out lampang and a bunch of
other places and then if we're having a good time we'll continue South to paxi and if we
are having an even amazing time and everything is going well with this bike we'll go into Cambodia
I have all of the paperwork this bike is in in my name I have the green book I have a license
I have all the stuff I need so I should be able to take this across the borders now
so we're going to be going to Laos and possibly Cambodia but we're not going right now two reasons
the first is I'm going to be doing a short road trip on this channel from Bangkok to Chiang Mai
I'm going to be leaving the bike in Chiang Mai for a few weeks because I have to go back to England
my grandmother is very sick and I haven't seen my family for a very long time
so I'm going to be going home for a couple of weeks so let me just get past this noisy part
I'm so ready to get the hell out of Bangkok I love Bangkok you guys know I do but with this
new bike and this new toy this new lease of a live this bike needs to be in the mountains
this bike needs to be in nature and so that's why I'm going to be doing this mini trip this
mini series that's coming next from Bangkok to Chiang Mai I'll be stopping off at all
of the places that were closed because of covid that I really wanted to go when I was doing the
provinces I'll be taking you to utaitani sukutai lampang and Bangkok not Bangkok and Chiang Mai
so we'll be doing like a one week road trip so I'll be making amazing videos I'm staying at some
beautiful places going to some amazing sites all of which none of you have ever seen including me
I was so excited to go to these places but yeah like I said they were closed because of covered so
what do we expect on this channel other than Zelda being in the new bike in the channel we're going
to Chiang Mai Bangkok to Chiang Mai road trip then we'll go into Laos and potentially Cambodia
but there might be a little bit of a break just a two-week break
because I have to go see my mum and my sister and her new baby and of course my grandmother fingers
crossed she's still there when I get home so thanks for watching I hope you like the new bike
even if you don't I absolutely love
you love and I feel so happy and proud to have it in my life so thank you for watching
because if it wasn't for you guys watching the videos interacting
and finding them fun and interesting and entertaining I wouldn't be able
to invest the money the channels made into something like this so thank you
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