A new Philippine primetime TV drama series is in the making.
Set in the late 1990s, it involves your run-of-the-mill, lower-class delivery driver with a secret knack for high adrenaline driving, whose life changes following a brush-in with a young detective trying to track down a case about a certain Hong Kong-based syndicate in the streets of Manila.
Now comes the part of finding a suitable motorcycle for the task of not only delivery driving, but of high-paced police chases through tight alleyways, weaving through high speed traffic on the highways, dealing with the messy, bumpy roads of the nation’s capital, and of course, looking the part.
Set in stone rules (Game related etc):
- Model/Trim Year no older than 1967.
- Trim Year no newer than 1996.
“Subjective” rules (Visually made with 3d fixtures or advanced trim setting):
- Engine displacement no greater than 250cc.
- Engine no more than two cylinders.
- Two wheels required. No more, no less. [1]
- Some form of accomodation for delivery items required. (Rear rack, etc) [2]
- Short description of vehicle statistics required (displacement, cylinders, etc whatever you need).
You might now be wondering, how the hell is he going to judge this without any of the aforementioned rules and guidelines actually being achievable through the vanilla game?
Well, there’s obviously no way to do this equally with stats and all, so this is going to be a mainly aesthetics-based challenge.
What I’ll mainly be scoring for is:
This shouldn’t be too difficult to achieve, the year ranges are fairly broad so there’s some variety to be had here. Whether it’s a 60s standard motorcycle kitted out with delivery equipment, or a more modern 80s business-oriented motorcycle modified to the owner’s liking, whatever you think may fit a delivery driver in his 20s back in the late 1990s.
Even though this is a top priority, don’t be afraid to do a bit more modern stuff to the bike in terms of modification. The filming takes place in modern time, and considering Filipinos’ lack of desire for historical accuracy, try not to get too scared over this. I don’t eat humans.
I’m not exactly sure what to call this, but the looks of the motorcycle should match with the theoretical price. We don’t have an exact way to gauge price, but modern equivalents of these motorcycles usually wouldn’t cross the 50,000 PHP mark, which is roughly equivalent to about $1000 US.
He’s a bit in the lower-class, so there’s absolutely no way he’d be able to get his hands on a CBR or Ninja. Seeing as he’s a bit more of the hip type who likes a bit of fun to his ride however, a motorcycle lightly modified to be a budget cafe racer or scrambler with some delivery accommodations can work. Or maybe even an older, more expensive motorcycle that eventually degraded over the years but still works.
Let’s see here, year ranging from 1967 to 1996. That’s a lot to work with, isn’t it?
My definition for “detail” is going to be different. I’m not going to go down deep into how many technical details you may have, quite frankly I don’t give three shits if you do the full innard suspension and individualize the rim spokes or make the keyhole have special badging.
It looks good and “detailed” from a distance whilst being fixture efficient? Works for me! Greebling is the key here.
Just so long as you don’t straight up use one fixture and call that your entire bike, or use the bike mod by itself as a base and add a few parts here and there, it’ll pass. A little bit of creativity won’t hurt, just don’t go too overboard.
This is going to be a motorcycle owned by someone in the less fortunate bracket of society, used for a lot of delivery driving but occasionally for his own personal uses (Romance? Joyrides?), the design of the vehicle should show its story. It’s not a factory fresh motorcycle, it’s not been driven like an expensive classic, it doesn’t stay in the best conditions all the time, and it’s not like factory repair shops are a major thing in the Philippines. Something breaks down? Fix it yourself or ask the local manong at the nearby workshop for the price of a beer.
It’s a workhorse. Make it look like one.
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[1] Even with this being said, you can utilize the advanced trim settings to merge the wheels together and form one continuous wheel. What I’m mainly going against is stupidity like this, this or even this.
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[2] This could really be anything. So long as it can hold packages, food, or whatever it might be reasonably, it’ll likely fly.
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To measure wheelbase, use the newly added 1-metre ruler fixture in the Misc section and multiply scale by whatever you want the wheelbase to be.
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Adding onto the above, a general measurement for bikes like these are 1.19m to 1.3m, do your research, or not, I’m not your dad.
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The vehicle won’t be bought brand new, after all the series is filmed somewhere in the 2020s, and as it is set in the 90s, the vehicles will most likely be bought used. So don’t sweat over trying to gauge the price.
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the detective mentioned above is not filipino hic
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The inspirations listed below should prove very helpful in determining the style of motorcycle I’m looking for in case the scoring descriptions still seems confusing to you.
Inspirations
Some of these pictures might seem too modern, but that’s fine. So long as the bike itself is from before the 90s, you should be good.
Honda CG125
Suzuki GT125
Honda TMX 125/155
Yamaha RS100
Honda Super Cub MD50
Yamaha RS100 Cafe Racer modified
Suzuki something 125 Cafe Racer modified
Honda TMX 155 Cafe Racer modified
Honda CT110 as featured in Super Cub (2021)
Music to help get you into the mood:
TIMES SHOWN ARE IN PHILIPPINE TIME
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