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anyone actually lay some calipers on them to compare or just going to knock it and leave it at that?

@@drewp9112 It's definitely a lot thinner. I don't have the new one, but my origial was much thicker than these look.

That is true. You realise how expensive they were back in the day.

That’s it, it is a really nice new car. Just the cynical marketing is making me resent it! I guess any they don’t sell will become spares.

In Japan, I always put it in the bag outside the station so it’s completely covered and carry it. I just use a cheap ikea dimpa bag. I do this with both the original Brompton and the copy.

@@thebandit1974 So it's not allowed to cover it with bike cover and roll it by wheels?

I’m not sure to be honest, I just always carry mine. the saddle needs to be covered which I think is what I’d be pushing it with, so you’d need a big cover

I’ve just asked the same question on the Tokyo Brompton site

Mixed replies from the Tokyo Brompton Facebook site. Some people wheel but with it full folded. Others do not, so sorry, I’m not sure

It’s been great. It’s done some serious mileage with no issues. Actually I’ve had some issues with the light weight inner tubes but that’s it. I will mark a long term review I think.

@@thebandit1974 Thank you. I'm looking for Brompton T-Line clone. It's difficult to find.

These cheap ones off of Aliexpress. www.aliexpress.com/item/32311088129.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.67661802MXzjAM

Haha just some free nonsense from Apple iMovie. I wish it was the Cure.

Thanks, I know. There’s actually a mix of 4 parts in there. Some are from mk1 959, some mk2 and some Toyota grpb. What I mean in the video is that they are original Tamiya parts.

There are loads of these on eBay. I’d just make some new cables. It’s just copper wire. Tamiya plug is easy to buy and fit.

The bike is still great. I should actually do a review. It’s my most used bike.

Ts010 Toyota. Their 1992 wsc car. Red and yellow is a 1/12 kyosho Porsche 962. Replica of 1998 Le Mans Porsche

Difficult question to answer. The silver can motor or the sport tune motors these come with are slow. I’ve run technigold and Dynatech motors in this chassis as well a brushless. The chassis will hand all of them. The brushless does have a tendency to take flight though. So if you want to keep them in good condition, keep the original motor. If you want to go more that 30kph then those motors have to go.

Thanks so much. Beautiful cars.@@thebandit1974

Some cheap wheels and tyres from Aliexpress

@@thebandit1974 thanks!

@@michalkalavsky sorry I meant to be more helpful than that but got called away. Here’s the link. www.aliexpress.com/item/32311088129.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.30851802qnEf8u&gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt

@@thebandit1974 wow thank you for the link! You a really kind 👍

Thank you. I have the advantage of time. You guys with the channels need to get the content out there. Still I’m pleased with the reaction to this. The huge amount of people asking me how to do it so they can copy it is both annoying and flattering

I probably won’t, when building it I damaged the front wishbones. I’ll show what I mean in another video later

Standard Tamiya wheels with foam tyres

They are the original springs off the yellow shocks

@@thebandit1974 Thanks. I did think that was the case :o)

This and the Turbo Scorpion are my favourite looking.

A lot of people like the yellow. I mentioned on a fb page about doing this and there were loads of angry replies about ruining its vintage look! But I don’t like them so they’re gone 😀 And yes it’s Blockhead with being blockhead now!

@@thebandit1974 I think the reason I like the yellow it makes the cars stand out on grass a bit more for me. But I do have bad Red/Green colour blindness.

You did a great job on this! I love the way it turned out.

Happy New Year

Beginning to feel like that to me too at the moment too

Glad I could help! Happy new year!

No I haven’t. I’m pretty sure it wasn’t like that when I received it, so I’m not having a dig at them. Somehow it’s got like that in storage.

Thanks. It’s a bit OTT for me personally but I think it’s what my 12 year old self would have wanted

I’m not too sure about it to be honest. I painted it with a view of this being a nostalgia trip. So it needed an 80’s paint job by a 12 year old. So I’m sort of pleased with it but my 50 year old self would be perhaps a bit happier with something not so elaborate

Thanks

That’s a tough question to answer. I’ve got this bike setup more like a road bike. I ride it with cycling shorts mostly and I’ve done some big miles on it so it’s comfortable. But for a short 10km-20km around the city the original Brompton is better, you can ride that just in regular trousers and it’s super comfy. In terms of how they ride, they are quite similar with the Aceoffix being nicer and more responsive because it’s near 4kg lighter. Hope this helps

@@thebandit1974 thanks for the info. Still considering to get aceoffix external 7 speed fully mod or brompton stock 6 speed internal. Hmm..

@@Monster_Whale I’ve been riding both for a year now. I should probably do a comparison vid

@@thebandit1974 yeah.. u should 😄