The Turkish version of the Honda CL500 won the first design award

2024-09-15 08:20:00

The so-called Bunker Marking made by Bunker Custom Cycles of Turkey, with unique designs, has been crowned the winner of the Honda Customs 2024 competition.

The 2024 competition has surpassed the success of previous editions and has focused on the CL500, a Scrambler-style motorcycle and evocative design details from front to tail. Developed according to the guiding principle of “Show yourself”, CL is the best basis for the competition, because it is an open invitation for customers (and professional designers) to practice their full, physical expression individuals and individuals.

With 9,383 votes (37% of the total 25,558 received) on hondacustoms.com, the Bunker Marking embodies today’s cafe racer style, taking a 180-degree turn from the Scrambler CL’s roots. The Bunker team took the stock model and added a custom FDM 3D printed fiberglass reinforced half fairing, new side covers, a clean keel with a good exhaust, a new tail and a revised seat.

The victory of Bunker Marking Turkey shows the growing interest and demand in the motorcycle market in this country. By 2023, the Turkish market will exceed 530,000 units, a figure equal to 38% of the 1.3 million sales recorded in the rest of Europe.

This number is based on the potential growth, almost three times the market compared to the previous year (190,000 in 2022) and almost four times the number for 2021, which is 140,000.

Çetin Kardes, General Manager of Honda Turkey Motorcycle Division, commented: “It is a real honor for us to manage to win this award, which reflects our vision and goal of creating a unique and healthy motorcycle culture in Turkey. We will continue to work hard to continue expanding the world of motorcycles in our society. “I would like to extend my gratitude to all those who have contributed to this success.”

For its part, Spain competed with a model called the Enduro 500 that eventually finished in fifth place. This is a very well styled CL scrambler and has been designed to strike a chord, evoking memories of a beautiful golden era in cycling history. Featuring a stunning paint scheme on the fuel tank, high front bumper, grille, stylish number plates, many manual parts and an Arrow exhaust muffler, the Enduro 500 is the offspring of the Stilmoto dealership in San Sebastian.

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This year, 25,558 people visited the website www.hondacustoms.com during the summer to cast their vote, an increase of 18% compared to last year, with 7,000 people downloading their personal wallpaper. of the motorcycle you finally choose.

The very different color palettes, design details and aesthetics of these five CLs are proof of the mobility of this platform as a basis for personalization and the public display of its development theme: “Show yourself.”