Thursday, December 18, 2014

These aren't your mother's motorbikes - the new Vietnamese moneyed class show off their rides...







                                                                       


The bikes and bikers represent the  "1st Saigon Free Chapter, Vietnam" which was originally "Saigon HOG", guess Saigon HOG was to short and not cryptic enough.   So along came 1st Saigon Free Chapter, Vietnam...

Anyway, the bikes are awesome costing between 400 million and 2 billion dong, equating to $18,000 - $ 91,000 US dollars.  Big bucks considering the average Vietnamese drives around on 175 cc or smaller bike that new goes for $3000 US dollars or less and by law an individual is not allowed a 175cc or larger bike.   But as most things in Vietnam there is an exception to the law, you need to be in a club than go big, hence, the 1st Saigon Free Chapter, Vietnam.