If the TW200 was a person rather than a motorbike, it would be flooded with offers to star in before-and-after ads for a trendy esthetic salon.

With its chunky looks and a 196-cc motor eking out a wimpy 16 horsepower, the little Yamaha was once the ugly duckling of the trail-bike scene.

Not anymore. Now the TW has been modded and prodded into a cool custom that has Japanese teens and twentysomethings drooling.