Honda C125 Super Cub - full road test and review 

What was your top speed?

@@chellewizzie in a tuck maybe 55mph on level ground (I weigh 225). Going up the hill, I had to stay behind a slow going semi-truck. Downhills in a tuck, like 65mph. Definitely want to try to find side-roads when possible.

@@tosh2012 What year did you get? This one or a ‘19-‘21? I have a ‘21 cub and love it. I’m 6’ 210 pounds. I look ridiculous but don’t care! I ride that thing more than my r1200rt bmw.

@@tomwagner6334 I just got a '22. The black paint job sold me on it. I love it so far!

Have you got the pillion shown in this video? Also here in the US and the only accessory I see available is the cargo rack. Thanks and happy riding.

A man of taste, no doubt.

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I suspect you're riding it in 'spirited' style with a bit of heft to lug around. A woman I met in Austin with one is getting 160mpg. Granted she isn't fat as a MagaDumper, about 5'4" 110 not looking to race any Tesla Twink fan boys, just getting to her classes and law clerk job. Probably too intellectual of a travel option for most Americans that accumulated to much social media orange fat between their deaf lazy ears.

Your super cub will outlast you. Take care of it...and it will.

@@timhudson1846 G’day, Tim. Thanks. I’m 84 now, so I fully expect it to outlast me. It has some good trips wrapped up in its insides. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

Honda made in Japan: High quality then and now. I hope the Cubs farmed out to India and China factories can sustain the high standards. But let's imagine not. It will still be superior to most any other option pragmatically. We'd begin cooling off the environment overnight if 50% of missed abortions would ride a Honda Cub instead of burning up our planet to drive obese carcasses through fast food drive thrus.

well Honda Astrea Grand or Supra were good in Greece then the Innova and now there's also the SupraX but now that I live in the Netherlands only the supercab is available unfortunately

Or better yet.. the 250 Dream Or 305

Agreed 100%

You have to pay the same in pounds as US customers pay in dollars. Even more of a ripoff in Ireland at 4600 euros

@@bluegtturbo Obviously Honda are at liberty to charge whatever they like, but it’s important to understand that what they are charging now, for what is a relatively mass market bike, is far far more, in real terms, when compared to previous years. I am shocked actually, at the huge asking price.

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@@joules531 I take exception to the huge price difference between different countries. I know Honda is a top quality product and I've no problem with the price as long as its consistent..

I definitely have a problem with the list price...it's out of reach in my budget..I'll stick with my ANF 125 Innova Fi...more or less the same...just a decade or so out of date now...there's the Wave 110i for a bit newer...probably also discontinued now...pick one up second hand locally ex pizza bikes...for a couple of hundred pounds (or dollars to Americans) might get 20 to 40 thousand miles out of the thrashed and crashed delivery bike...I've had several now...cheap n cheerful...wouldn't sell my soul to a finance company for a new one...I've had 2 of my olduns stolen..from the rear car park..one set on fire and the other destroyed by the thieving joyrider...300quid and go buy another...no showroom bikes round here...but I'd still like a test ride on this new version...does look different...much more Cub like...and electronically sophisticated...

Definitely, plus it would effectively make the most sold motorcycle in history into a scooter. I own the cub and the gearbox is brilliant, no clutch lever. Step down gears and with an enclosed chain, it'll last longer than most belts. I have 15000 miles on mine and it's still the original chain and sprocket

If it had a CVT, I doubt it'd get more than 70-80mpg, like most scooters. If you can keep the revs down, you can dang near drive it forever on a gallon of gas!

@@tosh2012 indeed, the fourth gear on this bike is basically a cruising gear to lower rpm and improve fuel economy. Averages around 150mpg, with the highest 180mpg I've got due to using the top gear, belt wouldn't offer that

The CVT transmissions are leaving a dismal trail of wreckage along behind them. I don’t know if it’s because the basic design is bad? Or if designers are simply making them too skimpy for the job? Real gears have a long and wide history of success. The smart key and self starters are expensive solutions to nonexistent problems. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

I'm actually want to trade my Honda Forza 300, and try Honda super cub!

Me too... I'd have liked this comparison too..

Me too.. I had a 2020 .. foolishly traded it off. Dying to know if the suspension is any better ? I'm 6'2" 290# But I still got 45-60 out of it. Suspension was bottoming out ALOT

Any modern fuel injected single by Honda is going to be excellent. Stop looking for planting BS reasons to pretend Tesla junk is any good for the environment when a 125cc getting 140mpg requires no strip mining for lithium and grid power to make and charge batteries. Tesla propaganda post.

I bought a VW id.3 Tour 5 EV 1 year 10 months ago, to get a new petrol or diesel with the kit I have would have cost more money + the EV costs me less to run than a 125 for my long commutes. You're correct about the environmental impact making the batteries, but this is the same for all electronic devices that need batteries. Some good news is that the LifeP04 battery used in the Tesla Model 3 and Y standard range uses no cobalt , a step in the right direction + this battery has considerably longer life but there's always a catch, the LifePo4 battery is less energy dense so can't provide as much range as the longer range batteries that use cobalt but for electric cars that offer smaller batteries LiFeP04 is a very attractive option. They still need Lithium of course but using cobalt free batteries is always good. It would be much better of course if more people used scooters but a lot can't because they need to carry kids around, school runs etc, but there are probably many more who could be on scooters, on my commute 99% of the cars on the road have only the driver, the other 4 seats are empty. Hydrogen would be good if there was a network of filling stations but it's dangerous. + it's very energy intensive to produce hydrogen making it hugely more inefficient than charging EV batteries and currently the majority of hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels.

@@Greg-io1ip I'm an ev owner myself since 2015, finally woke up to the strip mining, hundreds of millions of fresh water uses, water contamination and the damage done by mining cobalt and the slave labour. You'll find that the greens and liberals are so obsessed with the "climate emergency" that human sacrafice and water contamanation is better if it saves the Earth , and that's a big IF. The greens don't want to talk about it though, ignored, as if batteries can be made from Grass !

The semi auto box is very reliable, a CVT belt and rollers need replacing roughly every 15,000 miles. Dual clutch is better and gives buttons to change up and down. I guess Honda wanted to stay as original as possible, nothing wrong with that.

It's a Tucano Urbano jacket, albeit from quite a few years ago. Thanks for watching!

Yeah, it costs an extra $300+. I think the main reason is that we are heavier on average, and the little 125cc is already struggling with me on it. Looks better with the second seat, though.

or ignore you and do what they wish

@@ajjy1110 just suggestions for broadening the potential user base 🙂👍

So you want a CB 250 ?

@@damham5689 these are step-thru. I think it's silly to sell bikes that can't get on the highway. They are good for running around town or between towns, but the design seems intentionally limited. I don't know why that do that. Seems dumb to me, from an engineering view.

The Human Race is devolving !

It was until they built the Channel Tunnel 😭😅

38p a week road tax? That's a steal In Europe the 125cc pay 18p/year road taxes

We Americans are too fat. On the facts is why. Watch the movie Breaking Away. 'Obesity' of the era was the main character's dad. He would be the neighborhood fatty. Today? "Wow, dad bod in ok shape!" The movie scenes showing crowds didn't require hand selection of normal sized humans. That was our normal fitness back then. Internet and video games. It wasn't the fast food. It is the sitting doing nothing. Social media addiction and video games blobs.

Fatness and laziness of USA masses means Honda USA does need to target cities and states of less fatness and more disposable income. You'd think NYC and Boston would be direct delivery of containers full. But automakers and electric bicycle movement trying to ban this perfect basic transportation Honda Cub. The Tesla criminals know their junk is overpriced landfill threatened by a $3k 150 mpg reliable scooter. Boycott Tesla buy Honda Cub!!!

You can carry a tiny can of gas with you. It can go 150 miles + in correct normal riding respecting the machine, not abusing it. The can will get you 150 miles back home. However: There's no such thing electric or gas of a light machine that can't go 100mph that's any fun on long voyages. If you needed a bigger gas tank to piddle about town, you weren't ready to ride a scooter to begin with.

@@Greg-io1ip so wanting to own a scooter means you have to enjoy stopping for gas yes ?

Its a bike not a scooter

@@ToTheRegiment david thats true , but thats nothing whatsoever to do with the amount of fuel it holds