Honda | cb125f | The things I like about this bike | Owners opinion 

yes, they have always known their market and how to build a reliable and economical bike for a market and at a good price. GL

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Amazing mpg on this

95 or greater octane fuel ?

@@JoeC88 I take only 98 Octane Fuel

@@Waldmichel1967 👍👍 Great, that is the best fuel to use.

@@Waldmichel1967 👍👍 That is the best fuel to use

I have one in white and an electric car and the bike is cheaper to run even with cheap rate electricity overnight. Still enjoy riding it even when i have a bigger bike,

I couldn't believe it either I thought 125s top out at around 120mpg, I'm tempted to get one now 😂

I averaged 235mpg on mine. You can fit 13l in the tank if you slowly top it up again and again. 650 miles to a tank! My commute was slower roads 8 miles at 30mph and 3 miles 40mph. On flat no wind at 30mph its hitting 299.9mpg on the display. 12 stone rider

@@bikersquest you aint far wrong m8, read my post above about what you can truly expect based on my real world experience. If you are on roads where you pin it for a long time that mpg is what you will actually get. I still love mine though :) GL

I have a cb125f and averaged 175mpg in my first 800 miles of riding

Well of course you are here lol. I had the same question.

Well silence is an answer too Its super cub obviously 😅

Hello, John.

Immigrant*

@@1990-t1j Hello

Expat is just a word for white people to not call themselves immigrant

This bike is sold in India with the name of SP 125

I’m 1.87 and it’s fine but I don’t do long distance on it ..but I haven’t found it uncomfortable

@@Mrfish2015 That's great to hear, as i read that people that are tall might find it uncomfy. I live in RS. I think i might buy this machine or similar, in near future. It is very economic. I do not travel long distances. Not more then 300km on average and thats trips, on daily basis no more then 60km. Not really fun of cars, you can say i am claustrophobic. 😂

i'm similar size/weight as you m8 and often ride similar roads getting the same (actual) mpg when i ride at that speed. no doubt the bike displayed mpg will show 140-150 though. I've just switched from E10 to E5 to see if it makes a difference, and early indications are that the MPG goes up a bit but is offset by the increased cost, however i 'feel' the bike runs a bit sweeter, but need more time to tell. GL

@@Bob-ts2tu Not sure whether it is still the case but Esso E5 is supposed to be ethanol free according to their website. It seems to run more smoothly and better power response with E5 generally. Also personally I have found that fully synthetic oil (Lucas in this case) is much better than semi synthetic very noticeable mpg, smooth running, cooler (using a laser meter) and much better performance especially when it warms up, more power output.

@@DavidPritchard-i7x thanks for that. I use fully synthetic too (but not lucas), as i've heard the same, and am using super unleaded from morrisons and sainsburys as they are close by. i'm thinking that if i get better mpg to offset the additional cost but with better performance then it makes sense to stick with E5, as i'm at least getting something 'extra' for the same money lol

@@Bob-ts2tu I think a few people have shown that the E10 can be a false economy, ethanol has a lower calorific value than petrol so you would inevitably use more for the same output of power. Then there is the added benefit of E5 or E0 in that the petrol absorbs less water from the air.

I agreed on all points in video, except re the saddle. I'm 70kg and get bum sore after a little over an hour! Don't tell me I need to change my bum ... 😮

I have givi, it is super easy to mount it

The older models have 13 litres. The new models have 11 litres and are better on fuel. Plus the older models were made in India and china. The new models are made in Italy

Good to know

I think put the Pirellis on it, it's in the other video IIRC, I have the same bike and put the Metzelers on, totally transformed the ride in dry or rain over the CST rubbish it come with.

@@Paul-io6dy i also found turning the preload up to no.4 helped to give a more grounded feel as well.

I have both a pcx125 and cb125f different rides both great cheers

Scooter no chain total plus point for diy

Cb250r?

it's funny when you want to make a big and strong engine from a small volume engine that is often overloaded and oversized! First, you increase the weight unnecessarily, there is a problem with restless operation, cooling the engine, is still one cylinder engine and so on...

@@milivojcekada1952 maybe you can try the Suzuki GSX250R if you're not only looking for a Honda It's a parallel twin with 24 HP I don't know too much about the mpg doe...

It is too heavy(181kg) almost like honda cb500(189kg)! I'm not buying looks, but a light city motorcycle that can be maneuvered easily!

Let's say the new honda cb250sc, redesigned!

The clock is optimistic. Calculate it properly on a calculator then you get your real mpg. They do 120mpg

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I have a 2020 cb125f and the headlight adjust is very easy. There's a bolt under the headlight housing just look under you'll see it. Slacken that off a bit. The serrated washer will have dug into the plastic so prize that off, then just slide the headlight up or down as required then tighten the bolt again. Hope this helps

@@mar01006765 thank you very much, shall have a look when I get home. So hard to find information about that, i might even try and make a video on it if i find it haha

@@mar01006765 Honestly, it's so obvious once its pointed out but I thought that was a fairing bolt and turns out it's the easiest headlight to adjust ever 😂. Thabk you so much

@@CrazyBikerGuy no problems bro

Of course

Are you using u.k or u.s mpg ? Common mistake.

@@o00scorpion00o we use UK MPGT in yorkshire :). My accurate calculation over the past year using (total miles / total fuel) over 8,000 miles gives a true figure of 134.16 mpg. the 'bike display' mpg gives an average of 159.03 mpg over the same period. I'm riding a bit faster and harder now than i did at the start, and the figures factors in that, as well as all terrain & weather conditions, although im not a big winter rider and don't commute, with each journey between 50-250 miles. These are still quite stunning figures when you think it carries a total weight of around quarter of a ton around (bike + rider) using a piston the size of a lemon lol, so i reckon if you take 25mpg off what the display says you will be somewhere near, but the true figure varies wildly from tankfull to tankfull. lastly to be as accurate with the actual miles ridden, i average what the bike odometer says and the miles in my beeline satnav, as i find the odometer is usually 5% higher than the satnav miles, which would give an increased mpg if used on it's own, but i wanted to check out the honda claims of 188mpg as properly as i could, not coz im a stat's geek, but thought it would be an interesting excercise. GL

@@Bob-ts2tu Yes I know you use U.K MPG but all I was saying is that a lot of people look up google and get a U.S mpg figure without realising it 🙂 but I trust you've done it correctly 🙂 Still pretty good MPG numbers. I wish they hadn't converted us here in Ireland from miles and U.K MPG to all this km and L/100 km nonsense.

@@o00scorpion00o do you know you can change the bike display to give MPH/MPG at any time? instructions are in the manual or online & pretty easy to do. As fuel is dispensed in litres here too, i convert it in my spreadsheet to gallons, but the bottom line is that even at it's worse performing figures when you rev like a fool or pin it all day, it is as you say still great numbers. GL

@@Bob-ts2tu I do wonder why so many people don't have bikes like these instead of electric bicycles ? I think they are a lot safer, in traffic, keeping with traffic rather than in the way of traffic, if you can't beat em join them lol. + if they had their license a bike like this offers so much freedom.

Sit ups .. 😂

I change every 2000 miles

wow, only10kg? you weigh 12x more than me, and my 18month old grandaughter weighs the same weight as you - im surprised you dont go even faster

Jesus man, you only weigh the same as 24-pack of coke??? 😂

@@Elmoz98 9 3/4 stone hehe

Buy mirror extenders then.

Oh well

have you done a proper calculation of miles/fuel used over a long period time to claim this figure?, or are you taking the bike display as being correct? (which it is nowhere near), as my own experience is that if you weigh under 10stone and ride everywhere under 30mph on the flat with no wind, then something near that figure *may* be possible, but in the real world, sorry i dont believe it.

@Bob-ts2tu I had a little bit of a miscalculation. I weigh roughly 8.5 stone and get an mpg of 160ish.