RIDE: Honda SUPERCUB 125 | Worth buying? 

Completely agree. There is no doubt it is a nice bike to ride. But when the Wave/PCX does the same thing for less than half the price it's hard to justify buying one. I'm still glad I got to try it though!

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@@hoyemiliano I wonder how much cheaper it could have been without the keyless Ignition and theft preventing system?]

Haha I didn't let anyone get a word in. Had 3 old fellas start to walk up as I stopped but I had places to be.

Yeah very true. Thats the real life choice people are faced with - When the wallet opens - what will really be the most beneficial option to buy?

Thats awesome! What colour did you go for?

It'd be nice if the rest of the world had access to the 110cc version Thailand produces. They're super cost effective too! The dax is a nice bike though. I rode one in Thailand in 2022 and loved it.

Its a shame really. USA is one place that the Wave could easily be road legal. Many western countries have effectively banned new Waves from becoming legal due to ABS laws.

I am not sure where you are from, but CT’s are easy to find in dealers now as well as on Marketplace. Few are asking over MSRP and no reason to even pay that. Lightly used ones are in $3500 range. I am in Kansas City.

Candy bar sized portable battery jumpers exist now though ..

Where are you gonna store those? In that micro side cover along with the tools needed to access the battery? There is a reason that Thailand,Vietnam, Cambodia, China, etc prefer the Wave.

You’ve got a nice collection by the sounds of it. Do you ride the C125 or Innova more often?

@@SmallBikeStuff I ride the innova more than all my other bikes put together, it’s been kept outside for 14 years just outside the back door, I have 14 years worth of photos of it with a foot of snow on it every winter, it still looks clean and is probably worth more than I paid for it, I only changed the spark plug last year and it was like new, by far the best bike I’ve ever had 👍😁

@@user-wr5zm8vs6m Confirmed my suspicions right there. They are an amazing bike. People may not fall in love with them in first sight, but if you own and ride one for a few months almost anyone can become a fully fledged convert to the world of the Honda Wave/Innova.

@@SmallBikeStuffI’ll send you some photos of it covered in snow and some real hard off road footage, it’s never let me down, all it gets is an oil change, chain and pair of tyres every year 👍🇬🇧

PS, got extra LED lights and heated grips 😁, six of my pals also ride the same bikes, best modification ever is coming down 1 tooth on the front sprocket or 2 if you’re off road all the time 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Yeah I'm glad many countries got this bike!

That’s exactly why I own a Wave 125 and not a super cub. Cheers for watching!

I did love it, riding it felt awesome and it's well put together. But because I own the Honda Wave I'll always have a tough time liking anything else more.

Nice to have an owner here chiming in. I loved riding this bike and I can only imagine how great it is having one to ride every day.

Thats a weird way to spell Honda Wave....

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In stock form they are almost identical in performance. The big difference was just the usability of the Wave in daily life with the extra storage. The 125 engine is so similar in every bike it's powering. People say the C125 is faster than the CT125 and while it's technically true, it's also not something you'd never really notice in daily life. So for me - it would be getting the bike that suited my needs most.

@@SmallBikeStuffI would say the leg shielding is the only advantage the Super Cub has over the CT. I get spray on my feet when the streets are wet. However, for daily use the CT rules in an urban setting.

I feel so lucky to finally ride one! It’s been a long time since I first saw them in person.

Thanks for watching!

One of us has a tuned honda cub thats genuinely 86 cc and has 17hp on the rolling road, it’s a pocket missile 😮

Interesting to hear a UK update. I remember people saying sales seemed low there. We had the original CT's so we were lucky enough to get the new ones. But I feel Honda has taken the low C125 sales as an excuse to not bring the Honda Dax 125 to New Zealand. So I guess we're even in that respect. No suprise people have listed their CT125's for sale as it can be an acquired taste. But I'm mind blown people paid the asking price. It's impressive if anything. I do wonder if Seven Seas importing the CT125's made Honda pull finger and bring in the Dax for you guys.

Umm,, imported CT125 vs Voge 300 Rally £4K OTR ?

Crazy how the Aussie market got so few. I think NZ even got more and we've barely got the population of Sydney.

It's always interesting to learn how other countries approach different bikes. At least with lots of Vespas on the road they would be fairly cost effective to maintain and run.

Sadly it's just a silver plastic cover. But there are aftermarket hooks than can be added either side of that cover. They're for sale on beezdeals.

Yeah they look the part, and feel bloody comfortable. Don't know if I'd want to take one off road just because they look so nice. 😂😂😂

@@SmallBikeStuff oh yeah man haha, he was allowed to borrow it, but had to wash it before he returned haha. Been trying to rope him into a nbc110, there was one in te puke or something on marketplace the ither day for $1300

@@yalefail i know the guy that ended up buying that one. Tauranga fella. Wasn’t too bad of a deal.

@@SmallBikeStuff bloody good deal when a top end and clutch refresh is a only couple hundred bucks haha. The one i did for a mate was at 56,000 but other than being a top end rattly was mint

The Address 110 is a great bike! I have considered it many times but I think I'll save/hold out for a PCX 150 because of the large amount of parts that exist for it. How long have you owned the Suzuki?

@@SmallBikeStuff 3 years now. Keeps my DL1000XT company

Because it sounds good! Much nicer than my Noo Lamlukka pipe on the Wave.

NO WAY! That would have been the BEST ride. How long did it take? Sounds like fun! And yes - the gear change is backwards to my normal bike so I almost got myself in a pickle a couple of times.

@@SmallBikeStuff I met the guy we bought it from at Christchurch airport, he left and when I went to ride away, I started to panic as I couldn’t get it to go into gear, tried so many times until finally I clicked it up! Apparently we must have got the USA model in NZ with the reverse gearbox. The rest of the world got the conventional cub shifting. 6 hours to Blenheim for the night, next day on the ferry and home to Palmy. It was a fun trip, cruising 70-80kmh

Yup kickstart would have been a nice touch for sure. Funny story - I ended up forgetting the keyfob in my jacket pocket and actually left with it before the owner got in touch asking me to return it. 🤣

I'd be keen on a cheap one!

Yup - Innova is a great bike and can't be beat. I'd say in the next 5 years they'll be harder to come by in nice condition in the UK. I'd be stocking up now! Glad you've got one.

@@SmallBikeStuff couldn’t agree more, I have 2 innova 125s already! 😂. Both fuel injected 2008/9 models 🙏

Love the Trail 125!

I wish I could have one of each bike!

Fair call! Glad I finally got to test this thing. It felt great to ride - but the next bike on my list is a PCX!