I have just recommissioned a 1984 Honda CD125T and you can see the similarities - excellent. What a great bike for the Yorkshire Dales roads etc. - great workforce.
Easy to be dismissive of their manufacturing, but the bikes are designed for a purpose and down to a price for people who can't afford £5000 or more for basic transport. Sure, they weren't being overly fussy, but the bikes look good, started OK and had all their gears. Easy to fix, no ECU or fuel injection or Cat. At least they weren't using points ignition. Fuel and oil, start it up and ride it. What's not to like?
@@davecalvo6418 Do you think Honda/Kawasaki/Suzuki/Yamaha are using torque wrenches on their assembly lines? They're not. It's about production and through-put.
@@BillySBCthey are using, not the classic ones, but automated preset from companies like Atlas Copco. In the Africa Twin service manual they are listing the torque for each and every fastener.
@@BillySBC Why wouldn't they? I know BMW's assembly lines use computers to not only track what fasteners were tightened (so an assembler doesn't miss something) but record what they were torqued to. Throughput is secondary.
no grease was harmed in the making of this video. mind you for so little money I would be interested in trying one out as a cheap bike to get to work on.
Just love all the tourq settings to be honest this is how it should be on a small bike that does a hard days work !! and costs the same as a fuel pump on lets say a B.M.W. 1200 gs ??
Really like that special edition red with chrome fenders. Enjoyed the assembly video. That little single cylinder would be perfect to putt around a campground back & forth to the camp store. Appreciate the video. Always a plus to see the guys laughing at work. Nice clean environment not like the fellas doing the castings. I see in a post $400. Not perfect but very usable. Probably never leave you along side of the road (side roads or campgrounds). Thank you.
At least he used the wooden handle of the hammer while he was on camera... But what if the next crank is tighter or he's having a lazy Monday morning on the job? The hammer head will get the job done. Every time :)
Here I have been restoring old junk all my life, not knowing you can buy them brand new with crosstreaded bolts, stripped boltheads and torqued to the exact ammount of ugga-duggas they feel like. The last guy foing the QC bended that rear fender left and right just one time to little to break the welds, but atleast he tested the most important feature ten times, the horn...
Excellent job. Keep in mind, these are $500 motorbikes, you can not imagine, a motorbike at this price in US or Europe, so do not judge the workmanship with Harley Davison Standard which cost 20 times or more. These run good, and give good mileage, 60 to 70 kilometers per liter, 30 to 40 miles per liter or 120 to 160 miles per gallon of fuel, as officially claimed by Honda Cd-70 which these motorbikes are based on.
That's fine if you also live where you only pay $1 an hour for a mechanic to fix any problems you'll soon have. The fact they assemble the gears, bearings and engine without lubricating anything just tells you what you can expect.
@@David_in_Thailand If they don't show you they put Oil in it, does not mean they will run the engine without Oil. They do add that at later stage, and these Motorbikes do last for well over 25 to 30 years, on average on Original Engine. I know because my Uncle owned a Honda CD-70 in Pakistan in early 1990s. These are no less than Honda Motorbikes or any motorbike made in Thailand or Japan.
I believe in a dusty sandy environment any grease or oil will trap sand grains and work totally against its purpose ie. Instead of lubrication it’ll just start sanding the joints. Only thin lubricant like kerosine is safe in such environment that let sand n dust fall-off by itself while keeping the joint moisture or water free, what kerosine is good in.
A must admit l bought a knock off Honda 175.. from some eastern country just for a bit of fun when l moved to Cape Town. It was dirt cheap. Good, but undressed welds... steel swingin arm instead of Honda's aluminium one. Costs saving everywhere. Still, it never let me down... I the road it would ruise
They also make Original Honda Brand, CD-70 and CG125 motorbikes in Pakistan, manufactured under License from Honda of Japan. Honda has been making these motorbikes in Pakistan since 1970s. Yamaha and Suzuki also make their motorbikes in Pakistan. Honda, Suzuki and Toyota also have Car manufacturing plants in Pakistan.There are over 40+ motorbike manufacturers in Pakistan.
@@bobmitchell8012 , These are not the Bench Mark Standard. Please note, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, those set the Standard. This is a local Motorbike, which costs less than Half of Local Honda, Suzuki, which have much more stringent and better assembly, following Japanese Standards, and many Managerial and Top executive and supervisory level staff are Japanese people, in those Factories in Pakistan, for both Motorbikes and cars of Japanese origin.
The original Honda CD-70 and CG125, cost around $750 to $1,000 US Dollars in Pakistan, while the knock off copies of Honda motorbikes are around $500 US dollars.
@@larryhullinger4141 , The Honda Branded ones, my uncle owned in Pakistan, are the most reliable and can last for 25 to 30 years on original drivetrain. These are no less than any Honda Motorbike you would get even from Japan, since these made under License by Honda Motorbike Co of Japan. No compromise in quality.
Amazing, all those bearings, gears and friction surfaces pounded into place without using a drop of lubrication. That first few minutes of operation must be achieving years of wear.
@@BillySBC How do you Know ? have you been to any of their factories ? if so provide proof! , first rule of smart mouthing is backing up what you say or you in Libel territory. And all those huge companies have a bigger legal budget than you😜
In the States you'd have to add taxes, insurance and unions plus OSHA, health and safety, etc, etc, etc.....these little $500 bikes would cost $5000 in the USA !
Fascinating . Clearly a Honda knockoff, I love old Honda singles and have a two owner (I'm the 2nd) 1984 CB125S, made in Brazil for the U.S. market, they sold poorly here and are rare and worthless but still very good little bikes to ride . More than a few factory "Atlas Honda" parts that fit and work perfectly but are not quite DOT / FMVSS compliant are on my cute little Tiddler . This shows how simple and basic the venerable Honda sloper engine ~ initially designed / released in 1957 they're still robust and reliable . The drive chain tight like the 'E' string on a guitar ! . I put one of these mufflers on my CB125S and unlike the Chinese crap ones it fit . It's _LOUD_ unlike a U.S. market muffler but the originals al had bad welds so the baffles break loose inside . This is how your $350,000.00 Ferrari is assembled make no mistake . -Nate
