The time Honda made a Motocross Scooter

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In the 90s Japanese motorcycle manufacturers were developing faster, more powerful and more sophisticated sports bikes every year. But in total Honda Fashion, they decided to build one of the oddest little bikes in motorcycle history: The cub EZ90
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@seifer93 9 месяцев назад

The visual design of the ez cub went so hard. It's easily one of my favorite looking 2-wheeled vehicles

@thejunkman 9 месяцев назад

The future is now, in 1990.

@brokeandtired 9 месяцев назад

I can see immediately why it failed, its not street legal. If it had been, it would have been a runaway success like the later fat wheeled semi off road Piaggio Typhoon was in Europe in the late 90's. Off road only bikes is already a niche, so this is a Honda niche of a niche. So no shit it didn't sell. This was a failure of understanding the real demographics of who would buy this. A teenager who might occasionally taste dirt with it.

@sntslilhlpr6601 9 месяцев назад

Thing looks like a jetski lol.

@MachineintheMonkey 9 месяцев назад

I’m shocked that Marty Mcfly didn’t have one! Is there a Back to the Future I’ve missed!

@pb6839 9 месяцев назад

90's/2000's europe scooter scene needs to make a comeback@@brokeandtired

@NoThanksnothanks 9 месяцев назад

I actually had one. It was awesome. It accelerated super fast, no mix gas. It was just really fun to ride. I’d fit a friend on it, drive it absolutely everywhere. Tons of good memories. Never knew anyone that had one.

@HFV_Junkyardin 9 месяцев назад

I can image 90cc 2 stroke is a ton of motor for a bike like this

@NoThanksnothanks 9 месяцев назад

@RU-vidsuckskiddicks same with the cub, never changed the oil, probably after a couple years. It just took a lot of abuse. Didn’t jump it 4-5 ft in air though, ha.

@Here_we_go..557 9 месяцев назад

Is that was road legal

@ianmangham4570 9 месяцев назад

Hello.How.You.Doing.😮

@JokerInk-CustomBuilds 9 месяцев назад

today they go for 8500$... pretty crazy.... I still have my Vespa Bravo moped from when I was a teen. back then I paid 200$... Now they go for around 2000$... Still not letting it go though! LOL

@Pantechnicon 9 месяцев назад

My nephew races motocross. There are a couple of regulars out at his track who use EZ-Cubs as their pit bikes and everybody (even the kids who race) out there seems to love seeing these things still running about.

@stanclapper7179 9 месяцев назад

Same here. I had one used as pit bike, taking pictures, run errands, ect... lot of young kids got to ride their first bike on it in field behind the track. Still have it.

@ndlsjk 9 месяцев назад

I actually wanted one of these pretty bad in the mid 90s because they used them on a show called Maximum Drive where kids would race various vehicles and the cub was one of them. Pretty neat.

@BikingVikingHH 9 месяцев назад

Great Movie too; “Maximum Overdrive”

@fasst45072 9 месяцев назад

This is where I remember it most. Wasn’t that show on the Family Channel or something?

@RSChris666 9 месяцев назад

That show kicked ass. Don't see any kids shows like that today.

@will400r 9 месяцев назад

I remember watching that show. So cool

@salvadordollyparton666 9 месяцев назад

and you can't really get any further apart... that is literaly the only thing they shared. no ac/dc or blood on the show. still pretty cool... for the time... when i was 9. the movie, still awesome, maybe even more so. my cousin had it on video, so every time i stayed at his house, we had to watch it. and his brother had a 250 and 350x, his dad had an old cb750 or 1000 in the barn he didn't ride anymore. and not at all the kind of person i'd expect to have a cool bike. didn't know why at the time, but somethin told me it was cool as hell and very special. @@BikingVikingHH my older cousin finally let him ride some of em, and he imediately flipped it. lol

@ThePlumOf 9 месяцев назад

I'm a simple man. I see a new Bart video, I watch.

@180fxr 9 месяцев назад

Did u watch through the 6 ads as well?

@ThePlumOf 9 месяцев назад

@@180fxr nope. Premium 😎

@180fxr 9 месяцев назад

@@ThePlumOf npc

@robinbrowne5419 9 месяцев назад

@@180fxrYup. It's still worth watching :-)

@brantisonfire 9 месяцев назад

There have been so many instances where he covers bikes I have never heard of or knew existed. Case in point- the Honda EZ Cub.

@the_undecidead 9 месяцев назад

Honda still makes a small "motocross" semi-automatic bike. Here in the Philippines, it's called XRM. Kind of a hybrid between an XR and a Cub. They've been in production since 2005.

@jaresc8022 9 месяцев назад

2001- 2007 110cc 2007 - 2023 125

@jellomaster5629 9 месяцев назад

Trail Cub too in the US, and their ADV series

@16driver16 9 месяцев назад

These are FULLY automatic, not semi-automatic

@torbinzix1 9 месяцев назад

Honda X adv is exactly that, a scooter that has off road ability

@16driver16 9 месяцев назад

@@torbinzix1 x adv is HUGE compared to the ez90

@bve7397 9 месяцев назад

Wish they still made original little projects like this lol looks sick

@davids6533 9 месяцев назад

I don't understand.. If it looks sick, why would you want one?

@zf9903 9 месяцев назад

⁠⁠@@davids6533in case you’re not being intentionally obtuse, “sick” in this instance is slang for “awesome”

@davids6533 9 месяцев назад

@@zf9903 Just trying to learn. Thanks for your reply.

@Rocco-tb9ih 9 месяцев назад

@@davids6533 he wasn't being a dick, I've also never met anyone who hasn't understood the use of "sick" in this context

@AKYLE315 6 месяцев назад

@@Rocco-tb9ihmaybe he is like 5 or sumthin

@Heavywall70 9 месяцев назад

The fact they don’t make them anymore is sad as hell. I’m mad at myself for not buying one.

@deadprivacy 9 месяцев назад

its basically a honda grom,,,you could do an updated version,

@Jasonradiation999 9 месяцев назад

You can get them used for a decent price! People wanna wheelie I the streets..not cruise the trails or r×r bridal paths!

@Jasonradiation999 9 месяцев назад

@@deadprivacygroms have more metal for a frame

@deadprivacy 9 месяцев назад

@@Jasonradiation999 you could modify one for the bodywork look was the idea.

@ryandabeast1 8 месяцев назад

I'll sell you mine

@OEruditoDaMantiqueira 9 месяцев назад

Nowadays we have the ADV and X-ADV models who are kind of a modern version of that,being the crossover between a Trailbike and a scooter.

@RTDragonCommando 9 месяцев назад

If they put lights on it I feel like it might have sold better, that's at least one of the reasons the older CT series worked so well. You could cruise around the roads and then hit up the trails. You could go just about anywhere legally, especially if you lived outside a city. I remember that was one of the problems I faced with my '77 XL75, the previous owner had taken the lights off it, so I couldn't go on main roads without the police giving me problems. But my friends with their CT70 and ST90 could just cruise wherever as long as they didn't drive like maniacs.

@mcmurdostation7134 8 месяцев назад

Oh I never recognized that it’s missing the lights and it’s not street legal… I’m 100 pro your opinion, if this thing is street legal, I did a world tour lol

@country4lyfe365 8 месяцев назад

Exactly. At least ah head lamp and breaking light.

@JP-wz1xy 8 месяцев назад

When I was 14 I drove a Honda Spree with my learners license, this would have been so much cooler, and more fun!

@MrCrispyNips04 9 месяцев назад

It’s crazy how the people that put the most effort into their videos and have the best content always have wayyy less subscribers than they deserve. You’ll blow up and reach a mil easily once people recognise how great your videos are

@mipmipmipmipmip 9 месяцев назад

RU-vid is too busy pushing MrBeast videos with surprised faces in the thumbnail

@pavelsivertsev6417 9 месяцев назад

потому что большинство любит смотреть тик ток

@ryanelliott1650 9 месяцев назад

The smarter you are the less relatable you become

@zackgallardo 9 месяцев назад

If everyone who watches the video up voted and commented the algorithm would push him up.

@ianmangham4570 9 месяцев назад

😮So that's what crazy is 😮

@Pro5.0 9 месяцев назад

My Dad bought a "Cub" brand new back in early 90's and used it as a pit and pushback bike for his drag bike, we still have it and it's been sitting for over 10 years. I think this winter I need to get it going again and get it as clean and rebuilt as possible...

@paulandrews7622 9 месяцев назад

In the UK, Scooter clubs,especially in the 50s, 60s & 70s frequently used Lambrettas and Vespas in off road competitions. Trials & Motocross especially. It was very popular amongst Scooterists.

@phinhager6509 9 месяцев назад

Do you know if there are any videos of them on RU-vid?

@nomadenview 9 месяцев назад

2 stroke powaaa

@Stuntman175 6 дней назад

@@phinhager6509 Seach for "scootercross" on RU-vid, it's still quite popular in Italy as a grassroots motorsport.

@seanys 9 месяцев назад

I would’ve freakin’ loved this as a kid. Trying to learn to ride on my mate’s RM80 was tricky and this would’ve solved that problem immediately.

@rabbithomesteading3797 8 месяцев назад

I had a 1978 RM80 that I rebuilt and would smoke a 96? I think.. newer mono shocked liquid cooled kx125. Not just with me but when my dad would ride it against his dad. I think a cub would be cool but I loved my rm80!

@justinwatts6210 9 месяцев назад

imagine not being subscribed to this fella i cant

@mkshffr4936 9 месяцев назад

The 60s-80s was prime time for motorcycles.

@Tomfoolery82 9 месяцев назад

Mom bought me the all red and white model when I was in the fifth grade. I was the envy of my neighborhood. Kept it till high school. Wish I would’ve kept it for my daughter.

@sharonbraselton4302 9 месяцев назад

tíme fóur hoñda ¹50 ccc sçotrr hoñsà ⁵⁰ cç dirt bike hóñda gull wíñg

@machupikachu1085 9 месяцев назад

If that bike had signal lights on it, I would buy one today. So cool looking! Timeless in a futuristic way. It's always from tomorrow.

@evi1dav3 9 месяцев назад

I remember seeing one for the first time at a Honda dealership back in the early 90's. It was quite futuristic looking and really cool. The rounded and fully covered look was extended to a lot of the equipment too such as the mowers and rototillers. The Honda stuff just looked lightyears beyond everything I had seen as a teenager. I later in life began to appreciate how well built Honda stuff is. Thanks for the nostalgia.

@DirtRider22a 9 месяцев назад

Guy I work with has one with around 500 miles on it, looks brand new. Won’t even price it to me lol and Honda still makes the off-road scooter today with the adv150 and that giant 750cc that we don’t get in North America

@ironcast 9 месяцев назад

I got to demo ride one on a small dirt track at Americade one year. I have had lots of Trail 70's thru the years but I did love the way this cub worked as it was decidedly more powerful, fun, and better suspended than my old Trail 70's.

@AlessandroGenTLe 9 месяцев назад

Glad to see so many scenery from my country (Italy) in this video :) Basically everything from 11:30 onward.

@alambrije 9 месяцев назад

Amazing channel I've just found, vintage images are pure magic nostalgia. Two thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼.

@Dave-co1cv 9 месяцев назад

I like this bike, and owned bikes since 1983, my first being a Honda MB5. I regret selling it too. As for the EZ-Cub, this is the first time seeing it.

@mbryson2899 9 месяцев назад

Those bareheaded kids in the commercial made the teen part of me smile and the father & grandfather parts of me wince and look away at the same time. Funny how time and age change one's perspective. Great video, BTW!

@williamschafer4948 9 месяцев назад

Would absolutely love to see ya get your silver and even gold play button man. You make really high quality and in depth content

@borilapostolov7474 9 месяцев назад

I have never had an idea that this bike ever existed...😮 I am so amazed! As for the new bikes in 2023 you know better than me: everything new is a well forgotten old. Pioneers from Honda- for sure. Thank for the video and the research you did.

@technicalitems731 9 месяцев назад

Love it. If it had a luggage rack option so you could go get groceries etc....

@MOPBOYZ 8 месяцев назад

just started my ez90 build, love these things!

@AridersLifeYT 9 месяцев назад

These are such a classic little thing. I’ve had my eye on these for 20 years

@jettm7248 8 месяцев назад

Literally saw an ad for this thing in a random ass old magazine the day this video came out.

@DerpEye 9 месяцев назад

We had the 50cc version of this in Italy. Very rare indeed.

@mikecorbeil 9 месяцев назад

Interesting again, bart. I have never had a motor-bike, but your videos (about motor-bikes) that I have watched and listened to have all been interesting.

@Garage-wt5jl 9 месяцев назад

I had one at 11 (1991). It was HEAVY but my brothers amd I drove the heck outta it. Awww flashbacks!

@ttyler2014 9 месяцев назад

You are definitely improving the quality of your videos, I appreciate the hard work. Thanks and I am glad to subscribe.

@beborodner930 8 месяцев назад

Love all of your videos!! The best narration/documentary type of motorcycle content out there. So close to 100k subs. Come on viewers!!!

@thechampagneroom1 8 месяцев назад

I love how it automatically comes in Chicago Cubs colors. You ride this thing around Wrigley and you are for sure getting free beers.

@muffinatordlux 9 месяцев назад

Early 90s for me... there was such a variety and 2 strokes were at their prime... Then there were the 400 v4 hondas... 400 inline 4s... The banshee was born...

@robinbrowne5419 9 месяцев назад

Honda can make the weirdest things sometimes. But everything they make is basically awesome 👍

@JJfromIA 9 месяцев назад

It's the hooligan baby brother of the PC800. Love the video!

@jonathangardner6868 9 месяцев назад

My grandparents had this as a get around bike when they traveled in their RV. It was my first introduction into off road bike! It holds many happy memories!

@speedskid4838 9 месяцев назад

One "Cub" used to be used by WNC Agricultural Center for traffic directing/quick getting around the large parking lot during indoor motor cross events and the annual county fair. It was cool remembering it from my childhood when I saw this video.

@hooligan8595 9 месяцев назад

I watched your videos as random recommendations but your niche topics and interests were the same as me so I subscribed without even thinking, you're doing great and hopefully a bunch of people think so too. Cheers!

@stmboat 9 месяцев назад

Bart, just keep it up, great voice, great material and no filler. I think you'll be close to if not pass 100k its a sound goal.

@Obamaistoast2012 9 месяцев назад

The Honda CT70 and CT90 were the greatest all around bikes ever, the Cub and Rukus are a close second.

@hrbeta 9 месяцев назад

They were great rides 👍🏼

@brantisonfire 9 месяцев назад

You’ll blow up eventually. The algorithm has to accept you as a friend and then you’ll see more and more views and subscribers. I’ve been along on the ride for some other channels.

@jamespegram8843 9 месяцев назад

Im a recent subscriber to your channel, I'm in the UK 🇬🇧 and have been riding since 1980, I have to say your channel is must whatch stuff. Ive owned or riden quite a few bikes that you have featured. Keep up the good work. 👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

@belacestudios1385 9 месяцев назад

Great video my guy! This deserves a sub!

@nicholebousman2464 9 месяцев назад

I have a Honda CT 125 Trail bike, and I love it, but I had no idea they made this. Just asked my BF about it because he knows all about Hondas and has a Honda Super Cub, but this is pretty cool. No shifting required! I have semi-atuo, and it made it easier to learn with just using a foot. 4 up, 4 down no hand. 😊

@andia6865 9 месяцев назад

The EZ90 was the reason i went into design. Thank you Honda, for so much inspiration.

@schuylergutting8169 8 месяцев назад

My neighbor had two of these. His son and I used to go ride the trails with them. They were perfect for someone our age!

@LauLauisnotreal 9 месяцев назад

Yesss I’ve been waiting on some videos on this dope bike such fun

@mercadaodorock2554 8 месяцев назад

The new Honda ADV 150 has the same DNA as the Ezcub. This time came in solid and is a hit sales

@DirtyDovi 9 месяцев назад

Cubs rocked! I grew up 2 lots down from our local Honda shop, and Dave the owner used to let me [as a little kid] come over, hang out, check out all of the new lineups - And put around on the Cub[s] I remember them like it was yesterday.. Then again.. I also remember them boxing up all of their 3-wheelers and sending them off to their doom.. Damn.. I wish I could put that one out of my memory for good..

@hondaryder3779 9 месяцев назад

Never even heard of that one and i was around in the 90's, interessante video😊🇳🇱

@l1qu1dm3t4lIV 9 месяцев назад

I remember seeing these on TV when i was a kid.. I still think they are super cool.

@BaconSpaceProgram 9 месяцев назад

Off road or adventure scooters from Honda still exist today in the ADV 150/160, 350 and 750 model range. They are great delivery and light touring machines even at the 160cc range.

@mullman 9 месяцев назад

GS rider here but you earned a sub. I’m down with all kinds of bikes. Good work sir.

@JustKandyMan1 9 месяцев назад

Apart the loving the looks these things look so fun to ride.

@MrGuginez 9 месяцев назад

So this is the Forefather of the Honda Adv series skooter/cross . Pioneering since 90. Honda ❤

@Hondo-kj8hi 9 месяцев назад

💙 the content man! You should be @ 100k in no time! Keep it up! 💥👊🏻💥

@GlynOC 9 месяцев назад

My friend had one of these, I thought I imagined it, never seen or heard of one since. It was really punchy to ride and very futuristic

8 месяцев назад

Amazing video! Thanks

@deepsea83 9 месяцев назад

A friend of mine had one here in Ireland in the mid 1990s and it was the only one I’ve ever seen. He didn’t treat it well at all but it never broke down in the few years that he ragged around on it.

@williamwintemberg 9 месяцев назад

I must admit, I never knew of this bike and should have. When I saw the video, I said to myself "What the...."? I'm glad I watched the video because I learned a lot of something I never knew existed. Thanks for another informative video!

@batavicus3049 9 месяцев назад

Excellent video! I never heard of this bike. It strikes me as an incredibly good idea. It would be perfect on the rugged terrain of my friends' Texas Hill Country ranch where I hunt. And the snow model kit makes it like a Swiss Army knife. How about putting some close-fitting turn signals on it and room for a box? It would be a great errand bike. I'm sorry I missed out on having one of these.

@Giitzerland 9 месяцев назад

I think you do an excellent job, and are very easy to listen to. Subbed.

@drummerman883 8 месяцев назад

These were super popular back in the day as raceday pit bikes. Loved them.

@TnTx3vErEsTx 8 месяцев назад

I’ve never seen any of your videos and I subscribed simply due to those hilarious stats in the intro. You’re welcome.

@mcmurdostation7134 8 месяцев назад

I just like Everything about it, it’s just a fun toy to have and is really capable of a lot of things a modern scooter isn’t. Also this thing is a Honda, easy to repair and care, you could drive around the world with this thing

@snoozeflu 9 месяцев назад

Honda has always had unique bikes & ATV's as far as I can remember. They had that Cub and a dirt bike with ATV tires called the Fat Cat. They had the Odyssey which became the Pilot. And even now they have a cool scooter called the Ruckus. If this Cub were street legal, it would have been a cool little thing to put around on.

@biladitanya 9 месяцев назад

Damn. I want one now.

@BethePandaGames 9 месяцев назад

That thing is sooooo cool. I want a time machine just to go back and get one fresh off the line.

@ntdscherer 9 месяцев назад

The pinnacle? Now! Bikes are so much better than they've ever been.

@muddywater6856 9 месяцев назад

I watch most all of your videos, and have for a long time. They are in my feed without subbing. I subscribed today......

@RebelCowboysRVs 9 месяцев назад

I only remember this bike because Nadine rides a pink one in the 1994 TV version of Stephen Kings The Stand. It was probably a paid ad placement. I have never seen one in real life.

@longjonwhite 9 месяцев назад

Good catch!

@zombiebiker5581 9 месяцев назад

I watched it again yesterday ,I thought it was a scooter,I have to re-check,if your right well done,good call

@RebelCowboysRVs 9 месяцев назад

@@zombiebiker5581 Just search "Nadine Cross motorcycle" an screenshots will pop up. I remember it so well because I could not figure out what it was.

@vinnyvinson 9 месяцев назад

I subbed. Love your vintage bike content

@ajax700 9 месяцев назад

Japan in the 1970/80/90s was on fire. Peak Japan. They did incredible big and small toys like these. It's sad to see that they are starting to lose ground to the Chinese. Best wishes.

@andrewt8721 9 месяцев назад

Never got these in Australia, didn't know they existed till now, great vid again, thank you from down under

@nigeriansareamazing5555 9 месяцев назад

Flump you are still my favorite RU-vidr

@asdrubalanibal6853 5 месяцев назад

I’m all for Scootocross Races.

@jamiecurran3544 9 месяцев назад

I remember these back in the day they were cool little bike's, to tell you the truth I'd forgotten all about them!😂👍

@AvenEngineer 9 месяцев назад

The Team Penske EZ Cubs are so cool.

@powerwagon3731 9 месяцев назад

Just subscribed. Nice work young man!

@etechjd8260 9 месяцев назад

Good show.Og they Honda made an electric one I would buy it

@vancemacd6315 9 месяцев назад

They could re release this today and it still looks like its a new design. Inthinknot looks so good. Timeless!

@ridered300 9 месяцев назад

This is the coolest bike ever and it's not even close.

@mikellewis2346 9 месяцев назад

At 40 and riding every motorcycle i could throw my life, how did i not see one of these ever. And i love honda. Ride red was all i know as a kid. Wow thank you. Now i have to find 1 if its possible. Lol

@trevorrumsey6420 9 месяцев назад

I had one of these for a little bit. They are so cool!

@henrycarlson7514 9 месяцев назад

So Fun , Thank You . Looks like a lot of fun

@TechWizMaster 9 месяцев назад

That's absolutely sick....I would want 2 of them really bad...one of the snow ones...wow...imagine a new release of these but electric....it would be amazing.

@AStrangeHill 9 месяцев назад

This is just about perfect x

@C.Scholl 9 месяцев назад

I had one, it was a HSC CUB and it was a beast! It stript my rear sprocket to a wave in less than 3 month, it took 4 liters of fuel in only 30minutes of having fun. But it was near impossible to lock as it had solid wheels. Mine was the blue white red version and I am sad I do not have it anymore😫 it was very heavy on the front but still had to be careful not to open the throttle to fast as it has more than once caused some damage to “ objects” in my way😎

@Greg-om2hb 9 месяцев назад

Sounds like they took the drive train of their ubiquitous (in Japan) 50 cc scooters, comprising a 2-stroke motor + centrifugal CV belt-drive transmission, typically mounted on the swing arm, and moved it to the frame of this cute little trail bike. It must have been pretty cheap to bring to market. Looks like a lot of fun.

@DayvidSchricker 9 месяцев назад

I subscribed the second I found you. I love your content it’s great. If you get „discovered“ you could easily be THE motorcycle historian.

@dillon2753 8 месяцев назад

I used to watch this show in the early 90s that had kids racing on these. I was born in 84 so it was right up my alley at that age. Sadly, as a poor city kid it was never a possibility for me to have one. I still love them just because of that. Anyone remember that show? It could have been a Disney or Nickelodeon show.

@stonesbouldersbones 8 месяцев назад

I subscribed just because you made this video, nice work

@jovahni 9 месяцев назад

You know what. I will subscribe. I respect high production value.

@popahontas 9 месяцев назад

Such a cool machine, there were some similar scooters in europe at the end of 90s and early 00s, gilera stalker, piaggio typhoon, aprilia rally, peugeot trekker